Weekly Challenge :: Habit Breaking Strategies | Shopping Habits

Oct 23, 2011 by April    2 Comments    Posted under: Shopping Habits

Habit breaking strategies for the avid shopper … ahh, a common question. No, really. It is.

What isn’t common is the response.

Sure, I have some great strategies I’ll be sharing all week long. But are you really ready for the answers?

Habit Breaking Lesson

Breaking habits, especially if you think they are bad habits, can be such an uphill battle. However, that doesn’t make them impossible.

What tends to stand in the way of a habit breaking effort is the hard work required.

With breaking habits, much like physical clutter, you have to actually deal with it in order to change anything.

The past two weekly challenges have worked a lot on what you know about yourself and your environment, this week is all about how you behave in that environment.

One of the first things I tell a client when we begin working together is

It didn’t take you a week to create [fill in the blank with :: these shopping habits, this cluttered area, the piles surrounding your work computer]  … you most certainly will not break the habits that got you here in a week.

Having realistic expectations and a healthy perspective can go a long way in keeping your motivation strong.

Habit Breaking Challenge

So, what do you know about yourself, your shopping habits and what have you learned over the last two weeks?

• Have you discovered when you have to shop other things migrate to your cart /basket?
• Or maybe you realized that favorite weekly ad is more than just eye candy, it’s more like a call to action?
• Or are the habit breaking shopping questions working so far?

Now what?

I mean, really … now what? What are you going to do with that information?

Have you surrendered? Responding with “yup, that’s me – guess I’ll always be that way?“

Or, did it light your fire, “geesh, I had no idea! I need to do something about this!“

Your habit breaking challenge for this week is to consciously decide “what am I going to do about it?“

This next week you’ll have the opportunity to read a post a day that will line out the essential habit breaking strategies I have taught clients over the years. However, you are the one who will have to decide how the information will affect your shopping habits, and ultimately if the habit breaking strategies are something you’re really ready to deal with.

Habit Breaking Homework

It’s my belief, habit breaking is hard enough – to assign homework would be much too barbaric.

Share your thoughts and opinions below or on The Mental Clutter Coach Facebook Page …

What habit breaking strategies have you already tried when it comes to your shopping habits?

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