Way Of Life

WAY OF LIFE

GOOD AND BAD HABITS

A habit can be many things, some are good and some are bad. Everyone has habits that they would like to change and maybe improve ahead. I believe the majority of habits I have are good ones but some are not. These bad habits are the ones I will talk about.

Smoking is a bad habit that is not only harmful to myself, but also to the people around me, namely my room mates. They are the ones that receive the most harmful and the most concentrated quantity of smoke.

Another of my frustrating and harmful habits is my capacity to let anger build up inside and redirect it to another source. The main reason that I say that this is harmful is that when a man lets his anger build up over an extended length of time he eventually becomes a bomb, ready to explode at any time. This anger could show up at any time and be redirected toward anything, such as cars, other people, or things in the home.

I have to learn to develop constructive ways to expel anger. One of those ways was to go off on your own count to ten, and think about what it was that made me angry. After I discovered the root of my anger, I often asked myself, "Will it do me or anyone else any good to be angry?", and, "Will being angry do anything to solve the problem", and the answer to both questions was usually no. By the time I had done the walking and thinking, I was usually not angry anymore.

Even in light of these habits I believe the worst habit is my use of foul language. I know that "four letter words" are only a sign of a limited vocabulary but old habits die hard. I believe I have gotten better after my son was born, due to the fact that it seemed he could repeat the "s" word more plainly than he could say "ball" and usually at the most inopportune times. But, as I