After seeing countless people struggle with their bad habits including myself in the past, I realized that in my opinion, THE MOST IMPORTANT thing to do is to identify WHY your addiction exists, and then solve the root issue. I made a video on my YouTube channel that explains exactly how you can do this for yourself:

Reaching that magical 90-day streak goal will not grant you the ability to fly. I'm saying this after 540+ days of being porn free, for example. I spent years consuming content trying to figure out how to quit my bad habits, and I'll be sharing the most important thing I learnt. The mindset that helped me quit was: "I do not do ___ since all areas of my life are better without it." It wasn't: "I am trying to quit ___ since it will directly fix all of my problems in life" After helping a couple of people out in trying to quit and listening to their stories, I now understand that the main reason people end up falling back into the endless cycle of relapse after relapse is because their mindset is holding them back. They think as if they are addicted (which makes sense, since they are) but if you truly want to break free for good, you have to think as if you've already succeeded. Don't say "I'm trying to quit", instead say "I simply do not do that stuff". And WHY do you simply not do that stuff? That's for you to figure out. But I can tell you for sure that you get to quit once and for all as soon as you've realized a greater purpose for your life, rather than trying to reach a certain streak number. Understand WHY you're addicted. Is it because you lack purpose in life? Are you stressed? Whatever the case is, make it your mission to solve the root issue, and you'll automatically increase your streak (at which point it's basically irrelevant since there are other things to focus on, as in my experience) For example, the main reason I chose to quit bad habits was to become a better entrepreneur/content creator, and I can't reach my lifelong goal with addictions on the side. And of course, there are other things I wish to improve- family, physical health, etc. And understand that every relapse is just a stepping stone towards a better life, so long as you're improving gradually. Don't look at relapses as reasons to hate your life, please.

We all hate our addictions (for obvious reasons) which is why we prefer trying to quit all at once, AKA go cold turkey. But, after learning the path to breaking bad habits and making errors myself over the past 2 years, I might have to say that cold turkey isn't the way to go. I've tried both methods: Quitting all at once, and decreasing over a period of time. From experience, a gradual decrease seems more reasonable. Scientifically speaking, a gradual decrease also seems more reasonable. I tried going cold turkey on p*rn but faced relapse after relapse, however I kept increasing the number of days in a row I would abstain for. eg:- indulging thrice a week, then once a week, then once a month (over the course of a year) So basically, I was gradually decreasing, even though I was unaware of it. After analyzing all of my other habit-quitting journeys, I see that this pattern was always present. And, 450+ days later of being clean, I think this was a massive factor for my success. Yes, it took me a year to quit p*rn, but you could definitely speed it up if you stick to a written plan. I know, it might sound weird 'scheduling' your next indulging session, but instead think of it as setting small goals. Achieving these goals will push you and motivate you far better than a streak, that you expect to last for 10,000 days while you're at day 1, ever will. I've actually created a video where I discuss this more in depth (Check it out in the Classroom tab). Hope this helps, take action :) Have you ever tried a gradual decrease? If so, how was your experience?

Ever wondered why you procrastinate or put off difficult things? It's simple- because those things are DIFFICULT 😫 Working out, doing work, studying, reading books; these are all things that require effort 😓 And due to a psychological fact (that's rarely talked about), we fail to do this things and instead prefer EASIER things. But, what if I told you that there was a way to use this to our advantage? Our brains hate doing difficult things... so what if we made our bad habits difficult? I've answered this question myself over the past 2 years. Let's just say- you NEED to leverage this to help you quit ASAP. (Check the INCREASING FRICTION course in the Classroom tab to learn how 💪)

Sure, being able to overcome your urges and staying disciplined is a crucial part of quitting your addictions, but what if the urge never existed in the first place? An important part of me quitting my addictions involved identifying the cues that were triggering me to crave. For example, I realized that if I simply put my phone in a drawer (rather than in plain sight), I would go by my day without ever even thinking about scrolling. We think that cravings are inevitable, but nope. They aren't. The EASIEST way to break a bad habit, or at least make tons of progress in improving your life, is simply by CHANGING YOUR ENVIRONMENT. No need for effort, no need of discipline. All you need is to check the course I made on this exact topic in the classroom tab ;) Question: Will you learn how to change your environment? (Choose wisely)