![]() ![]() 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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