Form Good Habits for Life ; then become the best version of yourself.

                                        With 2 times SEA Games Marathon winner Rui Yong 

Life has a funny way of telling you what is right and wrong. When we were young, we played catching, looking for spiders in the neighbourhood yards and trees, fought battles with the neighbourhood kids, basically every little thing, we did was outside of our house

It was such a carefree time, the 1960s and earl 1970s. I wouldn't have traded this time for anything else in the world. However, because of lack of parental minding in those days, we kids learned everything by ourselves from taking care of cuts6, scratches, dog bites so on and so forth.

They were indeed carefree days of yore, and those times, I would never have traded them for anything else, the mid 60s all the way to the mid 70s.

I developed many habits, of course, and there were many bad ones together with the good ones. Now that I have learnt the basic 3 step process, I can unlearn the bad habits and replace them with the good ones. Some of the bad habits I have learnt to control and change over the years are 

1. not wanting to snack before dinner and holding my hunger till dinner time. 

2. Having an after dinner aperitif or alcoholic drink 

3. Watching less mindless entertainment like football, or Netflix. 

4. Avoiding a nap when I reach home, as this would mess up my sleep routine and sleep hygiene. 

5. Not snacking in office. 

6. Less eating of any fried food. 

7. Sugar in my coffee 

Instead I have tried or am trying to replace the bad habits with

1. Walking or doing some light exercise to kill off the hunger before dinner

2. A drink of Vit C instead of beer.

3. Reading books

4. Have a shower and play mind games like Sudoku for 1 - 2 hours at home

5. Still trying to find a replacement to snacking in office.

6. Healthier choices of food during dining, and eating more vegetables.  

.The cues for all these habits, I need to be mindful. Once the cue sets in I need to replace the behavior pattern with a new healthier or more mindful alternative. If at the worst case,if my eyes and brain is tired, I will head to bed early or take a nap.