• Jtskywalker@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    This is missing step 5 - a few months later I forget that I have a habit and have to start over from scratch

    Every. Single. Time.

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      1 year ago

      If you have to remember to do it it’s not a habit. Or at least that’s my understanding of habits.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah that’s what I’m talking about.

        I have habits that I don’t have to think about and then one day they’re just gone and I have to start over. Usually it happens by having a sudden realization that the thing I did for months without thinking about it has not been done for several weeks. Then to rebuild that habit I have to start over again.

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          1 year ago

          Makes sense. I never had any habits besides getting various forms of entertainment on the internet so I can’t relate. I always have to make an active effort to do something and then at some point (usually days, a few weeks is my absolute maximum) my brain refuses to even do the bare minimum to make me do stuff.