#avoid traps

Have your ever found yourself making these justifications?

1. “Well, now that I’ve slipped up and broken my good habit, I might as well go all the way.” Fail small, not big!

2. “If I really beat myself up when I break a good habit, I’ll do a better job of sticking to it.” Although some people assume that feelings of guilt or shame act as safeguards to help people stick to good habits, in fact, those who show self-compassion in the face of failure are better to regain self-control

3. “Of course I usually stick to my good habits, but in this situation, I can’t be expected to keep it up. This doesn’t count.” Alas, everything counts!

Step 1: Go to fanfiction.net

Step 2: Select the area you your fic is to be from

Step 3: Select you fandom

Step 4: Fix the ribbons. I recommend selected published, rating All, and status Completed. Also, I recommend sorting by reviews.

Step 5: Read the basic summaries. See what ones interest you. Open them in a new tab a select a good few before you pick just one to read.

Step 6: In my opinion, the most important step to successfully selecting an enjoyable fanfiction. Read the reviews. If they're like this:

RUN AWAY!!! DO NOT PROCEED!

If they're like this:

Save it for later for when you're bored. It'll be good, but not amazing. Enjoyable. Fluffy.

If it's like this: 

Bookmark it, it'll be good. In character. Definitely enjoyable.

If it's like this:

Proceed. It'll be good.

However, if you find a fanfiction with reviews like this: GET READING THAT FANFICTION SO FAST IT ALMOST HURTS! JUMP ON THAT BANDWAGON, THIS IS A FANFICTION OF LIFETIME. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FIND BETTER THAN THAT!!

Step 7: Begin reading. Or if you have an ebook device, use this website flagfic.com  and convert it to the correct file and email it to your device.