I've got into a really bad habit of pretty much tracing everything I draw, do you have any ideas of how I can break the habit? When I've done the coloring you can't tell, but it's really damaging my art because I feel like I can't do anything without a base to start with...

You can break the habit by… not doing it. Basically, I recommend looking at some things in real life that you’d like to draw, and training your eyes to see what’s around you.  It’s just about training your eyes to see what you want to see and see what’s wrong/how to fix it.  I’m being honest when I say the only real way to break the habit is just to jump into doing art without tracing, though.  It’ll feel weird and bad, but that’s fine, you just want to be doing it.  It’s fine if it all looks wrong.  That’s fine! Making mistakes is part of it.