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Would you rather drop a bad habit or start a good habit?

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Would you rather drop a bad habit or start a good habit?

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I've still got my share of bad habits that I would love to get rid of. Make more room for the good ones.

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Do you mean like; no more redheads, I'll try blondes instead?

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In my experience, there is no dilemma. Though when I quit a bad habit I might not know what good habits I will start.

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I'm not the only both/and thinker here, I see!

Yeah, sometimes I do have to consciously replace the bad habit with an opposite good habit. But for the purposes of this dichotomy, I would say "Drop a bad habit" because those are easy to identify by the damage they cause!

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As indicated by Jeremy, the best way to drop a bad habit is to start a new one, and the surest way to do that is to begin a new habit that is incompatible with the old habit. In the business the process was called DRI….differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior. So, like Jeremy , I would say they tend to be the same. But, if I could, I would rather drop a bad habit….especially if I didn’t have to replace it.

I figure if someone from the future hasn’t tried to stop me, I can’t be messing up that bad.

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Starting new good habits is usually easier than stopping bad habits. That said though life would likely more improved if I stopped any one of the bad habits I haven't beaten yet. So I guess dropping the habit would and should be the answer.

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I'm with Jeremy. It seems like any bad habit I want to stop begins with starting a new good habit. So, I'll take Start a good one, please.

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Me, with a bad habit, never ...

I vote to start a new habit.

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I'd be happy to lose a bad habit. I think it would free time and energy for good habits I've already got going to expand and flourish.

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Matt McSpadden wrote:If you like the "Would You Rather" game, check out this index of other questions. https://permies.com/t/238000/Permaculture-Edition

Would you rather drop a bad habit or start a good habit?

Start a good habit. more good is better@!

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Drop a bad one, and it can be done in 60 days, if you work on it.

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