Breaking The Habit
13th July 2010 with 55 comments
I tried to get rid of some habits today. Which didn’t happen. My list of habits goes extremely far, and let me say it includes but is not limited to the following:
- complaining
- whingeing about the smallest things that don’t really matter
- overanalysing little things such as a single line of text
- going on my iPhone to check my email as soon as I wake up
- going online before I even get breakfast (at least most of the time I make my bed first
)
There’s probably only one habit I’ve ditched: hair pulling. I used to pull out a lot of my hair. I fidget a lot more than I care to say, and playing with my hair has been a real habit. I’ve twirled my hair, nibbled on it, held it between my lips, looked for split ends, rubbed it between my fingers… you get the point.
Pulling out thicker hairs was a habit that I had in the past.
It got so bad that I ended up with a huge bald patch at the top of my head. James could notice it when we hugged, but he noticed when I stopped and when it started going away. My mum could even see the bald patch on top of my head.
Some habits can get pretty nasty. I’ve got a horrible eating habit of eating the whole packet when I buy lollies or chocolate. It’s hard to resist, but I’m sure many of us are like that with junk food.
I mentioned this in an old blog, but one time when we had parties in high school at the end of term, people would bring in junk food for everyone to share. One of those days, I just ate a large bunch of chocolate eclairs and lollies. I was literally sick the rest of the afternoon and James and Lilian had to feed me water and get me a paper bag because it got to the point where it was difficult to breathe. Too much sugar does that to you, I guess.
Not to mention I have a high cholesterol, which I try to keep under control… but sometimes I can’t help it. If I didn’t have a fast metabolism it would help. I’m thin and I take it for granted.
Today though, I did the dishes! I’m so proud. Usually I leave them until the next morning.
I also have a crappy habit of not brushing my teeth when it’s the holidays and when I’m not going out. I feel like I ruin my good teeth, thinking they’re all straight and perfect, then I get bloody bleeding gums. That’s when Sebby told me to brush my teeth after every meal.
I did that today.
My mum also tried to make it a habit for me to eat fruit daily. She forced it upon my brother and I when we were younger but I still need to be reminded. I ate a pear and an apple today though, and I know I should eat fruit daily to keep me healthy. 8D
What are your bad habits?

My mom has repeatedly scolded me for doing so but I just can’t get rid of the habit!
The only time I am willing to share them is on my birthday. On that day, I would be going around the school distributing candies. LOL!


Yeah it sounds weirdddd I thought there was a shopping center inside my body and the hairs were people. But I’m not crazy anymore, lol xD
:X:X:X:X:X (hah, remember that?)
Same still applies today… so I no longer bite my nails.

Holy crap. I couldn’t do that to my hair…probably because I love my hair so much xD, as vain as that sounds. Wow, that must have sucked, having a bald spot on your head.
But at least James noticed and didn’t comment rudely
It seems as though the stereotypical boy — where I live — will only accept you for your appearances. Shallow sonofabitches.
Yuck. Anyway I stop for about six months then start again. I can’t get away from it.
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Lilian
14th July 2010 at 12:07 am
Hellooooo Georgie!
Wow, you’re trying to be very productive this mid-sem break, getting rid of bad habits
Getting rid of ONE bad habit for me takes a lot of effort
Omg, I remember you always used to look for those weird hairs in your head and yank them out
I don’t blame you. I hate it when I find hair strands that are abnormally crooked and stuff. And omg, your bald patch! I remember that too! I’m glad it’s growing back
Well at least you noticed the bald patch before it got worse
Hahaha, yeah. I do that too. Consuming whole packets of lollies. That’s why I try to buy smaller packets now. But you’re right, it is a pretty bad habit. We’re so unhealthy. However, I unlike you, am not naturally thin
*sigh*
Oh yeah! The last week of school. James and I were so worried you were hyperventilating or something when you said you couldn’t breathe properly…Haha. Poor Georgie. Lucky nothing too serious happened
That would have made us both have miniature heart attacks
YAY for doing the dishes earlier
And you SHOULD brush your teeth! Hahahaha. It’s good for you. Even if it’s annoying
I’m paranoid about my teeth now because I read something about how enamel is softened by eating sugar and to re-crystalise it you have to use fluoride and therefore brush your teeth otherwise the enamel breaks down and you get cavities and sensitive teeth
Not good! So yeah, I take longer to brush my
now
Oh fruit! I love fruit. I try to eat some everyday, but sometimes I’m just too full
Bad habits…let’s see. I tend to over-analyse things and feel really suffocated easily, I trip over everything, I always draw random things on my lecture notes, I get distracted easily, I tend to daydream when I play my scales…and about fifty million other things *sigh* Haha I’m so bad.
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Hahaha, your blog titles are so much better than mine though. I always resort to something completely random and long-winded. I suck at coming up with good blog titles
Oh well.
Yeah, I don’t blame you for being turned off when seeing a 6000 word blog. Oh my god. That’s the equivalent of reading THREE law essays. I.e. incredibly difficult to concentrate on. Wow. I suck. Even if I have something to blog about, I’ll usually forget to blog anyways
Oh well, I totally tell you online anyways. I’m trying to keep my blogs shorter now, because if I make them long, I tend to rant about stupid things, which is bad. I like your blog length! It makes it easy to read
Don’t worry, we’ll see each other SOON
Your present is still in the bag they gave me when I bought it, but I think the bag is collecting dust now
I better clean it
Ohhhh! The second Night Angel book. It’s okay!!! Take some time to steel yourself for the epicness of the book
Then you can totally be all *GASP* OMG throughout the whole book and it’ll be like YAY
I think I read books to fast too because my eyes start blurring when I look up
Omg, James Patterson! His books got a little crap. LOL But I’ll always love Maximum Ride and When the Wind Blows
Remember those? But yeah that book…was scary…the one you read. I think ti was Cradle and All, right? I haven’t read one of his books for ages. I have to read Fang. I need to find out what happens with Max and Fang! Hahaha!
Awww! Your poor hands. I’d hate to have to constantly type on an iphone. It seems pretty hard. Don’t worry! You can continue to read on the train! 8D Haha
YOU AND JAMES ARE MAKING MUFFINS? THAT’S SO CUTE! HAHAHA TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES FOR ME
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