Habits are comprised of 3 main parts:

“Habits do not restrict freedom. They create it.”

There are four parts to a habit: Cue, Craving, Response, and Reward. Let’s take a closer look at them:

- Cue - the cue triggers the brain to a certain behavior.
- Craving - this is the mo...

Habits can be changed if we understand their mechanisms.

The basal ganglia, a part of the brain, stores and executes our habits independently of other brain functions, allowing us to perform routines without conscious thought.

Your cue leads to your craving, which leads to a response, that leads to your reward.

These rewards can take any form, and as your habit gets more ingrained you develop a craving for the reward too, further developing the habit.