stop biting my nails

I haven’t bit my nails since the new year. And it was all thanks to nailpolish.

Every now and again, I will stick my pinky in my mouth. But! The key is I have to keep it trim so I don’t get tempted!

I can’t have long nails anyway since I play guitar.

To buy: a nail file. I can’t believe I don’t have one around anymore because I always just bit them!

Gross!

I’m so glad I bumped into this subject. I have been a nail biter since the 3rd or 4th grade! Ironically, it started with The Bearenstain Bears and the Bad Habit. Sister Bear was biting her nails in the book (the root of the problem was that she was scared of Math or something) and I had never heard of such a thing. So I thought I’d experience this for myself, and waddya know, I became a little nail biting addict!

This is gross, but I rarely need to use a nailcutter simply because I bite these babies down to size. It’s a GROSS habit, but I do keep my nails clean. :-T Still, I work in a hospital, and you don’t know WHAT the hell is lurking under your nails. The times I’ve gotten sick, I’ve attributed to my bad habit.

Effin Bearenstain Bears.

So. I will try this year (this ain’t the first time I’ve tried) to NOT bite my nails. I have good willpower! We shall see. I do recall painting my nails being a good thing for kicking my habit. I was concerned with keeping my nails pretty, so I rarely bit!

My other nervous tick is shaking my right foot. I think it’s gross in the “vibratory” sense, but for now, I’ll work on the nail thing. Time to lacquer these puppies!