Grandad's Gems - Grandad AO's Blog

 How To Create Or Break A Habit  This blog is made to give you the information you need to make or break a habit.  Using this I’ve successfully been able to make going to the gym a habit and break bad eating habits  Therefore by the end of this blog, you will know how to create a good habit you desire or break a bad habit you currently have.  At the epicentre of every habit is a neurological loop. This neurological loop consists of three parts which are: Cue - routine - reward  Cue is the thing that triggers the loop. These can be hard to identify when breaking a habit. So it’s best to deal with the other two first when trying to break a habit. When creating a habit this is the thing which we are going to use to trigger the habit we want to create. Routine is the most obvious part, it’s the behaviour you want to develop, change or stop/prevent. Rewards. Rewards satisfy cravings, and cravings can drive our behaviour. You have to experiment with rewards to se...

KNOW YOURSELF What’s good everyone? Want to know what I think is good? Knowing yourself is. I feel like in today's day and age people are beginning to realise the importance of emotional intelligence and I believe knowing yourself is connected to that when it comes to you as an individual.  It's of extreme importance to know yourself because even though there are people who are there for you, it's only you who goes through everything you go through. Every single, up, down, win, loss and challenge you encounter. If you don't know yourself you will find it hard to take care of and better yourself, therefore, I would advise everyone to study themselves. It is a necessity. Learning about myself has helped me overcome bad habits and mental struggles. I know that I love Oreos. This may seem minuscule compared to your struggles but there have been many times I’ve had a bad day then said let me buy some Oreos to cheer me up. This may sound silly to some pe...