- Become aware of the risks and long-term negative consequences of undesirable behavior.
- Increase your personal engagement by, for example, telling friends about your goals.
- Transform abstract overarching objectives into intermediate steps or milestones.
- Take pleasure in achieving partial successes and reaching intermediate milestones.
- Formulate "if then" resolutions to deal with critical situations.
- Replace old bad habits with new good ones.
- Change your impulses by learning to associate the mere sight of temptations with negative stimuli.
- Identify situations that pose a particular risk and avoid them as much as possible.
- Train your working memory.
- Plan enough breaks and relaxation periods to prevent depletion of your mental resources.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!! :)
SOURCE: 10 Tips to Increase Self-Control
