So how many days to form a habit to replace another habit to improve the overall condition of one’s health? There are many speculative answers, although the officially accepted answer is thirty days. This is, of course, just an average and you can vary greatly depending on the way your mind works.
There have been studies done on those with uniquely high IQ scores and their likelihood to develop habits. It turns out that the higher your IQ is the less likely you are to develop habits. This isn’t really due to being super smart, but it is because with all that information floating around in there it is difficult to follow through on an action without thoughtfulness.
Since we have the ability to form habits for our benefit as well as to our detriment, can we not consider just about everything we do a habit? Perhaps. Since we are in the habit of showing up to work on time or late, we can say that we are habitual about our work habits. Habits imply that we take action without thought and even in some cases without control.
Why? Because they are always considering what they should do next. Acting without thought can be the exact definition of the word habit. And, of course, because it’s a habit then there’s a good chance that – after a while – you won’t even notice that you’re doing it.
For instance, quitting smoking is more than breaking a habit, but breaking the habitual routine of smoking is best done when you spend time putting something in its place. Everything from thinking “I need a cigarette now” to the social aspect of talking to other smokers. Exercise is always a good idea to breaking this habit.
How many days to form a habit? As long as it takes you to stop thinking about the action. The more you tend to think about what you do on a day to day basis the longer you will take to form a full blown habit. If you tend to respond to your emotions with little thought, you may find you have an established habit within a week.
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Habits, addictions, there all part of the same group. A habit can very easily turn into an addictive situation and if it’s a bad habit it becomes a bad addiction. But don’t get it wrong, there are good habits too. The problem with any of this is balance, even a good habit that becomes obsessive can lead to problems.
A guy I knew loved working on cars. So much so that eventually he spent more time with them than he did his wife. You can guess the outcome, divorce. So a nice harmless hobby turned bad due to a priority issue. When sin gets in the middle of things sin hurts. Sin can take something sweet and turn it sour. Don’t ever underestimate the power of sin, it’s like carbon monoxide, you can’t see it or taste it but it will kill you.
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