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We are bundles of habits
- In his book The Principles of Psychology, William James described living creatures as "bundles of habits", explaining that developing habits "simplifies the movements required to achieve a given result."
- Habit tracking is a way to log all of the times when you behave in the desired way - when you make the right choice.
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The key to successful habit tracking
- Choose the right tool (paper or an app). Whichever method you choose, ensure that it doesn’t get in the way of the habit itself, as habits will only form with long-term repetition.
- Decide if you are forming or breaking a habit. Habit tracking can be ...
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The benefits of habit tracking
- Habit tracking allows you to visualize your progress and identify any recurrent setbacks
- It helps you adapt your approach and keep on improving your habit formation strategies
- It can improve your mental health and motivation
- It reminds you to act
- It celebrates...
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The dark side of habit trackers
- Habit dependency
- Users are only sticking to the habit because of artificial support
- Over-reliance on inflexible technology
- More flexible, customizable self-tracking apps are required to meet the multidimensional needs of users
- People abandon the app before the...
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We are mere bundles of habits
- Humans are biologically prone to habit, and it is because we are "mere bundles of habits" that we are able to automatically perform many of our daily tasks.
- It is precisely because we are so automatic that we rarely stop to think about the enormous r...
All habits are based on a four-step pattern, which consists of cue, craving, response, and reward.
When it comes to habits, James suggests that the environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behavior. That’s why a prompt is always the first step in performing any habit.
- Cue. A p...
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