I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.
Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.
Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.