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back to top words today we're going to
talk about
10 bad habits let's get started
biting one's nails the first bad habit
is
biting your nails biting your nails so
biting your nails just means
chewing on your fingernails so chewing
on this part of your fingernails
some people chew it a lot or some i
don't know so biting your nails is a bad
habit to bite your nails is a bad habit
in a sentence i'm trying to stop biting
my nails
pick at one's hair the next one the next
bad habit is to pick at your hair
to pick at your hair so picking at your
hair is like
is going is this motion so any motion
that uses this sort of
hand gesture like uh picking your hair
or like maybe picking your nails or
picking at your hands picking at your
skin
picking it like zits as well i suppose
some people do
this motion in this case picking your
hair is considered a bad habit so some
people like to pick their hair or some
people
pluck their hair as well which is
considered a bad habit
so picking at your hair we can say to
pick at
something like to pick at your hair or
to pick at your nails as well so to pick
is considered a bad habit in a sentence
my co-worker always picks at her hair
when she's nervous
smoking the next bad habit is smoking
smoking so
smoke any kind of smoke so smoking
tobacco smoking cigarettes smoking
whatever it is that you smoke in your
country i don't know
many things to smoke but smoking is
considered a bad
habit for the harmful effect that smoke
can have on the body
in a sentence i can't stand my neighbors
smoking
drink too much the next bad habit is
drinking
too much so to drink too much is
considered a bad habit again because of
the negative effects of
the health on your body and because um
like
people who drink maybe like their breath
might smell strange or their behavior
gets strange it also can cost a lot of
money to drink and people's be
like attitudes people's behavior can
change when they drink so drinking too
much
is considered a bad habit okay in a
sentence
her ex-boyfriend drank way too much
wasting time another bad habit maybe
we're all guilty of
is wasting time wasting time so wasting
time means just
doing nothing so doing absolutely
nothing maybe this means watching tv
or checking social media or i don't know
just staring at the ceiling
however so wasting time is considered a
bad habit we are not being productive
we're just doing nothing
at that moment so wasting time wasting
time in a sentence
i need to stop wasting time on social
media
snacking the next bad habit is snacking
snacking so snacking is the act of
eating small pieces of food in between
meal times so by small pieces of food i
typically me
i mean let's see common snacks are like
chips crackers
cookies um anything that's like not a
full meal
but that's easy to carry in your hands
like little snacky
things snacky bits snacky foods easy to
eat
like in one bite or two bites that's
called a snack
something that's not a proper meal but
just something easy and quick to eat so
snacking is considered a bad habit when
you do too much of it
because you can gain weight or maybe
it's not nutritious for you
yeah so snacking snacking is a bad habit
in a sentence
it's so hard to stop snacking
watch too much tv the next bad habit is
watching too much tv so to watch too
much tv
meaning you sit on the couch and watch
tv for too many hours there's too much
time
spent watching tv this is considered a
bad habit because your body is just
sitting in the same place for a long
time
and it's good to get up and exercise
it's good to move around
so watching too much tv or maybe even
watching too much like netflix or
watching too many videos on the internet
could be bad for you a bad habit so
please make sure to get up and move
around
as well go outside okay in a sentence
i think those kids watch too much tv
overspending the next bad habit is
overspending
overspending this means spending too
much money
so it's really a bad habit because
managing your money managing your
finances
is important especially in adulthood so
overspending is a bad habit because if
you spend too much on like exciting
things maybe like clothes or makeup or
your hobby or whatever
you might not have enough money to meet
your basic needs like rent
or bills or food for example so
overspending is a bad habit because it
means you cannot manage your money
correctly so over spending try not to
overspend
in a sentence one of my friends has a
problem with overspending
forget sunscreen the next bad habit is
forgetting
sunscreen for getting sunscreen this is
considered a bad habit because the
sunlight can have harmful effects on
your skin especially if you get a
burn if your skin burns or if the skin
changes color
it's an effect that the sun has on your
skin
over time this can create maybe problems
for you
in the future so it's important to
always wear sunscreen
in a sentence then if you forget
sunscreen your skin might burn
not getting enough sleep not getting
enough
sleep not getting enough sleep is
considered a bad habit
because sleep recharges you sleep gives
you energy proper sleep gives you energy
if you don't get enough sleep if you're
not getting proper sleep you can feel
stressed out you can feel
tired maybe your body can't function the
way that it should it's difficult for
you to do
maybe everyday tasks so getting enough
sleep is important to make sure you're
healthy in your body and in your mind so
make sure to get enough sleep in a
sentence
if you don't get enough sleep you'll get
stressed out
so those are 10 bad habits if you know
of another bad habit or you know that
you have one of these bad habits or a
different one
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