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September 24th, 2012Top Story How I Used a Webcam to Break My Bad Habits and Make Better Decisions By Adam Dachis We all have our bad habits, whether it's nail biting, eating poorly, or something especially embarrassing. Wanting to stop should be enough, but our brains are unfortunately wired to take a large amount of comfort in our vices. We've shared plenty of tricks to kill unwanted behavior, but I found nothing helped until I convinced myself that I needed to change. And all I did was talk to a webcam. What I Did and Why It Worked Bad behavior sticks when you aren't motivated to get rid of it, and it's hard to stay motivated if you don't really feel like anyone cares if you change or not. You need someone to hold your hand along the way, believe in the change you want to make a reality, and remind you why you're suffering for it. The problem is, we don't necessarily have someone in our lives who's going to commit themselves to ensuring our diet is healthy, our nails remain un-bitten, and every choice we make is in our own best interest. When I finally decided I needed to break my bad habits and make better choices for myself, I didn't have anyone to coach me through the process. But I had myself and a webcam, and that was actually all I needed. My approach was very simple, and it worked like this: I came up with a list of things I wanted to change, such as biting my nails (which I'd done as long as I could remember), putting more time and effort into exercise, worrying about offending people who aren't nice and don't care about me, and quite a bit more. I added why I wanted to change to each item on that list. I wrote a short "speech" (about 45 seconds) that I could read into a camera that covered every item on the list. I ended that "speech" with a reminder that I'm doing this because I care about myself. I read that speech into a webcam and recorded it every night. Sure, I could've gone the traditional route and talked into a mirror, but it's tough to speak and truly listen at the same time. I watched each recording after I finished. I stopped biting my nails within a week, and my other problems started to disappear shortly after. Listening to and watching myself express the things that mattered to me helped in three important ways. First, I had a coach who wanted to ensure I stuck to my goals. Second, I had someone I didn't want to disappoint (me). Third, I was able to create an emotional reason to avoid my bad behavior every day. The process involves a bit more than just talking to yourself, of course. You can't just say anything—it has to be effective. Here's how to make this method really effective. How to Coach Yourself Out of Bad Habits No single habit-breaking method works for everyone because 1) we're not all the same and 2) the specificity of any method makes it less useful when applied broadly. In order to effectively coach yourself out of bad behaviors, you need to adapt this trick to yourself. Let's look at how to do that, step by step. Step One: Find a Compelling Reason to Stop Behaving Badly Your bad behaviors are rooted in comfort. You act on them with the best of intentions: to make yourself feel good. Because you essentially suck at predicting the future, what feels good now (i.e. your bad habit) also feels like the right decision. The future is logical and cold. Your habit is emotional and warm. In order to motivate yourself to ditch your unwanted behavior, you need an emotional override. For most, realizing the severity of the problem is necessary. Take nail biting, for instance. The damage it causes often hurts later, not during the act or even immediately afterwards, which makes identifying the habit as a problem very difficult in the moment. It just doesn't feel bad, so for all intents and purposes it isn't. In order to see the damage, and feel the consequences, you need to track your behavior closely. Keep a notepad and a pen with you. Every time you bite a nail (or engage in your bad behavior), make an X. (Tracking each infraction on your smartphone also works, but the definitive action of making a mark on paper is better.) For greater effect, snap photos of the damage you cause yourself and keep them handy to look at. If your problem cannot be photographed, write down the specifics of what happened every time the behavior occurs. Eventually the evidence will overwhelm you and you will want to change. Step Two: Accept Your Bigger, Scarier Problems Your unwanted behaviors are easy to understand, but the reason why you haven't changed is a bit more complicated. Bad habits don't stick solely because of their frequent repetition, but also because of a lack of a sustainable willpower to change. If you're unhappy for any other reason—whether it's feeling overworked and burnt out, lonely, or whatever—you need to be aware of that issue or you won't make any progress. Getting started is only half the battle. If you can't keep up the fight, you're wasting your time. Figure out the larger problems in your life. You don't have to worry about fixing them, or even addressing them, but you need to admit they exist and that you're not satisfied. Write down the issues you come up with. Don't think—just write. You'll need this information in the next step when you figure out what to say to yourself. Step Three: Use Your Gathered Information to Coach Yourself As your own habit-breaking coach, you need to prepare a pep talk for yourself. Doing this might feel a little ridiculous, because it's a pretty weird thing to do, but if you take it seriously you'll quickly forget your discomfort. First things first, you need to prepare what you're going to say. (Check out the video on the right for an example.) Click to view Start by identifying your problem(s) and telling yourself to stop: You will stop biting your nails. Explain why you don't want to do it: It damages your hands, it hurts, and it's unsanitary. Tell yourself why this change is important: From now on, you will make better choices. Why? You will do this because you care about your well being. You will do this because you deserve better than feeling bad about your actions every day. Tailor your pep talk to your problem(s), but keep it short and simple. When you're explaining why you want to change your behavior, feel free to be more specific and incorporate any larger issues in your life. Remember, the only goal here is to write out what you want to accomplish. Don't try to come up with any solutions. Simply create a statement of intent and a short explanation of its importance. Solutions come once you're motivated to find them, and your goal is to create that motivation. When finished, turn on your webcam and record yourself speaking what you wrote with confidence. Make eye contact with the webcam as much as possible. When you've finished recording, watch the video and listen to a self-assured version of yourself convince you that you can leave your bad habits behind. Repeat this process once a day. You'll start to remember the words whenever you try to engage in your bad habit. You won't want to disappoint the the part of yourself that believes you can fix the problem. Remember: this isn't an instant solution and it will take time. Allow yourself to make mistakes, or you will fail. If you trust yourself and hold your own hand through the process, however, you can break your bad habits before you know it. Photos by Anneka (Shutterstock), Suzanne Tucker (Shutterstock), PSDGraphics, and me..

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September 24th, 2012Top Story Borderlands 2 Has A Ridiculous Number Of Hidden Secrets. Here Are All The Ones We Know About. [Update: More Stuff!] By Tina Amini Borderlands 2 is a game that will keep you happily busy for some time. But if you want to experience all the game has to offer, you'll have to hunt after all the easter eggs and hidden secrets. And there are a lot. Here are just a few we've found. Let us know if you've discovered others because, knowing Gearbox, there certainly are more. Don't forget to click to expand images. If you don't want anything spoiled for you, feel free to stop reading right about now. Fight the Creepers of Minecraft, Get a Skin Fight creepers and win a Minecraft-inspired head skin for your character in the Caustic Caverns. Learn how to do so here. Click to view Update: You can also pick up a Hyperion-manufactured weapon that shoots Minecraft arrows, as seen in XxTONYDATIG3RxX's video to your left. Deliver Pizza to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Click to view Mmm pizza. Pretend to deliver pizza to four mutants named Lee, Dan, Mick and Ralph. Kind of familiar, wouldn't you say? Game Front shows you where to find these color-coordinated mutants in the video to your left. Click to view Update: A couple of you pointed out that there's a hidden boss that you can release with four switches in a room near the mutant turtles. Here's a video that includes said boss—Flinter—a reference to Master Splinter. There's also a box of pizza with Mad Moxxi's picture on it, right next to a QR code. If you scan the code you get a quote from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film: "Wise man say forgiveness is divine but never pay full price for late pizza.- Captain Picard" You can see it in the image up above, thanks to The Childhood Improver. Find the Fallout 3 Gun Dedicated To The Game's Radio Host Click to view There's a shotgun in Borderlands 2 that's both a reference and homage to Fallout 3's Three Dog. The gun is called Thre Dog. Check it out in YouTube user DeltaVT's capture to your left. If you're curious where to find it, MorninAfterKill has the guide. Open Se7en's Box, and Find Kenny Loggins From Top Gun Click to view Game Front comes to your aid yet again to find a special weapon called Neutralizing Gwen. Oh, and a female skull next to it. It's a reference to the famous last scene in Se7en, and Handsome Jack will even yell, "What's in the box? What's in the box?" as you open it. In the video is also a character named Loggins, a reference to Kenny Loggins whose "Danger Zone" was on the Top Gun soundtrack. He even mentions a "danger zone". Check out the video for both movie references. Look Like a Beefier Version of Breaking Bad's Walter White You can give Salvador Walter White's head with the "Breaking Bald" head skin. A Reddit user found it in the image you see to the left. Dress Up Maya In a Fried Gold Reference To Spaced/Shaun of the Dead "Fried gold" is a term used to call something awesome. It was used in both the British show Spaced as well as the Shaun of the Dead film. You can dress Maya up in the skin called Slice of Fried Gold that you see in the non-existent image below. (If you have one, lemme know!) Update: Thanks for the image callmeJackz! Find The Sign With Internet Speak Click to view YouTube user TheLoyalJoe found a sign on a bandit outhouse that says "Dook Hut. No Fapping!" Fapping is Internet for masturbation. Admire The Double Rainbow All The Way, Man Click to view Game Front tells you how to find the double rainbow in the Highlands, referencing a man's admiration that turned meme. You even get an achievement for finding it, and listening to Handsome Jack reenact the excitement over a double rainbow. Find The Knight of the Sun From Dark Souls As He's Sunbathing Reddit user recc113 found Solitaire, a reference to the Knight of the Sun Solaire in Dark Souls, hidden in Caustic Caverns. Click to view Game Front also has a video walkthrough of how to find this particular easter egg. Don't Laugh At Skyrim's "Arrow to the Knee" Joke Click to view If you talk to the citizens of Sanctuary, you'll hear a reference to the "arrow to the knee" meme born from Skyrim. Take a look at the video to the left courtesy of YouTube user TehEmerton. Kill Donkey Kong and King Kong, Kind Of Click to view This one gets you an achievement if you can find and kill Donkey Mong, a rare bullymong enemy. Game Front to the rescue. Click to view Update: In addition to Donkey Mong, there's also King Mong, a play on King Kong. Though he won't grant you an achievement for killing him, but you can watch DirtyonXBL kill him in the video to the left. Meet Michael Mamaril Immortalized As A Character Click to view A big fan of Borderlands who sadly passed away at a very young age was immortalized in Borderlands 2. Game Front shows you where you can find his in-game character, where he will bestow a weapon to you, which you can grab for an achievement. Dance To Claptrap's Dubstep Beat Click to view Claptrap sings dubstep. For more wub wub. Found by Computer and Video Games, in the video to the left. Handle Mad Moxxi's Scandalous Weapons With Care Click to view Mad Moxxi will give you two weapons—Miss Moxxi's Good Touch and Miss Moxxi's Bad Touch—for tipping her $15k+ in Sanctuary. Gameranx tells you about the special vibrating features of the guns, and you can see them in the video to the left from YouTube user CookielMonsterr. Go To Nathan Fillion's Gun Store Game Front spotted a reference to Nathan Fillion—star of the awesome Firefly—in Liar's Berg where there's a sign posted that says "Fillion's Ammunition and Arms." Fight For World of Warcraft's Horde Another spot by Game Front is a badass challenge called "For the Hoard!" which is a familiar line often spoken by Blizzard's Horde creatures. Fight Batman, Kind Of Click to view YouTube user RifleGaming shows you a reference to Batman. You can encounter an enemy called Rakkman in The Fridge who lives in a batcave and throws smoke bombs and boomerangs for his attacks. Dress Like The Joker Click to view You can pick up a a "Why so serious?" skin for Zer0 that references the Joker with his trademark color scheme. YouTube user EdwrdTriggaHnds shows it off to the left. Fight The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa Click to view The lovable meerkat and warthog duo featured in The Lion King are referenced in Borderlands 2 with these two enemies: a skag and a stalker. It's also a reference to the trailer Gearbox launched that featured the memorable music from the film that Timon and Pumbaa sang together. Found to your left by MrRhymestyle. Avoid The Lava To Find These Hidden Skins Click to view If you tread the path carefully like XGeNReaL did here, you can stumble on four different hidden skins. It seems like the Medic Mantis and Metal Fear skins could be Metal Gear references. Zer0's Alienation skin could very well be an Aliens film reference, as it certainly looks that way. And my guess for Marshall Mustache is that it's either a How I Met Your Mother doppelganger or some Western-set game reference. John Marston? Eh, he had a full bear going on. Close enough? Stalk Roland's Facebook Page Click to view Apparently Roland and overly attached Lilith are in a relationship. I can hear hearts breaking everywhere. Thanks SlayrProductions. Scan the QR Code for Nick Wilson's Message Click to view There are a few QR codes to find, but this one found by AngryL3perchaun is a cute message from one of the developers. Click to view Nick Wilson makes his appearance in a few others, too. This one found by FillerKillers. Walk Around Fyrestone from Borderlands 1 Click to view If you wander the Arid Badlands, you'll recognize some of the location as the starter zone from the first game. And you might be as excited as Warf3reHD and his friends were. Go On A DuckTales Adventure With Hubert, Dubert, and Lubert Click to view You can hang with Huey, Dewey, and Louie from DuckTales. Well, almost. Hashtagaming found these three midgets that seem like a nudge to the ducks. Talk To Steve Heyoo! Click to view YouTube user deathmule found Steve, the bandit that's been making his promotional rounds since Borderlands 1. Find And Kill Jimmy Jenkins Click to view Jimmy Jenkins is a mech enemy—the result of an accidental abomination—that you can kill to complete a challenge. Watch xXEVILMONKEYX kill the loader in the video to your left. Let us know what we missed! Update: You guys have been throwing secrets out there, so I've gone ahead and added them to the list. Kudos to you all. Kill Snow White and Her Seven Dwarfs Click to view TehCodehzor stumbled on Laney White and her seven dwarf (known as midgets in the Borderlands universe) minions. You can see Sleazy, Dirty, Tipsy, Crabby, Bloody, Greedy and Creepy in the video to your left. Prepare for Winter Several of you have pointed out that a citizen in Sanctuary will say, "Winter is coming" when you speak with them. That's a reference to Game of Thrones. Don't Break Mad Moxxi's Heart For This Shotgun A certain quest you turn in to Mad Moxxi will give you a shotgun with a description that says, "I don't want to set the world on fire." This is a reference to a song that belongs to Fallout 3's soundtrack. Mạnh Quân Nguyễn found the image of the gun that you can see to the left. Mourn the Loss of The Dr. Who Actors Here's a reference to several eras of Dr. Who actors. Thanks for the image, Hadrian Mosley! Dress Zer0 Up In a Daft Punk Helmet Click to view xXEVILMONKEYX gives you a tutorial on how to get a Daft Punk helmet skin. Dress Zer0 Up Like The Battletoads Yet another skin for Zer0 is this reference to Battletoads. OMFG Network has a bunch of Zer0's appearance options for you to sort through. Make the Gunzerker Blue Himself Click to view Thanks to reader Joshua, we have this clip to your left of the "I Blue Myself' skin, which is a reference to Arrested Development. I'll keep adding in more secrets and easter eggs as we/you find them.

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