Importance Of Good Habits

Introduction: 

The importance of good habits lies in the fact that if you if you practice good habits, it will take form of your character and vice versa.

Habits becomes part of our nature. We should inculcate good habits in our life. The great philosopher Plato scold a lad for gambling with nuts, and the boy replied, “You are scolding me for a very small matter“. The great philosopher gravely said, my boy, habit is not concerned small matter. Plato was here speaking out of the very depth of his great experience of human nature.

A man with good habits plays an important role in the development of the society. He is an asset to the society at large.

It is important to understand that if  you once allow a bad habit to grow, it becomes a part of our nature. A particular habit is, and can be, acquired acting always in a particular way. Therefore, we should form good habits such as reading, studying, morning walking, early rising, eating healthy foods, etc. We should stay away from bad habits such as smoking, procrastination, etc.

Right conduct will become a habit, if a person spends his life in the practice of virtue. Habits changes into character.

It is much more difficult to get rid of a bad habit than to acquire a good habit. Hence, if, therefore, we develop a bad habit it will become impossible to get rid of that habit, for that will need a much greater sacrifice. When anybody takes us to task for a bad habit, we often say that we will not do again; and we will bring in a new chapter on the tomorrow. But that to-morrow never comes. For on the tomorrow we again put off correction, and thus, in the words of the poet, we become “dupes of to-morrow”. That means that the bad habit is permanently ingrained in our nature and correction becomes almost impossible.

For example

once a person developed the habit of smoking, then it is extremely difficult to get rid of the habit of smoking. Thus, we should keep away from bad habits in the first place. Hence, lies the importance of good habits in our life.

Good habits leads to successful character. Bad habits not only prevent success in life, but also it leads to the degeneration of character. It is attended with other vices which undermine the foundations of our character.

Good habits create virtues. On the other hand, with bad habits comes idleness, undutifulness, loss of capacity to work hard. A person, whose habits are good, will generally be found to be methodical, preserving and dutiful. He regards life from a more serious standpoint. He builds his life on the strongest foundation. Therefore, good habits should be inculcated early during child life.

List of Good Habit: 

Here is a quick list of good habits that we can practice in our life.

Wake up early in the morning. It is said that “Early to bed early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
We should go for morning walk each morning. It helps us to remain fit and healthy.
Brush your teeth regularly.
Take bath everyday.
Read good books that inspires us in a positive manner.
Offer prayer to God in the morning.
Eat healthy food that nourishes our body and mind.
Engage in physical exercise, aerobics, yoga, etc.
Do meditation for some time.
Time is money. We should be punctual in our duties.
We should maintain time while going to school, office, and for scheduled appointments.
We should be obedient to our teachers, seniors, and elders.
Keep our clothes clean and tidy.
We should throw wastes in dustbin only.
We should try to develop of the habit of thinking positive.


The food that we eat helps in building our body. We must take such food as will develop and build our muscles and nerves, all the various parts of the body. Not every eatable thing is equally good for this purpose. In addition, these are some things, which may make us physically strong but mentally dull. So be careful of the quality of food taken.

The quantity of food is even more important. Too much of even a good thing is bad. We have several kinds of work to do; we have several organs, and want several kinds of food. Too much of the same kind will not do. Moreover, our stomachs can digest only a certain quantity of food. They cannot digest more. The organs cannot use undigested food.

In fact, indigestion is the cause of a good deal of sickness. If a thing tastes well, you like to eat plenty of it. That is not good.

Do any of you know how often you have fallen ill by eating too much sweet? When you fall ill, the doctor not only gives you medicine, but also very often puts you under ‘diet”.

We eat not just to satisfy the tongue. We eat to keep up the various organs of the body in working order. As long as we live, the body is doing work. Even in sleep, some parts of the body are very busy. After some hard work, we get tired; by taking food, we become again fresh and vigorous. The food gives strength to every muscle and every limb.

Conclusion: 

In the ordinary business life, it is said that an ounce of habit is worth a pound of intellect. Most of our activities follow a set pattern, a well marked groove. Habits set this pattern from this groove. Hence, if we have acquired useful habits, it means a great economy of energy. We are spared the trouble of thinking out every step that we take, we act mechanically, and the energy saved is better employed in dealing with more important affairs of life in which an active intellect is an asset.