Saturday, March 5, 2011

How to Break a Bad Habit Like Smoking (Effective Writing)


How to Break a Bad Habit Like Smoking

            Is it hard to break your bad habit? Have you even tried to break it? Well, if you haven’t tried anything, you should start it from now. A bad habit comes from our daily activities. We do it again and again so that it becomes a habit. Of course it’s the bad one, the name itself is self-explanatory. For example like smoking. You aware that smoking is not good for your health, but you keep on doing it.
            First thing first, you have to understand how bad your habit is. You have to learn what effect could come if you keep on doing the bad habit. Once you realize that your habit is not good, you will start to abandon it. A bad habit only brings temporary happiness, while the bad effect will last longer. When you are smoking, you only feel the joy. But several years later, you might be suffered from serious diseases because of smoking. The effects of smoking are greater risk of heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer
            Secondly, when you suddenly want to do the habit, you have to change your focus in mind. Try to think of other positive things that could attract you rather than smoking. For example, if you are alone and you don’t know what to do. Then, you start to think about smoking. You have to do something else that will benefit you more than smoking. Maybe you can do sport, or you can study and doing your homework.
Last but not least, a good community will help you. Making friends won’t hurt you. On the other hand, they can give you a hand in the right time when you need it. It would be better to spend your time by socializing with your friends. When you are hanging around with your friends, you can minimize your bad habit because you don’t want to look annoyed in front of your friends, right? Well, of course with your non-smoking friends.
            So, it is up to you whether you want to change your bad habit or not. It depends on how strong your will is. Well, there is nothing impossible if you try harder and never complain.










Outline

I.                    Intro
What is a bad habit especially smoking and how to break it.
II.                  Body
A.      Understanding the effects of the bad habit especially smoking
-          Greater risk of heart disease
-          Stroke
-          Lung Cancer
B.      Mind set – Avoid smoking
-          Focus on other things that could attract you and forget about smoking
-          Try to do something rather than nothing
C.      Keep in touch with friends
-          Being with friends, you’ll minimize your bad habit since you don’t want to look annoyed.
III.                Conclusion
The key to change our habit is located in our heart. It depends on how strong our will is.

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