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UNIT2HEALTHYLIFESTYLE
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HABITSFORAHEALTHYLIFESTYLE
Asteenagersgrowup
,
theybecomemoreindependentandstartmakingtheirown
decisions.However
,
duringthisperiod
,
itcanbeeasyforsomeofthemtoformbad
habits.Thesebadhabits
,
ifleftunchecked
,
couldleadtomoreseriousoneswhen
theybecomeadults.Forexample
,
someofthemmaybecomeinvolvedintobacco①or
alcohol②abuse③
,
whichcanleadtophysical④andmentalhealthproblems.To
preventharmfulhabitslikethesefromdominating⑤ateenager
slifeis
essential.Theymustlearntorecognisebadhabitsearlyandmakeappropriate
changes.
Tochangebadhabitsisnevereasy
,
evenwithmanyattempts.Thereisafamous
sayingbasedonthephilosophyofAristotle
:
“Wearewhatwerepeatedly⑥do.”In
manyways
,
ourlifestyleisthesumofchoiceswehavemade.Wemakeachoicetodo
something
,
andthenwerepeatitoverandoveragain.Soonthatchoicebecomes
automaticandformsahabitthatismuchhardertochange.Thegoodnewsisthatwe
canchange
,
ifweunderstandhowhabitswork.
Accordingtomodernpsychology⑦
,
wemustfirstlearnaboutthe“habitcycle”
,
whichworkslikethis
:
·Firstly
,
thereisa“cue”⑧
,
anaction
,
event
,
orsituationthatactsasa
signaltodosomething.
·Secondly
,
thereisa“routine”
,
theregularactionyoutakeinresponseto
⑨thecue.
·Thirdly
,
thereisthe“reward”⑩
,
thegoodthingorfeelingwegetfromthe
routine.
Forexample
,
whenwefeelunhappy
(
cue
),
weeatlotsofunhealthysnacks
(
routine
),
whichmakesusfeelhappy
(
reward
)
.Therewardmakesusmuchmorelikely
tocontinuethecycle
,
andthebadhabitofrelying
onunhealthysnacksis
formed.
Tofacilitate
apositivechangeinourbadhabits
,
wemustfirstexamine
ourbadhabitcyclesandthentrytoadaptthem.Wecandothisbycombining
theinformationfromourhabitcycleswithourownpositiveideas.Forexample
,
we
couldtrytoreplaceanegative
routinewithsomethingmorepositive.So
,
when