But the first step is to be aware of the bad habit and to acknowledge that you have a problem!
But Dell still clings to the bad old habit of loading in software you may not want, for which it presumably gets paid.
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But psychiatry as a field has been skeptical of the idea of people being addicted to behaviors, because there is not proof that a bad habit is the same kind of biological issue as a dependence on alcohol, nicotine, or heroin.
Similarly, he adds, children who eat dinner at the table with their family aren't eating in front of the TV, a bad habit that often leads to less mindful eating and doesn't teach children how to regulate their food intake.
Call it a crazy bad habit, I watch the financial news channels a fair amount.
From a risk management standpoint, giving up over a 10% gain is a bad habit to develop if you want to make money over the long haul.
"It's a bad habit, " Ms. Feldman, 45, joked of the couple's book collecting.
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But another bad retirement savings habit can't be so easily blamed on the recession: Workers continue to have too much invested in their employers' stock.
Consistent with this, there is a case for restrictions on the way in which cigarettes are advertised and sold: because cigarettes are addictive and dangerous, children are at risk of being hooked by a bad habit before they are old enough to make a reasoned calculation of the odds.
But the inclination to subsidize inputs (in particular, fertilizer) could prove to be a bad habit that is very tough to break.
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And if you have such a bad cutting habit just for coffee, what other cutting are you doing in the rest of your life?
The same holds true when it comes to behavior - by trying not to engage in a bad habit, our habits get strengthened rather than broken.
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