Need motivation to quit bad habits

[Sugarcoat]

I am addicted to music and social media and sometimes food

I know it’s super common, and some wouldn’t even consider it a problem but rather just the modern lifestyle. But for me it’s not that I wanna get to a point where I never do those things ever. It’s just I don’t wanna be addicted to them and feel the need to do them to excessive degree

I realize that every moment I indulge in an addiction, I have the choice to step in, take control and stop

What I think is important from my own experience is having strong enough desire to stop for it to overpower the urge

And that I feel I lack sometimes.

When I was younger, there was certain things that bothered me a ton. So I was driven by a strong desire to change them and I managed to do that.

When you have strong desire to change something, and that desire is ever present and it doesn’t just pop up occasionally like “4 am motivation” . Then it’s much easier to change because it’s like a powerful driving force

I have a vision in my mind of how my mental state would improve further from unhooking myself from these addictions. But I feel the vision is sometimes not compelling enough to motivate me. 

When you stop an addiction, what you meet is this “urge”. And it seems it takes time for the urge to go away, so you gotta hold on to receive the benefit, and sometimes when the desire isn’t strong enough I’m just like “fuck it” and give in and get pulled back into the same habit

I’m not gonna limit myself tho and I think I need super strong desire to change something. Something like simple mindfulness could work too. It is in a way as simple as just not doing something. But when something feels like a force it might feel like you need a counter force to overpower it…

Could someone share the genuine benefits they have received from ending addictions like this? Maybe it could inspire me

[UnbornTao]

What do you mean by addicted to music and food? 🥝 🥑 Is it functional?