Tips by psychologists to improve self-control
- Avoid temptation by finding a healthy distraction to take your mind off of it.
- Plan ahead to improve willpower and be ready with a solution,
- Practice. Think of self-control as a muscle...the more regularly you use it, the stronger it gets.
- Focus on one area at a time. Trying to juggle change in too many areas will exhaust and demotivate you.
- Practice mindfulness to slow your thoughts and control gut impulses.
- Remind yourself how things can go wrong if you lose self-control.
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