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#9 Find an old hobby

Remember when you were a kid and you wanted to be a basketball player?

You went to the garage and started to bounce a basketball up and down. You didn’t think about how good you really were at it; you just wanted to do it because it made you happy.

When you want to make bigger changes in your life, you will want to find a way to distract yourself from thinking negative thoughts. And this is why often times, experts will recommend that you pick up a hobby to fill your mind when you are feeling a little less than motivated to change.

There are plenty of things that you can do:

• Knitting
• Sports
• Scrap booking
• Weights
• Crafts

These can all help you create a different focus for your mind when you are considering change or in the midst of making major changes in your life. Some experts have also noted that when you are trying to break a habit, you will need to fill that time with something else, or else that habit can easily return.

For example, smokers that are trying to quit often gain weight because they replace their cigarettes with food. But smokers that turn to exercise or other hobbies often do not gain weight as they are replacing the “bad” habit with a good one.

What you may want to do just for today is replace the thing that you want to change with something else. If you are looking to change your diet to vegetarian, try not eating meat for a day. If you are thinking about going back to school, try reading a book that might be associated with your course of study.

When you start to change the way that you are living your current life, you will start to see new ideas and ways that you can change your life; and it won’t seem as scary.

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