{"id":617,"date":"2012-01-05T11:09:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T17:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/?p=617"},"modified":"2017-05-26T11:00:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T16:00:17","slug":"overcoming-bad-habits-and-replacing-them-with-good-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/overcoming-bad-habits-and-replacing-them-with-good-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming bad habits and replacing them with good ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-618\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"ben franklin\" src=\"https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/inventor.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/inventor.gif 320w, https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/inventor-300x234.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Benjamin Franklin had created a list of 13 virtues at the age of 20 that he decided he wanted to live his life by. \u00a0He found that after following the plan for a year that he was quite happy with his progress and decided to follow the plan for the rest of his life.<\/h2>\n<p>I had never heard of this plan before I was introduced to it by this wonderful website\u00a0<a title=\"Simpleology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Simpleology.com\" target=\"_blank\">Simpleology.com<\/a>\u00a0 I was intrigued by the idea and wanted to learn more about it. \u00a0Once I started reading up about the virtues I thought I would like to share them with you. \u00a0Along the way I found some great resources that I was able to get the information from.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first one I am sharing is a eBook resource\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisherhouse.com\/books\/virtues.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">Suggestions for Living Better \u00a0From the Life of Benjamin Franklin<\/a>\u00a0This is a more detailed look that you can download to your computer.<\/li>\n<li>The second one is a favourite for many reasons. \u00a0I have used this <a href=\"http:\/\/diyplanner.com\/templates\/official\/hpda\/addons\/franklin\" target=\"_blank\">website (D*I*Y Planner)<\/a>\u00a0for a lot of things, but I have never even seen this on there before I went looking for it. \u00a0With this link you can download and print out trackers to use to keep track of yourself using this plan.<\/li>\n<li>The third is where I got the next chunk of information to share with you. (<a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2006\/02\/27\/benjamin-franklins-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Franklin&#8217;s 13-point plan for virtuous living<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Here is the list of Ben Franklin&#8217;s 13 Virtues<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>1. Temperance: Eat not to dullness and drink not to elevation.<\/p>\n<p>2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling conversation.<\/p>\n<p>3. Order: Let all your things have their places. Let each part of your business have its time.<\/p>\n<p>4. Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.<\/p>\n<p>5. Frugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself: i.e. Waste nothing.<\/p>\n<p>6. Industry: Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions.<\/p>\n<p>7. Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>8. Justice: Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.<\/p>\n<p>9. Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>10. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes or habitation.<\/p>\n<p>11. Chastity: Rarely use venery but for health or offspring; Never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another&#8217;s peace or reputation.<\/p>\n<p>12. Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.<\/p>\n<p>13. Humility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates.<\/p>\n<p>I think it would be interesting to write out 13 virtues that I thought were important for me to follow in order to become the person that I want to be. \u00a0That leads me to wonder if I already follow the virtues that will guide me to become the person I want to be.<\/p>\n<p>The other interesting thing would be to take the list that I created for myself and compare it with this list above. \u00a0How close or far apart would it really be? \u00a0I have always believed that society&#8217;s true virtues have never really changed, I never thought that there would be 13 of them though :)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Do you think that our virtues would be the same as these?<\/li>\n<li>Would they be close to it at least?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think that we have virtues that are way different?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Franklin had created a list of 13 virtues at the age of 20 that he decided he wanted to live his life by. \u00a0He found that after following the plan for a year that he was quite happy with his progress and decided to follow the plan for the rest of his life. 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