The hardest habit to break is the one that used to help you. Thank it, then retire it.

Habits that are hard to shake usually earned their place. Keeping your head down, doing everything yourself, being funny before anyone can criticise you: those probably worked once, in a situation that no longer exists. Gratitude is the honest response, and it is also why letting go is difficult, because the thing was never stupid.

Name one strategy you still run that was built for an older situation. Work out what it was protecting you from and whether that risk is still around. Then try a week without it and see what actually happens.