stop biting my nails

Ack, I have backtracked. I undid about three weeks of work sitting in a boring two hour long UB class on how to fill out schedules. Now I have to start all over again. But I’m not giving up!

It’s been three to fourish weeks now. I did end up biting one nail on the trip, but just the very tip, because it was uneven. I came home, and actually trimmed them all with fingernail clippers (I haven’t done that for a long time) to make them straighter, so I’d feel less obliged to gnaw on them. I can actually leave the fingernail polish off of them now, and be okay. Also, I’ve decided that, if they get long enough within the next month and a half, I’m getting a manicure for prom, as a reward. If not, I’ll still have not scary nails. Huzzah.

It’s been around a week and a half now. Still no biting, and the nail polish has made them pretty strong. I pick underneath them (now that I have something to pick under) but no removal. I am proud of myself, just have to keep going. They say it takes three weeks to break a habit, but I’m going to go with longer than that for this.

I’ve been keeping them painted, and usually that doesn’t help, but I haven’t touched them yet. And I even had some emotional stress the past few days, and didn’t have a huge urge to touch them. I’m hoping it stays that way.