Habits are behavioral patterns that you unconsciously develop throughout your life. By doing things regularly, habits are created. Because you repeat certain behaviors, for example, always doing something at a fixed time and reacting continuously to specific events, these become part of your actions. So they become habits. You don’t develop this routine by doing it two or three times. Instead, it results from taking many small steps that eventually become second nature to you. So habits become part of your personality.
Habits have been created since we were born
Habits have been created since you were born. You may not remember it, but your brain was already filled with many routine actions as a baby. For example, if you started crying or crying for a long time, you were arrested and received your attention. If you started sucking on your finger, you got food. At some point, you naturally understood this and repeated those actions. In this way, you also create habits at a very young age. Or in other words, you got these habits fed in the spoon.
The reason why you develop habits
Developing habits is functional. Without patterns, you should reinvent the wheel almost every day. You are thinking about how to drive to work and how best to brush your teeth. Nearly half of your daily actions are habitual behavior. It is suitable for your brain because it allows it to work more efficiently. So habits make your life a lot easier. However, there is also a downside because there are also bad habits, habits that negatively affect your life. Too little exercise, unhealthy eating, always being late, smoking, and negative thinking are examples of this. These behaviors have become routine, often unconsciously.
Breaking bad habits
It takes perseverance to get rid of your annoying habits, but you can break your bad habit. You have to be persistent and alert. For example, if you want to quit smoking, exercise more, eat healthier, and stop biting your nails, be aware of when that stimulus arises and avoid it. Grab a sandwich instead of a cookie if you’re feeling peckish, go for a run if you feel like a cigarette, or reward yourself if you’ve moved more and eaten healthily for a week. Your bad habit will eventually wear out and make way for your new ‘good’ practice.
