5 Bad Mental Habits to Break Right Now

5 Bad Mental Habits to Break Right Now

Everyone has bad days, but sometimes you can find those bad days piling up.

You can also find yourself falling into bad habits that make everything harder to deal with, hold you back, and bring you down.

If you feel down and blue all the time, talk to your parents, or another adult you trust.

You can also start to help yourself by taking a look at your mental habits, and working to get rid of these five in particular.

  • Self-Doubt: “I don’t think I can do that.” Self-doubt is a bad mental habit that can prevent you from reaching your full potential in school and in life. You second-guess and sabotage yourself when this habit takes root, and after a while it becomes second nature. It can hit your grades, you social life, and hobble you when you need to get off to a good start. To root this bad habit out, you have to be mindful and take active steps to build your self-confidence.
  • Procrastination: “I can do that tomorrow.” There are a lot of reasons that people procrastinate, but the effect is that you end up with much more to do in the way of schoolwork and chores and much less time to do it in. Take practical steps to disrupt your particular set of behavior patterns.
  • Negative Thinking: “I’m such a loser.” This one is tough. Negative thinking makes you feel awful about yourself. It hurts. It’s even worse because it’s you hurting yourself. It takes a lot to change, and to do that you need to think about your reasons for negative thinking, and work on countering this vicious kind of self-sabotage.
  • Criticizing Other People: “____ is such a _____.” This is hard for me to say, but many times when someone is bashing others by lashing out with negativity, it’s painfully obvious that they are building themselves up by tearing someone else down. Critique has a valid place, a constructive place, but when you are bringing nothing but negativity, you need to understand that drives people away from you.
  • Fear of Failure: “If I can’t do that, I’d just be so ashamed.” When you were a baby, you had to learn to walk. Falling can be defined as a failure at walking, but it’s an essential part of learning to walk. We’re afraid that failing at something makes us failures, but that is wrong. Failing at something makes us learners. You have to emulate that baby’s bravery. You fall, sometimes you cry about it, but you get up and keep trying. The only way to start to become good at something is to first fail at something – like walking.

You can do it! Habits are hard to break, and making a new attitude into a habit can take a long time, too.

When eliminating these habits in particular, you’ll find that making the changes you want to make is easier.

Think of this as a mental form of Tae Kwon Do – you’re starting out as a white belt, and have to work your way up to black belt. Be realistic about your goals and give yourself a reward for meeting them.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Most frequent questions and answers about our Martial Arts Programs

A specific part of our preschool and kids martial arts classes at Park’s Taekwondo Federation in Coral Springs, Boca Raton, Coconut Creek (East Coral Springs), Plantation, Lake Worth, Kendall FL is teaching respect, and teaching when to use their new self defense training and when to NOT use them.  We find that our students become more confident to stand up to bullies.  And have more humility and kindness to others though their martial arts lessons.

We encourage parents to watch their children in their kids martial arts lessons.  We love parents getting involved!  And so do their kids.  Even better… join into some of our martial arts classes for adults.   You’re kids will love that you have something in common.  It will build a strong family bond!

Additionally, if you wanted some ‘me-time’?  Simply drop them off, and go grab a coffee.  They will greet you with a huge smile when you return, because they had SO much fun!

No, not at all! 

We find that people start at varying fitness levels.  But, you will find that you do get fit by doing our Coral Springs, Boca Raton, Coconut Creek (East Coral Springs), Plantation, Lake Worth, Kendall FL martial arts classes.  Isn’t that the point though?

A fun workout that gets results!

Truthfully, the journey to Black Belt is an individual one.  Everyone can progress at a different pace.  There is no judgement on students for how long it does take.  What we can tell you, is that it is SO WORTHWHILE! 

The self defense skills you will master can truly be life-saving!
However, the other benefits of striving for Black Belt, like perseverance, never giving up, commitment and self discipline lead to life-long success.

You will find that your Instructors at Park’s Taekwondo Federation are dedicated to helping you on your journey to Black Belt or whatever your personal goal may be.

We do only have a certain amount of space in our martial arts training area.  To take advantage of our limited time offer…. The fastest way is to fill in form . 

Additionally, you can always call us, we would love to chat with you about what we do, and if our martial arts classes would be a great fit for you and your family!

Simply choose which of our martial arts school locations is best for you:
Coral Springs
➤ Boca Raton
➤ Coconut Creek (East Coral Springs)
➤ Plantation
➤ Lake Worth
➤ Kendall
and choose the martial arts program you are interested in.  We’re looking forward to meeting you, and sharing our passion for martial arts with you.

Make sure you wear comfortable clothes you can do sport in!  Not really suitable to practice kicks in a skirt.😳

Be sure to bring a water bottle to your martial arts classes. 

You will find Park’s Taekwondo Federation in Coral Springs, Boca Raton, Coconut Creek (East Coral Springs), Plantation, Lake Worth, Kendall FL have martial arts classes for kids and adults that are a great workout and lots of fun! 

Most students are grinning from ear to ear by the end of the class.  I am sure you will be too!

Not at all.  In fact, many students starting in our adult martial arts classes would describe themselves like that before they started.  So you will fit right in!

Give yourself some time, and you will be astounded at how much you improve!  You’ll find that our very experienced martial arts Instructors, are trained to keep their teaching simple.  So even the most uncoordinated person will develop ‘ninja-like’ skills!  Come see for yourself!

Yes, our Instructors are very experienced in this new way of learning. We have found students in Coral Springs, Boca Raton, Coconut Creek (East Coral Springs), Plantation, Lake Worth, Kendall FL and around the country really LOVE our virtual and online classes – as they can keep focussed without distractions of other students and recordings can be paused and rewound for additional clarification on techniques.

We have our in-person classes and online martial arts classes.

Depending on your membership, live streaming martial arts lessons and/or OnDemand recorded lessons are a perfect way for kids and adults to learn martial arts in the comfort of your own home. Some people choose a combination of in-person and online/virtual martial arts lessons in the Coral Springs, Boca Raton, Coconut Creek (East Coral Springs), Plantation, Lake Worth, Kendall FL area.

Have a chat with one of our Instructors, to find the best solution for your martial arts journey.

Our technology works with a multitude of devices. Tablets, computers, smart tv’s with internet access, smart phones. Obviously, the bigger the screen, the easier it is to see the Instructor.

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