What is the habit you are proudest of breaking?

[Aizou]

do you have any habits that you are proud of breaking?

[BlueSJ]

Biting pencils tips.

I started it when I was 7, I saw my friend doing it in class,

and I liked it, so I stuck with that bad habit.

Every time my mom opens my pencil case,

she sees bite traces on the pencils.

And she's like:

"Tsk tsk tsk.. Daughter, there's an invention called food,

if you didn't hear of it yet!"

I was like, "I can't quit it, this way my brain would be in its peak,

and I would be able to concentrate."

(lol Ryuzaki excuse) -_-"

Later, I knew how harmful this habit,

and tried my best and broke it. ^_^

[Aizou]

heh, I used to do that too, but only with wooden

pencils, and it was only at exams ^.~

[BlueSJ]

Yeah, you always imitate me, Aizou! :P

I did it whenever I was thinking. lol

[BlueSJ]

I mean thinking in math lessons and stuff. xD

[Aizou]

sometimes you just need something

to fiddle with when trying to

figure something out ^.~

[BlueSJ]

Yup I guess it's natural.

So sometimes if you want to quit a habit,

you have to start another habit. :P

[Aizou]

like fighting fire with fire? ^.~

so you have another habit now instead? ha ha :3

[BlueSJ]

As I said in your other question, shaking back and forth while sitting.

This habit is funny. I must avoid it. But I have to find another habit!

I want to just stay like this link

while trying to figure something out lol. xD

[Aizou]

link do this instead ^.~

[BlueSJ]

LoL I tried and it didn't work. xD

Like you feel you want to think very well, and at the same moment you want to spend

some energy on a Kinetic thing, if you know what I mean. ^-^

[Aizou]

of course I know, when I need to come up with a good

answer to a hard question, I lean back, squeeze me

left thumb and close my eyes, this just works for me ^.~

[Aizou]

my* left thumb

imagining the solution makes it easier

to come up with a good answer ^.~

[BlueSJ]

Hmm I will try that then! ^_^

I guess you can find all the weird habits people do

while they try to figure something out in death note anime lol.

There was a period of time where I had this habit of just closing my eyes

and playing with my hair, like "Near". At least this was a better one lol. xD

[BlueSJ]

This really helps sometimes too: link ^_^

[Aizou]

actually, my friends say I sometimes touch my

lips with two fingers when thinking, they say

I look like a girl doing that ^.~

it'd make sense, because it's something

girls does when feeling insecure haha, I might

have told you that before now that I think about it.. ^.~

[BlueSJ]

Yeah you told me before that you think that insecure girls tend to touch their lips. hahah

But I can't tell you for sure, Because:

Some girls do it as a habit (like you :P).

Some do it when they are nervous or feel shy.

And I guess yeah some do it because they are insecure

And some don't do it at all.

[Aizou]

if it's not something really weird, and it helps

you get to a conclusion, I guess anything is fine ^.~

[RedSmartie]

Pathological shyness, if that counts. If not, I'm also rather proud of breaking my habit of constantly licking my lips. They're really dry so it's hard not to but I started buying some better quality chapstick and it helps.

One of my friends recently got a job as an assistant for a local news anchor and she had a really bad habit of biting her nails. She was told that if she wanted the job she would have to quit so she started biting her toenails instead. Her hands look perfect but I can't imagine being able to stretch that much.

[smokahontas]

Sucking my thumb. I literally sucked my thumb until my 12th birthday. I quit cold turkey and it was one of the hardest things I had to do in my life. It was to the point where I started crying because I always sucked my thumb, ever since I was a child, my mom always put my thumb in my mouth to calm me down. It was my comfort object, when I put my thumb in my mouth, I felt safe and calm. I guess its a pyschological thing. Have not sucked my thumb nor do I want to anymore ever since I was 12 :)

[Aizou]

aw that's adorable somehow, and I know it's very

difficult to stop doing something you have always

done, especially if it's something for comfort, good job ^.~

[BlueSJ]

Hahaha my friend was the same, but she was exaggerating.

Eventually, her finger appearance became weird. The doctor told her that she should quit it, or her finger wouldn't take it anymore and they might cut it. LOL I don't know if he just said this to make her quit this habit or not? xD

[smokahontas]

my skin on my thumb would always be pruned and moist, eventually it started looking the same as my other thumb. I used to only suck my right thumb.

[Prof_Don]

The addictive habit of eating for taste when I'm not hungry.

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I never realized how mindless I was eating until I was in college and weighed very close to 400lbs.

I wasn't eating not because my body needed nourishment...I was eating because I was addicted to the taste of the food and the "food coma" of fullness.

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I also quit smoking, but because I was a "social smoker" (smoked only when I was drinking), the "addiction to food taste" is a bigger accomplishment imo. :-D

[dwight78]

1. gnawing on my fingernails many years ago though. I never believed I would grow normal flest on my nails anymore

2. Living without sugar. I just achieved that 2 years ago. I no longer buy or use sugar for anything(mostly lol)

[Aizou]

then do you use natural sweeteners, like honey?

or no sweet stuff at all? :)

[dwight78]

nothing at all except the sugar intrinsic like in the milk, pineapple etc.

[may04]

drinking soda. I would seriously drink a 12 pack of diet coke in 2-3 days. Now I only drink water or unsweetened teas.

Sugarcoating. When I was younger I was always overly-sensitive to other people's feelings and had a fear of confrontation. I haven't turned into a loud-mouth or anything, but if you ask for my opinion I will give an honest answer, even if it's not what you want to hear.

[Settingemstraight]

when I was younger I would peal anything.

Crayons. paint, book covers.

If it was already pulling apart from itself I would completely peal off the top layer,

I did it with my finger nails too. I never picked them off but I regularly scratched the top layer of nail off, so they were soft.

I did it absent minded too. Like no conscious effort.

No longer pooping my pants is something I'm proud of too.

[Anonymous]

Sugar in my tea! My sister and I used to put a bit too much sugar in our tea. heh I went to a Chinese tea tasting shop with my dad and asked for sugar for my tea and the owner gave me a lecture about it. I decided from then on I wouldn't have sugar in my tea, and I never did again. :)

[Anonymous]

Overeating/eating unhealthy food all the time.

Yo-yoed a bit at first after losing a lot, but I've been able to maintain for last 2 years or so. Yay-yah! :-D

[Aizou]

amazing, it's hard to change the love

of specific foods, I also used to eat a lot

of junk food, I felt like I needed to for the

energy since I move around a lot, found

out I could get that energy from other sources ^.~

[chessqueen]

No, as soon as I am hooked on something, that is it. But I am proud of never going on drugs, ciggarettes and alcohol

[snowangle]

Telling people what they want to hear. I used to be a huge pushover, but I've gotten a lot more sure of myself and now I say what's on my mind. :)

[grapevine_stella]

I had that one too

[Confucius16]

I stopped using put-downs. I stopped saying "stupid", etc., even though I had said it jokingly. I saw that as a great achievement, precisely because it was so hard to do.

[Talynted]

Biting my nails. I finally stopped in my late teens but bit them all off again when my grandfather died when I was 21 but since quit again. This time for good.

[cjwright79]

"You must learn to abstain from the company of women" -- the creepy villain in some Jet Li movie, Black Mask I think.

[Racez]

It would be getting nervous before any kind of situation where it involves me speaking to a person/persons/ or a group of people.

[Deathcabforcutie]

Lying. I used to lie all te time because of fear but I only lie if its to protect someone's feelings now b

[wanderer83]

I have never lied in my entire life

[Deathcabforcutie]

That is a lie! Haha I rarely lie and if I do it's for good

[wanderer83]

My soda addiction and Facebook status updating. Maaaaaan...those updates are EVIL!

[indian_empress_91]

1. chewing ice

2. I used to have a bit of OCD

3. used to be a pushover a bit

[maryJoeseph]

Everyone has a habit that they dont like, for me its that i get angry alot, but i dont show it, so people dont notice that am mad and keep repeating the same mistake

[realistic]

eating Oreo cookies, seriously I eat to many cookies like literately a container over night, I am going to end up getting diabetes, and I should know, I came from a family known for diabetes D:

[grapevine_stella]

Smoking.

I used to smoke a pack a day

[Aizou]

great job with that :3

so are you feeling better now

after you've stopped? ^.~

[grapevine_stella]

yup a lot better.

Though I had to go through a bit of sh*tty time with the cravings.

[Anonymous]

masturbating. I've broken this habit at least 900 times.

[emzy-89]

Getting over having Bulimia.

[Taeyeon0424]

Sucking my thumb... AAH!

[the-man-who-knows]

jerking off on towels at the local walmart.

[wanderer83]

Well, at Wal*mart...anything can happen!

[chocolateismylover]

Staying up late. I'm now an early riser.

[MakeLoveNotWar]

Sleeping in and not eating enough lol

[Anonymous]

Blinking lots out of pure habit

[Hidden_P]

Sucking my thumb!

[WoIIie]

Playing video games.

[Anonymous]

I stopped self harming and starving ??

[Anonymous]

Changing boyfriends every week.

[Anonymous]

My habit is breaking the habits and rules

[Finalfantasy]

Smoking!