Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life

by Gretchen Rubin

Catholicism includes a helpful concept, the “near occasion of sin”—a person, thing, or other external circumstance that’s likely to entice us to go wrong. If we identify these near occasions of sin, we can take steps to avoid them.