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Habit Chunks, Adding New Habits And Keystone Habits
Have you noticed that every morning, you brush your teeth almost the same way, your actions are almost automated, the way you brush, the way you keep it back and also your actions you do after brushing. Why? Read next
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Habit Chunks
Habit Chunks are group of habits that are almost automated inorder to reduce making decision by your brain. These are repeated behaviors.
Basal Ganglia:
Part of the brain that gets activated while habits are turned on and decision taking is reduced
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How I Added Exercise Routine
I found it really difficult to setup an exercise routine until I read the book power of habit, all I had to do was find some activities that I considered rewarding (in my case was drinking cup of tea while reading books)
Added the exercise routine just before drinking tea(the reward)
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Emotional Habit Chunks
Ever been into trap of same negative sequence happening and you falling into same trap of negative loop automaticaly, yes there can be sequence for your emotional habits too.
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Adding New Habits
Brain needs reward to do things( dopamine should be released for any action or motivation to even do any task)
What if you can sandwich your new habit in between your pre existing habits such that the new habit is also percieved as something easy in between them.
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Keystone HABIT
Is a habit due to which multiple habits are chained as chunks. Its the master habit due to which all other habits exist.
Break the Keystone habit and you will find rest of the habits dissociated.
Example:
Developing an identity that you want to be a fit person
And you star...
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Habit stacking
Habit stacking means adding new habits onto existing ones - to the things you already automatically do every day.
After waking up in the morning, you might put on a cup of coffee. When you visit the bathroom, you wash your hands. And before you go to bed, you brush you...
Have a Trigger And Reminders
It’s best to set your writing time right after something else you regularly do each morning: wake up, shower, brush your teeth, etc. Try to set it before anything that might lead to further tasks or distractions, like email checking.
You can also set reminders, or write...
Make a list of your habits
Firstly you have to make a list of all the things and habits you do in the morning, afternoon or evening.
Here's a sample of where your list might be:
- Wake up
- Turn off alarm
- Check my phone
- Go to the bathroom
- Weigh myself
- T...
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