5 unhealthy habits you hope to get rid of in 2013

  At the beginning of 2013 you probably sat down with a pen and journal and wrote down the famous " New Years Resolutions: New Year = New me'". And in that list you probably included a few bad habits you had gathered throughout the years, and decided that 2013 would be the year that you changed?

That above scenario sounds like me, expect I wrote that way back in 2010 and on January the 1st 2013 I found myself writing the same resolutions... again.

But even though I, like millions of you " goal-orientated" individuals out there who really do want to improve our lives... Sometimes we may slip up. But one day we will win! One day...

In the meantime, I decided to compile a list of habits I am continually trying to get rid off and I am sure you are too!

Convincing yourself that 3 hours of sleep is acceptable

So I am starting university next week, so I have not experienced this... yet. But in high school my classmates and I spent days getting minimal, if not no sleep at all ! But we would wake up feeling like we were on top of the world... until third period when one of us would burst in tears for no apparent reason. True Story. Not getting enough sleep really does make you go crazy.... trust me.

Emotional Eating

Chocolate is a girls' best friend, espicially during times of adversity. In general I do not really eat junk food. Most of my meals are prepared freshly at home, and this is going to be like this as I start college. But that does not mean that I am not tempted by the various food outlets on campus. Espicially when I am stressed out.

Skipping out on your workouts

First it starts out with missing one workout. You come up with excuses like: " oh, my car broke down therefore I cannot drive to gym". Uhm, hello? Grab a pair of running shoes and play tag with little kids at the park?

Then one workout, becomes two, three and before you know it you cannot even walk up a flight of stairs without gasping for air! [ true story].


Procrastinating

This one is espicially important since I will be starting university, and by the looks of my timetable so far... I am already stressing out about the workload. So this habit is a " no, no" because not only may it have a negative impact on the quality of your work, the stress of falling behind in class and the inevitable all-nighters does serious harm to your health.

Disorganisation

You know you are disorganised when you find your lecture timetables, the Afro comb you had been searching for and an old copy of Seventeen magazine all in the same folder! Seriously. Just as procrastinating may cause you to stress out, so will being disorganised. The best thing is to keep things in the proper place, so you do not have to stress when looking for something.


Imani Dlamini