Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa

And then he never touched a cigarette ever again because he was so turned off.

The smell of a cigarette, like made him vomit.

It's kind of like when we have like, I once had a really bad night.

I was 15 and it was one of the first times I ever got drunk and it was with like that white Bacardi.

And then I just could never touch that white Bacardi ever again.

It's like, if you can do something, ideally not in a way like I'm suggesting, but what I'm saying is if you can do something to really turn you off that thing, be my guest.

do that and it's really going to help you kind of break that circuit really quickly but for the most part you're not going to get these once once in a blue moon like really good circuit breakers that kill it and turn you off and give you the ick and you go from day to night being like i'm never doing that thing again it obviously for the most part does require a lot of conscious effort so but there are those are like kind of two ways that you can really break a bad habit

Now another thing that's really, really helpful and I speak about this as being helpful for absolutely everything and there's a reason why is anything that's going to be helping you with emotional regulation.

So obviously meditation, if you know, things like writing things down, journaling, whatever you want to call it, um,

mindfulness things like going for a walk with no podcast, no music, nothing, just becoming aware of yourself, anything that's going to calm you down, yoga, of course, good sleep.

And the reason for that is because it helps you regulate your emotions.

When you are stressed physically or emotionally, your ability to regulate is going to go down.

Your ability to bring your conscious awareness into something emotional and kind of

even out the playing field and be like, that's probably not a good idea.

Same as emotional outbursts.

Like it's, if you feel really regulated and calm, something could happen that really pisses you off, but you can stay under control.

You know, you don't lose your shit, but if you are really worn thin and something happens to annoy you, you're going to fucking explode because you're at the end of your tether.

Okay.

So with all things, whether it's

focus, attention, trying to break a bad habit, trying to instill a good habit, learning, memory consolidation, everything, relationships, everything will always be improved when you do practices that help regulate your emotions.