Breaking Bad (Habits)

All CB students have their tempting bad habits, and the Talon is here to tell their stories and their plans to reach bad habit free bliss.

Habits are created by constant repetition of an action or by watching others. Regardless of how a habit is formed, the bad ones can be quite difficult to break. But CB students are paving their paths to a

Eden Kolb (‘17) has a bad habit, but also an interesting technique to snap out of it.

“My bad habit is cracking my knuckles,” she shares. “I’ve been doing it ever since I was really little, but I heard that keeping a rubber band around your wrist and snapping it on you whenever you want to crack your knuckles works.”

If hurting yourself physically does not appease you, perhaps Cole Cunningham’s  (‘17) technique will be more useful.

“My bad habit is not doing my homework, ” the freshman tells.“I need to get some motivation but also for teachers to give less homework.”

I agree Cole, teachers should assign less homework, but I doubt they would agree with us on that one.

Erin Chelini (‘17) has a bad habit that I’m sure many of us California teens can relate to.

“I say “like” a lot when I talk,” she shares.

Luckily for us, Erin like, totally provided a really, like, useful recommendation.  

“In order to stop saying like I’d probably have to stop talking because I say it too much.”

That’s one way to do it, but I’m not sure how long we would last.

Another super relatable bad habit comes from Alex Dow (‘16).

“My bad habit is cursing,” the foul-mouthed teenager tells. “I think people should know my inner feelings, but I need to express them in a way that is appropriate.”

Alex’s solution is quite similar to Erin’s.

“To stop cursing I’d probably have to stop talking to people I don’t like,” the sophomore explains.

Everyone has a bad habit, and if you don’t, chances are your bad habit is lying. Although a habit may seem difficult to break, anything is possible.