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Ever tried eliminating a bad habit through sheer willpower? Yeah, me too, and it usually fails, doesn't it. "Nature abhors a vacuum", meaning unfilled spaces are unnatural, applied to everyday life - remove that daily doughnut from your morning, and the forces of nature conspire against you to bring it back. For a few days you live without it, until powerfull forces overcome you and the doughnut is back, nature once again balanced. The vacuum was only temporary, much to the detriment of your waistline.
 
To succesfully banish a habit, we need to avoid creating that vacuum. The substitute system comes to our rescue. 
 
Instead of eliminate, think substitute. Replace that morning doughnut with a piece of fruit. Substitute a walk around the block for the after-dinner smoke. 
 
Somehow nature is appeased when we substitute instead of eliminate. 
 
What habits are you changing through the substitute system?