Category: Habits

The world has been stupefied since the outbreak of the coronavirus. People had never imagined such a situation and were not prepared. Due to this pandemic, most of our lives have taken a turn concerning changes in our lifestyles. One of the major changes faced was in the shopping habit. People who went out to shop almost every day, are now forced to bulk buy or order online or go out risking their health.

Indian consumers have a degree of family orientation and value orientation. This means that Indian consumers prefer brands that promote togetherness, family values, feelings, and emotions through their messages. Indian people prefer fresh food items. Hence, they rarely purchase packed food. Indian people do not mind paying extra for convenience. The majority of people in India purchase clothes on special occasions. Thus, they give importance to traditions and customs. Indians are reluctant to purchase items on loan. However, this is changing in today’s time.

Grocery shopping before the pandemic was seeing growth through online modes of purchase. It wasn’t full-fledged but the increased disposable income, want for convenience, changing lifestyle, and increased use of the internet were changing slowly changing the way groceries were used to be purchased. Online grocery shopping was becoming common in the urban areas and the metro cities whereas in-store purchase was still a common practice in the rural areas. Overall, the in-store purchase practice was not abandoned in India because online shopping had some loopholes in the form of increased delivery time, risks, and concerns for fraud, etc., and the in-store purchasing had some benefits in the form of display, meeting customer expectations, personalized services, experiencing the product, etc.

Since grocery products are essential items, the industry has not seen a striking block in operations during the pandemic. Except for the sudden surge in panic-buying seen at the very beginning of the pandemic, the shopping habits of people have remained consistent with the pre-pandemic scenario for grocery products. Even the preferred channels for grocery buying are still offline. Despite many stores and apps offering home-delivery services, 72.7% of the people still said they would prefer to buy groceries from the store.

Shopping is a major part of our lives which has seen a drastic change due to the onset of this pandemic. We have seen how people are shifting from in-person buying to online shopping due to the safety, convenience, and discounts it provides since there is a decrease in the disposable incomes of households. The shift in lifestyle and shopping habits has crumpled the offline retail system but has helped eCommerce companies pan out, leading to a better online market with increasing reach every day. People have familiarised themselves with this lifestyle, but there will be further changes that they encounter in the future due to the uncertainty this time brings. 

Introduction to the Importance of Healthy Habits

As humans, we often tend to want to accomplish something, whether it is saving money to own a house or a car, getting straight A’s on our report card, or simply wanting to improve our health life. The thing is that the majority of us don’t really like the “hard work” that we have to put into it. I say this because this has something to do with healthy habits. We tend to rely on them for a couple of weeks, we get tired of them, and we stop integrating them into our daily lives. This is the part when the strategies show up. Strategies are crucial for our daily life basis, in simple words, they are the ones that basically help us to keep our lives together. This is why we need them, to develop our healthy habits in the best way possible. Some strategies that can make our healthy habits stick into our daily lives are to escape the all-or-nothing mindset, cut the habit into the smallest pieces and focus on each one, and also establish rewards ever since you do something positive.

Overcoming the All-or-Nothing Mindset

The first strategy that is going to be discussed is to escape the all-or-nothing mindset. To be clearer, this type of mindset is one that forces you to think only about this habit and nothing else, which can be bad when nurturing a habit. According to the website “TheActiveTimes”, they stated that a registered dietitian and the Lead Nutrition Expert at Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating, named Rene Ficek explains the correct way of adopting a healthy habit using this strategy. She says “Healthy eating doesn’t require you to cut out your favorite foods once and for all. In fact, telling yourself that you will never have a certain food ever again increases the likeliness of bingeing on that food. It is human nature to want what we are not supposed to have. It is necessary to understand that a healthy diet includes all foods.” Now, Ficek opens with the phrase “Healthy eating doesn’t require you to cut out your favorite foods once and for all”, which makes the majority of the audience confuse themselves since the meaning of “healthy” is technically related to only the healthy. Her opinion makes sense by saying that to be healthy you don’t have to cut out the foods that are not really healthy because, for example, let’s say that you are used to eating whatever you want, without applying any type of diet. Then, you decide that you want to improve your health, and therefore you start doing a diet. All of the sudden, you start to get headaches and feel sick. This is because you started a diet without doing the process of changing your previous meal routine periodically, and your body was used to that. She also uses the word “bingeing” to emphasize that if you change your meal routine rapidly by not eating the foods you like, you will most likely think about them and it’s going to be more difficult to give up on them. In addition, the website “HuffPost” also says if we rely too much on our motivation or habit, instead of doing a positive thing for us, it can do the opposite. They state that “Motivation is essential when trying to build healthy habits, but we also know that it can wax and wane. You can’t always depend on it because some of that initial motivation will wear off and you’ll need other systems in place to keep you on track.” The creators of this website use the phrase “wax and wane” to describe that usually, our motivations don’t stay in our mind for too long, and we don’t have to stress about that, since that is how our brain works. They also say that we can’t also rely much upon it, since that takes up all of our systems, and we need parts of our system to make other things work. An example of this is a person that is focused on losing/gaining weight, so they start by going to the gym for one hour each day and increasing the number of hours each week. By the time they get to the 4th week, they are going to have to spend 4 hours working out at the gym. Imagine yourself going 4 hours to the gym every day. You eventually are going to feel exhausted and you will want to sleep every time. You have work to do, or you may have to go to school. Most likely, the systems that you are using to achieve this goal are also needed to complete your other tasks and therefore you may not complete your other tasks fully. This evidence proves why we need this strategy to nurture healthy habits.

Breaking Habits into Manageable Steps

The second strategy that can help us to nurture healthy habits is that we should break the habit into smaller pieces and focus on each one. The author of “the athlete blog”, states why we should apply this strategy to develop a habit by saying that “Focusing on one thing at a time is the best way to ensure consistency. If possible, make it as easy as possible for yourself by splitting a habit into smaller steps. Big life and behavioral changes can be very intimidating – it’s much less stressful to focus on something small.” He uses the word “intimidating” to explain how the majority of people tend to find big changes very scary. An example of this is finding a new job. Finding a new job requires you to challenge yourself by getting used to a new environment, new people, and also a new structure. All of this combined is a challenge since you are not used to it. This is why we need to take each habit piece by piece. In this case, you should meet your new co-workers first, organize your things in your personal space, and then get to know your new structure. The author of the same blog also states that “Doing all possible activities at once will leave a person tired very quickly. Instead, it’s best to start small, focus on one thing at a time, and ‘build as you go.” He uses the word “quickly” to explain how even though you want to accomplish that habit in a matter of days, and you do it, the consequence of that is that your body is going to be so tired that it won’t be able to keep up with your other tasks or habits. He utilizes the phrase “build as you go” to motivate the audience by mentioning that although you are going to develop the habit little by little, and therefore taking your time, it is going to be worth it; since you will be fully concentrating on each part throughout your journey. Doing this will also boost your confidence when it comes to being healthy. This supports why we should apply this strategy when it comes to nurturing a new healthy habit.

The Power of Rewarding Positive Behavior

The third and last reason that is going to be reviewed is that ever since we do something positive, we should reward ourselves. On the “TheActiveTimes” webpage, they state how a co-founder and CEO of Fitnescity named Laila Zahrani explains the steps of how we can apply this strategy in the right way to nurture healthy habits. She says “First, be specific about the behavior you want to transform (e.g. ‘I will go for a run at 7 a.m. three times a week’ rather than “I will be more active”). Second, establish triggers that will remind you to act, like calendar reminders or leaving your running shoes near the door. Third, keep it fun and simple—this part involves the reward. “In order to increase your chances of repeating the behavior multiple times, there has to be a reward,” says Zahrani. “This can be physical like, feeling energized after your workout, or emotional, like enjoying your dance-fitness class.” And finally, learn to break your bad habits.” Zahrani explains how we need to reward ourselves so that our habits can last longer. This influences the audience to actually think that now that they know the fact that they can reward themselves, they might actually feel motivated and try to accomplish this habit. Something special that this strategy has, and the other two that are being reviewed don’t, is that this strategy not also helps people to keep up with their habits as much time as possible, but also helps them to break other habits that are currently in their lives. Zahrani explains this habit by giving out steps and examples so that the audience can guide themselves and they could fully understand how to put this strategy into practice. The author of “TheAthleteBlog” also states how this strategy makes you connect to the specific habit in a positive way. He says “Rewarding yourself for a specific behavior links pleasure to it and creates an emotional connection with the habit. That way it has a higher probability of repeating itself.” ‘Attach love to a new habit and you’ll want to do it more.’ The author opens by saying that rewarding yourself “links pleasure” to habit. He uses that phrase to interpret how rewarding ourselves makes us connect to the habit. He also uses the phrase “attach love to a new habit and you’ll want to do it more.” He mentions that in his speech because he wants to inspire the audience by saying that just simply rewarding yourself, you are going to get results, and plus you will want to keep up with the habit more than ever. For example, if you plan to go to the gym for 45 minutes every day, and the first week you only had time to go 2 times, but then the second you got the opportunity of going all week, you might want to reward yourself this time by buying yourself some workout clothes or a pair of running shoes. Doing this will motivate you to keep going all week to the gym, without missing a day. This demonstrates why we should apply this strategy when nurturing our healthy habits.

Conclusion: Integrating Strategies for Lasting Healthy Habits

After reviewing these strategies, we can prove that we really need them for any life situation, whether applying them to save money to own a house or car, to get straight A’s at school, or to improve our health life by nurturing healthy habits. Doing this revision also helped us learn that although habits can sometimes bring us frustration when using these strategies, they can bring us happiness as well as pleasure. We should always remember that if we want to develop a new habit, we also need to think about what strategies should we apply to it.

Habits are either good or bad. Even good habits, if given free play, may turn into bad ones. For example, reading is a good habit. It helps in acquiring knowledge, in meaningful use of leisure time, and in healthy entertainment. But an excess reading of books, magazines, etc., is harmful. It would soon tell upon one’s health, resources, mental fitness, and capacity to earn. Balance is the golden rule.

That is why it is said, “Excess of everything is bad” nothing too much, not even good things and habits.

It is easy to acquire bad and evil habits but not so, easy to cultivate and acquire good ones. Habits once acquired are difficult to get rid of. As a leopard cannot change its spots so one cannot change one’s habits. They die hard. They become part and parcel of one’s nature and behavior. Bad habits render a person useless and undesirable.

Telling lies, backbiting, spitting here and there, smoking, or taking alcohol frequently and repeatedly are some of the bad habits. They can be as many as there are persons. Like a name, a habit sticks fast till death. Habits can make or mar our fortunes. They form the foundation of our character and destiny. That is why it is said, “Sow an act and you reap a habit. S6w a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny”. They are the very cornerstones of our character and destiny.

We are the makers or destroyers of our destiny. Because we cultivate, practice, and acquire good or bad habits and their fruits accordingly. One may have a bad habit of flattering others or of making false promises. Similarly, one may have a bad habit of stealing things. One habit leads to another, and then there is a sort of chain of habits from which an escape is impossible, particularly in advanced age.

Anything did often and repeatedly becomes a habit the force of habit is very powerful. It makes the particular habit easy, automatic, and repetitive. Habits have their origin in repetition, practice, and regularity. The more we repeat and practice anything, the easier, permanent, and automatic it becomes. If we do not practice and repeat a habit we feel uneasy and uncomfortable. Take, for example, the habit of taking tea. Some people consume 20 or more cups of tea daily. They may do without food, newspapers, or rest, but cannot dispense with hot cups of tea taken almost every hour of the day.

They will feel sick, lethargic, bored, and useless without enjoying their cups of tea. The same is the case with smokers or drunkards. Habits are too forceful to be avoided. It is the constant and repeated use and practice that gives birth to a habit. Without constant and repeated use and frequency, there cannot be any habit. Anything done or practiced occasionally cannot be called a habit. Habits are another name for addiction.

Early and formative years of childhood are very important in this respect. Then it is very easy to have new impressions and influences. It is the proper time to cultivate good habits. Many forces and factors play an important role in the formation of habits. Early education, impressions, influences, company, associations, etc, are some of the major factors in the formation of habits. Slowly antic gradually they get ingrained. Man is also an imitative being. He likes to imitate others. Imitation also helps much in the formation of habits, bad as well as good. Things were done and practiced by elders, parents, relations, neighbors, friends, leaders, popular actors, etc help them in their formation. For example, a boy who sees his father smoking is very likely to have this evil habit. The boy may imagine that there must be some joy, excitement, and thrill in the habit which is why his father indulged in it. One day he may try it stealthily as smoking material is easily available in the home. Gradually he may become a habitual smoker and spread it among his friends and associates.

Curiosity, boredom, idleness, and routine life also help in the formation of habits. It is said that an entry mind is a devil’s workshop. An idle person is apt to develop bad habits like playing cards, gambling, stealing, drug addiction, etc. Bad company and association often lead an innocent boy’s mad girls into vicious habits. A drug addict may offer a drug, free of cost, to his friend at first and thereby help him form a bad habit of taking drugs. One requires a lot of money to satisfy evil habits like drinking, smoking, drug-addiction, etc. They may ultimately lead a person to steal, lie, borrow and even worse actions.

Man can be said to be a bundle of habits. They may be good or bad. There cannot be a person wholly good or wholly evil. Speaking truth, frankness, honesty, service to others, cleanliness, reading good books etc., are some of the good habits. They must be encouraged and helped among the young men and women. Good habits should be appreciated, encouraged and rewarded, “Example is better than precept”. We should always put examples of good and meaningful habits before children and young men and women. We must create an atmosphere where good habits are always infectious. Therefore, we should always be alert and watchful regarding information about habits. Bad habits should be nipped in the bud and good ones should be tried and practiced again and again, for they would die and perish for want of these

Have you ever promised yourself that you won’t procrastinate? That you will finish your home works and projects as soon as possible, but you always end up scrolling down on social media and lying down in your bed. You said that you will start reviewing for the exam ahead of time but you then end up with reviewing the night before the exam. This kind of situation makes you stressed and pressured, and it affects your health. So you can see that procrastination is a barrier for us to be productive and successful, it is like a disease. The more you procrastinate the longer it’ll take for you to reach your goals and aspirations. You may not be aware but all of us are procrastinators and everyone has procrastinated on something at one point in life.

But what is procrastination? Why we are doing it? How can we stop it? Procrastination is a habit where we avoid important things that are needed to be accomplished. We make small excuses for us not to do the task. We choose satisfying activities over the task that is needed to be done. For example, you are going home and you said that you will do your assignment as soon as you arrive home, then the time you arrive, you said that you will rest for 10 minutes that turns into 5 hours, then you start panicking because you didn’t do your assignment. It is hard for us to pick between doing the task or do satisfying things. It is the battle between the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex. The limbic system is part of our brain where the pleasure center is located, while the prefrontal cortex is responsible for planning and decision making, when we are procrastinating the limbic system wins, we chose temporary relief for relaxing and satisfying activities over those unpleasant and hard activities. We underestimate the reward of finishing the task, we chose the reward of satisfying activities, this is temporal discounting. Temporal Discounting is where the reward loses its value when the given reward is delayed. For example, your father offered you a thousand pesos today or five thousand pesos in a month, most of us will choose a thousand pesos because we would always go for instant happiness. Every time we experience satisfying and enjoyable happens our brain releases dopamine that causes us to more likely to repeat procrastinating. Dopamine is a chemical found in our brain, it is a chemical messenger in our brain and is responsible for the feeling of pleasures and satisfaction. That is the reason why we are procrastinating, we feel rewarded. We want instant gratification, we want to feel happiness and satisfaction without delay.

How do we stop procrastinating? The first thing would be to look at our priorities. What is the importance of the task at hand and what will the impact be if it will be dome at a later time versus doing things right away. Being aware that failing to accomplish an activity will be detrimental to one’s goals will help a lot to motivate yourself. Learning that delayed gratification will be more fulfilling than getting something instantly. Think of another way of rewarding yourself on small achievements or in every step taken to accomplish something. This way you won’t lose focus on what is needed to be accomplished on the top of your priority list.

ABSTRACT

Cancer is the disease that results when cellular changes cause the uncontrolled growth of cells. Cancer causes fast cell growth. There are several causes of cancer, and few are preventable. Genetic factors also cause the cancer. Cigarate smoking, lot of alcohol consumption, excess weight, physical inactivity and poor nutrition, these causes cancer and these are preventable causes. The chances of developing cancers may be reduced by not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, not drinking lot of alcohol, eating lot of vegetables, fruits and whole grains, vaccination against bound infectious diseases, not eating excessive amount of produced and pork meat and avoiding daylight exposure. Early detection through screening is useful for all type of cancer. Also, to stop cancer lifestyle changes needed like managing stress, enough sleep, regular exercise, avoiding environmental and occupational toxins.

INTRODUCTION

Cancer is the second leading reason behind the death in the world. It is a disease defined as uncontrolled, uncoordinated and undesirable cell division.(1) Cancer cells continue to grow and divide and divide into more numbers, damaged and harmful cells form neoplasm. A neoplasm is localised develops slowly and doesn’t sometimes end in the patient’s death. Malignant or cancerous tumours develop faster. They are not localised and are fatal for the patient and can cause death.

Carcinogenesis could be a multistage process in which damage to a normal cell’s genetic material changes the cell to malignant form. The damage gradually accumulates in the cells growth restrictive system.(2)

To lower your risk for cancer or other serious disease aims to create healthy diet like antioxidant rich fruit, tea and vegetables, nuts, whole grains. At the same time, inhibit or try to limit the processed and cooked foods, sugars and refined carbohydrate. Because of early screening and a few lifestyle changes, survival rates are up for many types of cancer.(3) Diets high in fruit might lower the chances of gastric and lung cancer. Eating vegetables containing carotenoids like carrots, Brussels and sprouts, might lower the chances of lung, oropharynx and larynx cancers. Eating oranges, berries, peas, bell peppers, dark foliaceous greens and the foods high in vitamin c can also protect against cancer. Foods high in carotenoid, like tomatoes, guava and watermelon, might lower the chances of prostatic adenocarcinoma.(4)

Whereas diet is the central point to prevent the cancer but other healthy habits can additionally lower your risks that are being a lean person, being physically active.

Environmental and chemical carcinogens

• People are ceaselessly exposed exogenously to variable amounts of chemicals that are shown to own cancer or mutagenic properties.
• In the case of a solid neoplasm there is a 20-40 year interval from the time of exposure to a chemical or infectious disease causing agents till the clinical detection of a neoplasm.
• By the time a neoplasm is obvious, cancer cells have acquired the ability to divide where normal cells ought not, to invade adjacent cellular architectures, to metastasise and to kill the host.(5)

Cancer causing factors

• Red meat – more consumption of pork could be a risk factor for cancer, particularly those of the gastrointestinal tract and prostate, bladder, breast, and pancreatic cancer.
• Fat- epidemiologic studies give a positive association between dietary fat and colon carcinoma.
• Sugar- frequent consumption of sugar and high sugar foods causes pancreatic cancer.
• Alcohol- once not taken in limit will cause colon, mouth, oesophagus, larynx, throat cancer.
• Obesity -increases possibilities of cancer.(6)
• Salt- nitrate preserved foods, cause GIT cancer.

Cancer could be a preventable disease

• Prevention is better than cure.
• Only 5-10% of all cancer cases may be attributed to genetic defects, whereas the remaining 90-95% has their roots within the environment and life-style.
• The lifestyle factors could be smoking, diet, alcohol, obesity, infectious agents, environmental pollutants and radiation.
• Of all cancer-related deaths;25-30% are due to tobacco, 30-35% diet, 15-20% infections, 10-20% obesity,4-6% alcohol,10-15% others, which includes environmental and radiation(7)

Cancer prevention foods

Stock refrigerator with a range of various colour fruits:

• Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Peaches, Grapes, Oranges, Kiwi, Carrots, Spinach, Red peppers, Green peppers, Cabbage, Tomatoes.
• Grapes –make slow the growth of cancerous call.
• Green leafy vegetables- contain anti-oxidant. Carotenoid inhibits the formation of breast cancer and skin cancer.

Herbs and spices:

• Turmeric, Ginger, Cilantro, hot pepper, Cumin, mint.(8)
• Turmeric – curcumin active ingredient. Prevent the various organ cancers.
• Garlic-immunity enhancer, attack on free radicals, slow the growth of cancer cell.

Lifestyle changes to forestall cancer

• If you drink alcoholic beverages, limit consumption of alcohol.(9)
• Avoid obesity; maintain a healthy weight throughout life.
• Do regular physical activity and limit the consumption high calorie foods and beverages.
• Eat additional vegetables and fruits
• Limit consumption of pork and avoid processed meats.
• Avoid the tobacco, stop smoking.
• Avoid excess daylight exposure.(10)
• Do regular screening.
• Avoid chronic infections.
• Avoid occupational exposure to carcinogens like heavy metals, asbestos.
• Avoid environmental exposure to carcinogens like arsenic contamination, pollution.
• Avoid immunosuppressive disorders.
• Lower the fat intake.
• Take multivitamin supplements.

Conclusion

If by changing eating habits we can lower the chances of cancer. Alcohol is a carcinogenic and will increase the chances of cancer incidence and mortality. Increasing the consumption of tea, coffee, fruits or vegetables is not expected to impact considerably on cancer rates, at least not in well-fed populations.(11) There is presently no compelling evidence that supplementing vitamins, antioxidants or other micronutrients reduces cancer incidence. Cancer protecting diets are designed from plant based mostly foods that are high in fibre, rich in complex carbohydrate, vitamins, and minerals, naturally low fat, salt and cholesterol free, rich in cancer fighting phytochemicals.(12) Keep your body strong and healthy.

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Habits can influence our lives either in a positive or negative way. Good habits have positive impacts in our day to day lives, similarly, bad habits have negative impacts on our lives. Moreover, some bad habits can spoil our lives and routines. To live a healthy and fit life, individuals must develop good habits that can have healthy effects on their lives. On the other hand, bad habits must be avoided and left so that significant positive changes can occur in the life of an individual. To live a healthy life, it is significantly important for any person to leave bad habits that spoil their health and lifestyle. For instance, smoking is a very common unhealthy habit that is found in every age group. Smoking can cause many diseases, such as heart attacks, lungs and liver failure, and also cancer. In this essay, I will explain how smoking can negatively our lives. Moreover, I will also put light on the after effects when someone quits this bad habit.

Although, everyone knows that smoking is injurious to health, however, still the majority of the world’s population is addicted to this unhealthy habit. Life of a smoker is very different from a normal person who does not smoke cigarettes. This is mainly because a smoker always needs time and space in order to smoke cigarettes every 15-30 minutes. On the other hand, a non-smoker lives a normal life and do not need spare time and space. One of the negative impacts of this bad habit is in regard to finances, that is, a smoker spends 2500-3500 dollars per year on cigarettes. This is a huge amount that can be utilized or spend on any other fruitful activity. For instance, with this heavy amount, an individual can plan a foreign holiday tour with his family. This can be healthier and positive spending as compared to spend on cigarettes. It depends on the individual whether he wants to wastes his finances on smoking or spending holidays with his family.

Moreover, smoking can cause dangerous diseases, including heart issues, lungs issues, and the worst of all, cancer. Although, ministries of health and the government clearly have played their role in order to create awareness among the general public regarding the unhealthy effects of smoking, still larger percentage of the population has this bad habit. The tendency of a normal person of living a healthy life is more as compared to the person who regularly smokes cigarettes. Furthermore, heart issues are also very common in smokers, and it very often found that most of the heart attack patients are those who are chain smokers. This clearly shows how dangerous and unhealthy smoking is for the health of any individual. Moreover, the lungs and liver of the human body are also affected by smoking. This is mainly because a chain smoker is often found to be quitting healthy intakes in food. Smokers also drink less water, which is the basic cause of liver and lung failure, as our body needs water on a daily basis. Drinking 8 glasses of water per day are the minimum requirement of a human body, and a smoker is not usually drinking that amount of water per day. Therefore, smokers must focus on their health and try to quit this bad habit as soon as possible.

Comparing the life of a smoker with the life of a person who left smoking is not very difficult, however, there are significant changes that can be noticed in the lives of the two. Although, quitting smoking is not that simple and easy, but it is not impossible as well. Significant changes can be felt by the person who quits this bad habit. For instance, a non-smoker can spend time with his friends and family regardless of leaving them for smoking a cigarette. Furthermore, after leaving smoking, the individual can play an active part in healthy activities like running, yoga, and the gym. These activities not only help the person to enhance their health, but also are helpful in quitting this bad habit. A person can prevent himself from many unhealthy activities when he quits smoking. A person who quit smoking can have more time and money to spend on his friends and family. He can afford to travel with his family to any local or international spot from the money that he used to spend on buying cigarettes. Furthermore, these savings can be used or utilized for any other purpose that is of more importance and priority.

Another positive impact that can happen after quitting smoking is a positive impact on the health of a person. A non-smoker can prevent himself from many dangerous diseases. Although, smoking may have affected the body parts of the smoker, it is never too late to quit this bad habit and can prevent the body parts from further illness and failures. Initially, it may not be very easy to quit smoking, but after a few days, a person can continue his non-smoking routine with ease by using his will power and commitment. Furthermore, an individual can himself feels the positive difference in his life after quitting smoking. Life expectancy of a person who quits smoking increases as compared to the life expectancy of a smoker.

On the whole, we can say that a person is known for his good or bad habits, and habits have huge impacts on our lives. Therefore, as an individual, we all must try to develop good habits in our daily lives so that we can live a healthy life. Similarly, bad habits must be left by us that have negative impacts and effects on our lives. Moreover, it is also concluded that smoking is a bad habit that is causing many diseases and sudden deaths in our society. Everyone knows how dangerous and unhealthy this habit is, yet very few are willing to quit this bad habit. However, those who have left this bad habit can feel positive changes that are happening in their lives. Life becomes more meaningful and stable after giving up this bad habit, and one can easily experience positive changes in one’s health and well-being after giving up this habit.

One of the biggest changes a person undergoes is the transition from high school to college. Not only do academics get more difficult, but the whole atmosphere shifts into a brand-new world. With more organizations to be a part of, more free time, and living on one’s own for the first time, altering how one approaches their workload needs drastic adjustment. The days of trying to cram information the night before a test are over, and studying for days is the new normal. It is no news to anyone that one’s study habits will alter during the transition from high school to college in order to be successful.

For example, making good grades in high school came fairly easy to me, despite being involved with my high school’s drill team, key club, and National Honor Society. My extracurricular activities took up most of the time I should have dedicated to studying and doing homework, yet I was still able to manage to make A honor roll and graduate in the top 6% of my class. High school came pretty easy to me, and I was usually able to skim over my notes right before a test and still manage to make an A or finish up homework right before the bell rang. Teachers were also much more lenient with due dates in high school. I could turn in homework two days late and receive full credit. Due to not having to work hard for my grades, I, as well as most of my classmates, never developed good study habits.

Moving to college was a real wake-up call for me in terms of exactly how much time I would have to dedicate to studying and doing homework. I had to take skimming through my notes hours before a test and transform that into making my own diagrams, flashcards, and other types of study aid in order to be successful in these collegiate-level classes. One tactic I found useful in college, but not high school, was creating study groups with people who were in multiple of my classes. Not only were they my study buddies, but they soon became some of my best friends in college. Being in a study group creates an atmosphere of being held accountable to finish schoolwork. The most rewarding feeling in college is receiving that “A” on a project or test that you dedicated hours upon hours working on/studying for, a feeling of accomplishment I never got to experience in high school.

Although my study habits changed from high school to college, one aspect never did, and that was my organizational skills. Growing up, I was always the kid with tens of colored pencils and markers to make my notes more interesting, and as I grew up, I realized that color-coding my notes actually aided in memorizing information. Color coding is a tactic used to organize the information in your notes. They allow you to review the most important information, and the use of bright colors captures one’s attention. Another tool I have always used is an academic planner. My academic planner allows me to keep track of due dates, test dates, and any other important dates for school all in one place. Any time a date is posted on the board, I immediately turn to my planner and jot it down so I have no excuses for turning work in late. Whether it be in high school or college, whenever I receive a grade I was striving for, I always treat myself to show that hard work pays off. I believe rewarding good behavior is a must in this world.

One goes through many changes during the transition to college; However, their study habits are what undergoes the most modification. As we get older, we now have to spend more time focusing on classes and using those classes to decide what we want our future profession to be. In college, we are able to explore interests and take major-related classes, and they are something we are essentially interested in, whereas, in high school, we were required to attend certain classes that often seemed dreadful. As we grow older, our environment shifts and our study habits will always change. Figuring out how to study is a matter of finding out what the best fit is for you.

It is very hard for people to change their habit; some people do agree and accepts the fact, but the hardest part is to correct the behavior as no one is perfect and for some, it may take time. A habit is doing something repeatedly by people without them being aware of displaying a particular behavior. There are two types of habits; the good ones and the bad ones. Good habit displays a behavior that is beneficial to one’s physical and mental health. Bad habit displays negative behavior that could be harmful. I had a habit and it was a bad one; watching television for hours. There are many things to do in life that are more important and rewarding rather than just sitting in front of the television. One should not stop watching TV all at once, but give it less importance in your life, rather than keeping it first.

I didn’t always accept this statement. There was a time when I was watching television continuously for 5 hours a day. In the afternoon, I would place myself on the couch with my lunch and would be there watching television till evening. If we calculate, it would be around 3 months a year, I sitting in front of the television. For those three months, I was living in a world of belief while the real world was passing by me. It was a part of my everyday schedule and was not easy for me to break it. I was unable to detect that bad habit at that point but now I realize that it was a full addiction for me. It was an escape for me from dealing with my real-life problems, fears, and challenges. During my addiction, I started seeing the world the same way I was being shown on television which led to a major disappointment for me.

There are many reasons for doing other useful things rather than watching TV. Most people nowadays don’t realize that watching access to television can ruin their eyesight. Many shows on television have bright colors as the bright the color, the more attractive it is. Most of the movies and even shows on the TV consist of flashlights that reflect directly to the eye causing serious damage to the retina and can even cause temporary blindness if watched excessively. This also results in headaches and also makes the person lazy and restful.

Watching television should not be given the first priority in life as; one more common problem caused by excessive watching of television is lack of concentration. This problem is caused by the combination of video and audio which sometimes creates confusion for the seers and also it affects when the person is facing the real world and not the believed or the imaginary world. This problem even causes restlessness in one’s life.

One of the biggest changes a person undergoes is the transition from high school to college. Not only do academics get more difficult, but the whole atmosphere shifts into a brand-new world. With more organizations to be a part of, more free time, and living on one’s own for the first time, altering how one approaches their workload needs drastic adjustment. The days of trying to cram information the night before a test are over, and studying for days is the new normal. It is no news to anyone that one’s study habits will alter during the transition from high school to college in order to be successful.

For example, making good grades in high school came fairly easy to me, despite being involved with my high school’s drill team, key club, and National Honor Society. My extracurricular activities took up most of the time I should have dedicated to studying and doing homework, yet I was still able to manage to make A honor roll and graduate in the top 6% of my class. High school came pretty easy to me, and I was usually able to skim over my notes right before a test and still manage to make an A or finish up homework right before the bell rang. Teachers were also much more lenient with due dates in high school. I could turn in homework two days late and receive full credit. Due to not having to work hard for my grades, I, as well as most of my classmates, never developed good study habits.

Moving to college was a real wake-up call for me in terms of exactly how much time I would have to dedicate to studying and doing homework. I had to take skimming through my notes hours before a test and transform that into making my own diagrams, flashcards, and other types of study aid in order to be successful in these collegiate-level classes. One tactic I found useful in college, but not high school, was creating study groups with people who were in multiple of my classes. Not only were they my study buddies, but they soon became some of my best friends in college. Being in a study group creates an atmosphere of being held accountable to finish schoolwork. The most rewarding feeling in college is receiving that “A” on a project or test that you dedicated hours upon hours working on/studying for, a feeling of accomplishment I never got to experience in high school.

Although my study habits changed from high school to college, one aspect never did, and that was my organizational skills. Growing up, I was always the kid with tens of colored pencils and markers to make my notes more interesting, and as I grew up, I realized that color-coding my notes actually aided in memorizing information. Color coding is a tactic used to organize the information in your notes. They allow you to review the most important information, and the use of bright colors captures one’s attention. Another tool I have always used is an academic planner. My academic planner allows me to keep track of due dates, test dates, and any other important dates for school all in one place. Any time a date is posted on the board, I immediately turn to my planner and jot it down so I have no excuses for turning work in late. Whether it be in high school or college, whenever I receive a grade I was striving for, I always treat myself to show that hard work pays off. I believe rewarding good behavior is a must in this world.

One goes through many changes during the transition to college; However, their study habits are what undergoes the most modification. As we get older, we now have to spend more time focusing on classes and using those classes to decide what we want our future profession to be. In college, we are able to explore interests and take major-related classes, and they are something we are essentially interested in, whereas, in high school, we were required to attend certain classes that often seemed dreadful. As we grow older, our environment shifts and our study habits will always change. Figuring out how to study is a matter of finding out what the best fit is for you.

It is very hard for people to change their habit; some people do agree and accepts the fact, but the hardest part is to correct the behavior as no one is perfect and for some, it may take time. A habit is doing something repeatedly by people without them being aware of displaying a particular behavior. There are two types of habits; the good ones and the bad ones. Good habit displays a behavior that is beneficial to one’s physical and mental health. Bad habit displays negative behavior that could be harmful. I had a habit and it was a bad one; watching television for hours. There are many things to do in life that are more important and rewarding rather than just sitting in front of the television. One should not stop watching TV all at once, but give it less importance in your life, rather than keeping it first.

I didn’t always accept this statement. There was a time when I was watching television continuously for 5 hours a day. In the afternoon, I would place myself on the couch with my lunch and would be there watching television till evening. If we calculate, it would be around 3 months a year, I sitting in front of the television. For those three months, I was living in a world of belief while the real world was passing by me. It was a part of my everyday schedule and was not easy for me to break it. I was unable to detect that bad habit at that point but now I realize that it was a full addiction for me. It was an escape for me from dealing with my real-life problems, fears, and challenges. During my addiction, I started seeing the world the same way I was being shown on television which led to a major disappointment for me.

There are many reasons for doing other useful things rather than watching TV. Most people nowadays don’t realize that watching access to television can ruin their eyesight. Many shows on television have bright colors as the bright the color, the more attractive it is. Most of the movies and even shows on the TV consist of flashlights that reflect directly to the eye causing serious damage to the retina and can even cause temporary blindness if watched excessively. This also results in headaches and also makes the person lazy and restful.

Watching television should not be given the first priority in life as; one more common problem caused by excessive watching of television is lack of concentration. This problem is caused by the combination of video and audio which sometimes creates confusion for the seers and also it affects when the person is facing the real world and not the believed or the imaginary world. This problem even causes restlessness in one’s life.