Kick the habit. relevance?

Sorry about the delay in writing. keep in mind, i am a highschool senior on the brink of summer freedom battling through midterms, job searching, the home stretch of cheerleading and college acceptances (george mason, URI, Umaine so if i go to any of the schools, be ready for FeshXV college blog<3)
But onto the topic!
SO! ive been sick. not like flu or dying or whatever, just a cold. which i blame on my best friend jaxson. weve been hanging out a lot lately and he has this terrible cough. which he gave to me. except in the form of a stuffy nose and sneezing. he got the cough, i got the sneeze. we make a perfect cold<3.
But besides hanging out with your disease ridden best friend, there are other ways to gert sick. namely habits.

HABITS.
dear god, do i hate habits. now dont deny it, we all have one. some of these include Eating disorders, saying "like", nail biting, nose picking (even though you swear you were scratching), etc.

Nail biting.
the amount of shit that goes on your hands during the day is terrible. im not even being sarcastic. studies have found legit shit on surfaces that humans touch every day. even in that awesome bowl of cookies next to the cash register at the diner. the germs on your hands and under your nails have been known to cause such illnesses as the common cold and range to meningitis, bronchiolitis, influenza, hepatitis A, and most types of infectious diarrhea.... ew......

so when you wash your hands (which you should do often) sing happy birthday twice. not even kidding.
if you bite your nails, there are products available at drugstores in the beauty section that can grow your nails, maike them stronger or are bitter so when you put your hands in your mouth, it will tastes bitter

Things that have worked for me:
1. confrontation. im not even kidding. i was once at practice and a team mate brought some cereal into practice that everyone was eating. i went to go put my hand in the bag to take some and the person who brought it in put their hand over mine to stop me and said straight to my face "im sorry but i saw you put your hands in your mouth before." I completely understood despite the humiliation of my whole team hearing that. and for that reason alone i knew okay i have to stop. im going into college and its time to grow up. people find it gross so its time.

2. so after this, i started painting my nails. i had a phobia for YEARS of getting a manicure at the nail places because the koreans always yell at me for biting. so because i still have such a phobia, i decided to paint my nail;s by myself. sure, they dont come out the same quality but i started doing it anyway. the colors looked nice for my short stubby nails and eventually not only did the look of them, but it was physically difficult for me to bite. so i didnt. but it was nice because when they were dry id go into the bathroom and playwith my hair for HOURS just watching my gorgeous nails run through my hair. it made me feel 10 times prettier and wierdly enough gave me enough confidence to get a guys number. not lying. after a while, when my hand became sterady enough, i stared making designs with those super skinny nail polishes (sold at rickys drugstore) like tiger stripes, paisley designs, flowers, snowflakes, etc. and they just looked so damn pretty, i couldnt resist but keep them the way they are.

Breaking away from habits is all about will power. if you have the willpower to stop poping your zits, biting your nails or even stop seeing a guy that is emotionally torturing you, and you have an issue with who you are physically, you have the willpower to change that. I believe in you, now you have to believe in you.

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