![]() "We need to stop telling people everything can become a habit. "If a behavior is effortful, it can't be a habit by its very definition," Eyal says. Accomplishing a new goal will always take some degree of effort, even if it's something you do regularly, like going to the gym or writing. ![]() So, the logic goes, if only we could figure out a way to "hack" our New Year's resolutions and turn them into habits, we'd be well on our way to completing them without even thinking about it.īut habits are just that - instinctual, performed without thought and largely subconscious. ![]() "Eventually, some routines can become habits, but not every routine can become a habit."Īpproximately 45% of our daily behaviors are habits, like where we eat meals each day or how we get ready for bed. Meanwhile, a routine is "a series of behaviors frequently repeated," he adds. "Most of the things that people want to turn into a habit will never be a habit." "The definition of a habit is the impulse to do a behavior with little or no conscious thought," Eyal says. ![]() The trouble, in Eyal's eyes, is simple: We want to turn everything into a habit - without understanding the fundamental difference between a habit and a routine. ![]()
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