Attitude and environment

I’m a Nigerian and I’ve never been a fan of chocolate not until I got admitted into the university. There is a store that we normally get our groceries from and on top of the shelf where we normally pay the attendance there is always a pack of chocolate there and I started by taking just one pack and by the end of the semester I realized that I’ve been consuming a lot of chocolate, especially when I go to this supermarket to get things. At one point, I became an addict and I was influenced by the fact that the chocolate was always on the shelf where I used to pay, and that simple change introduced me to chocolate.

I was not a fan of chocolate but when I saw it on the shelf, I decided to give it a try and I love it. We have many things that we are not exposed to, but because of the kind of environment we find ourselves we decide to give it a try and it becomes part of us. The environment has always been an important factor in our life that introduces us to new things and collects things from us. We have people who dress in a certain way but because they find themselves in a new environment they have to change their address. We have people who eat different food but when they change their environment, they have to change their. The environment has always been a big factor in our life and this does not only apply to what we eat, It applies to our attitude as well.

Environment plays a big role

Most people build their lives around the kind of environment They find themselves in. If you live in a city where there is traffic, for you to be on time especially for work or for some other aspects of your life, you will find means to beat the traffic which may mean you should wake up early and also do things differently. Some of us are slowly introduced to new food just because we find ourselves in a new environment. Apart from the fact that human beings love to try new things, the environment has always been an influencer, and the funniest part is that we don’t normally know we do believe it is normal.

Environment has changed our attitude over the years and that is why if you want to change as a human being you must first understand how your environment is influencing you and what are the things that your environment has forced you to do. The perfect example is, in Nigeria to go on a low-carb diet is very difficult because 90% of our food is carbohydrate. You cannot change your attitude if you don’t fix how your environment is influencing you  because this only means that you’ll be willing to change but you keep going back to the same behavior because you’re not starting from the foundation which is the environment, you’re only treating the symptoms and not the cause.

Just make that change

Since I left school I can count how many times I've eaten chocolate, if you’re trying to change any aspect of your attitude, first look toward your environment, look at how your environment can help you to change, and look at how your environment is not helping you to make the change. It is easy this way because people don’t normally consider their environment first.

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