00:00Here's exactly how to stop falling back into your bad habits every month.
00:04And no, I'm not going to tell you to get obsessed with discipline to get rid of your bad habits,
00:08because you'll fall back into it after some days or weeks if you rely on discipline alone.
00:13But what I'm going to tell you right now will help you create a new version of yourself permanently,
00:18one that doesn't slip back into those old routines.
00:20First things first, we've all been told to act tough and act like nothing can harm us.
00:25But human beings don't function like that.
00:26We always get carried away by emotions, no matter how hard we try to control them.
00:31What I'm going to show you will make that bad habit feel like it's not even part of your identity anymore.
00:36Let's start here. Stop relying on willpower.
00:39If you think you won't use your phone while studying, even though it's right there on the desk,
00:43you already know what happens next.
00:45You end up scrolling again.
00:46There's nothing worse than watching hours disappear and hating yourself after, only to repeat it the next day.
00:52And the truth is, your brain loves this cycle.
00:54When you go to the same places, use the same objects, see the same triggers, your brain associates them with the habit.
01:01Like picking up your phone and instinctively checking Instagram, even when you meant to do something productive.
01:07So what's the fix?
01:08Start with your environment.
01:09If you start smoking with your friends and then stop seeing those friends, you might just stop smoking.
01:14Like, my friend stopped smoking when he moved to another country and became a loner because he couldn't find his old friends.
01:21Well, you don't have to leave your country, just don't hang out with them all the time.
01:25It might sound harsh, but if that habit is slowly ruining your life, this is what doing it for yourself looks like.
01:31Now, here's the second shift most people miss.
01:33Handling the mental urges.
01:35You can remove temptations from your space, but what about the random urges you get in the middle of a productive day?
01:40The kind that doesn't let you focus until you give in?
01:42If you keep telling yourself, I won't jerk off all day, guess what you're going to end up doing when you're alone?
01:49It's simple.
01:50We act on the things we keep thinking about.
01:52But in reality, human beings don't crave the things they forget.
01:56You know that feeling when you're so deep in work, you forget to check your phone for hours?
02:00That mental state is possible.
02:01It's not luck.
02:03It's design.
02:05So here's the shift.
02:06Grab a pen and paper.
02:07Sit with yourself for one solid hour.
02:09No phone, no distraction.
02:11Write out every reason you struggle, every moment you relapse.
02:15Understand it so deeply that after that hour, you stop obsessing over it.
02:19That's the last time you overthink the habit you're trying to leave.
02:22What helped me most was replacing my bad habits with something similar, but better.
02:27For example, I swapped watching Netflix for video editing.
02:30I set a clear goal and reminded myself every day, I've got better things to build, just like this channel.
02:36I added creativity to my life, because creativity is what keeps the brain alive.
02:42If you don't think you're the creative type, this next video will show you how to unlock it anyway.
02:46Even if you don't feel creative, you still need it in your life.
02:50If you're unsure where to start, this video will walk you through it.
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