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Building New Habits-

By Perfectionist.

Say you want to quit an old bad harmful habit of yours, and you can't seem to leave it for good.

Then this thread is for you.

To build a new habit, takes a long time, but here I'll just give some basic tips to make new hobbies within a few months.

To begin with, you need to focus on repitition, where you repeatedly do a good habit rather than a bad one multiple times. This is due to the fact that the brain seeks to conserve energy by moving the behavior to the basal ganglia, a deeper region involved in motor control and procedural learning. Moreover, a process called long term potentiation (LTP)​


Additionally, begin with micro-habits, where you do the smallest changes (this causes the ultimate change) . For example, you could lift weights or do something that is beneficial for 5 minutes daily, now this creates a repitition and as a result your brain renders it as a normal thing and you could gradually increase the time of the habit. (Be careful and go slowly, great things take time)

“"Making health habitual: the psychology of 'habit-formation' and general practice" (2012) - Lally, P., et al. (University College London)”

This study found that if something becomes a normal thing that is done on a regular basis, then it occurs on average around 66 days after it's first performance. Although there is a wide range of days that depends.


Thank you for reading this.
 

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Building New Habits-

By Perfectionist.

Say you want to quit an old bad harmful habit of yours, and you can't seem to leave it for good.

Then this thread is for you.

To build a new habit, takes a long time, but here I'll just give some basic tips to make new hobbies within a month.

To begin with, you need to focus on repitition, where you repeatedly do a good habit rather than a bad one multiple times. This is due to the fact that the brain seeks to conserve energy by moving the behavior to the basal ganglia, a deeper region involved in motor control and procedural learning. Moreover, a process called long term potentiation (LTP), occurs everytime you repeat an action.​


Additionally, begin with micro-habits, where you do the smallest changes (this causes the ultimate change) . For example, you could lift weights or do something that is beneficial for 5 minutes daily, now this creates a repitition and as a result your brain renders it as a normal thing and you could gradually increase the time of the habit. (Be careful and go slowly, great things take time)

“"Making health habitual: the psychology of 'habit-formation' and general practice" (2012) - Lally, P., et al. (University College London)”

This study found that if something becomes a normal thing that is done on a regular basis, then it occurs on average around 66 days after it's first performance. Although there is a wide range of days that depends.


Thank you for reading this.
Some info could be wrong but I did fact check this multiple times, if im wrong then please do tell me
 

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Also your brain likes to do things that it perceives as easy so if you want to build a habit more effectively then make it easier to start/ do. Same for getting rid of a bad habit, you make it harder to start/do. for example if you have a dopamine addiction you can delete any short-form content apps and use blocking apps to get rid of anything distracting
 

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Also your brain likes to do things that it perceives as easy so if you want to build a habit more effectively then make it easier to start/ do. Same for getting rid of a bad habit, you make it harder to start/do. for example if you have a dopamine addiction you can delete any short-form content apps and use blocking apps to get rid of anything distracting
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Also your brain likes to do things that it perceives as easy so if you want to build a habit more effectively then make it easier to start/ do. Same for getting rid of a bad habit, you make it harder to start/do. for example if you have a dopamine addiction you can delete any short-form content apps and use blocking apps to get rid of anything distracting
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Also your brain likes to do things that it perceives as easy so if you want to build a habit more effectively then make it easier to start/ do. Same for getting rid of a bad habit, you make it harder to start/do. for example if you have a dopamine addiction you can delete any short-form content apps and use blocking apps to get rid of anything distracting
How would you define "easy" tho?
 
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Building New Habits-

By Perfectionist.

Say you want to quit an old bad harmful habit of yours, and you can't seem to leave it for good.

Then this thread is for you.

To build a new habit, takes a long time, but here I'll just give some basic tips to make new hobbies within a few months.

To begin with, you need to focus on repitition, where you repeatedly do a good habit rather than a bad one multiple times. This is due to the fact that the brain seeks to conserve energy by moving the behavior to the basal ganglia, a deeper region involved in motor control and procedural learning. Moreover, a process called long term potentiation (LTP)​


Additionally, begin with micro-habits, where you do the smallest changes (this causes the ultimate change) . For example, you could lift weights or do something that is beneficial for 5 minutes daily, now this creates a repitition and as a result your brain renders it as a normal thing and you could gradually increase the time of the habit. (Be careful and go slowly, great things take time)

“"Making health habitual: the psychology of 'habit-formation' and general practice" (2012) - Lally, P., et al. (University College London)”

This study found that if something becomes a normal thing that is done on a regular basis, then it occurs on average around 66 days after it's first performance. Although there is a wide range of days that depends.


Thank you for reading this.
Mirin
 

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Building New Habits-

By Perfectionist.

Say you want to quit an old bad harmful habit of yours, and you can't seem to leave it for good.

Then this thread is for you.

To build a new habit, takes a long time, but here I'll just give some basic tips to make new hobbies within a few months.

To begin with, you need to focus on repitition, where you repeatedly do a good habit rather than a bad one multiple times. This is due to the fact that the brain seeks to conserve energy by moving the behavior to the basal ganglia, a deeper region involved in motor control and procedural learning. Moreover, a process called long term potentiation (LTP)​


Additionally, begin with micro-habits, where you do the smallest changes (this causes the ultimate change) . For example, you could lift weights or do something that is beneficial for 5 minutes daily, now this creates a repitition and as a result your brain renders it as a normal thing and you could gradually increase the time of the habit. (Be careful and go slowly, great things take time)

“"Making health habitual: the psychology of 'habit-formation' and general practice" (2012) - Lally, P., et al. (University College London)”

This study found that if something becomes a normal thing that is done on a regular basis, then it occurs on average around 66 days after it's first performance. Although there is a wide range of days that depends.


Thank you for reading this.
good post. mirin bhai
 

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Building New Habits-

By Perfectionist.

Say you want to quit an old bad harmful habit of yours, and you can't seem to leave it for good.

Then this thread is for you.

To build a new habit, takes a long time, but here I'll just give some basic tips to make new hobbies within a few months.

To begin with, you need to focus on repitition, where you repeatedly do a good habit rather than a bad one multiple times. This is due to the fact that the brain seeks to conserve energy by moving the behavior to the basal ganglia, a deeper region involved in motor control and procedural learning. Moreover, a process called long term potentiation (LTP)​


Additionally, begin with micro-habits, where you do the smallest changes (this causes the ultimate change) . For example, you could lift weights or do something that is beneficial for 5 minutes daily, now this creates a repitition and as a result your brain renders it as a normal thing and you could gradually increase the time of the habit. (Be careful and go slowly, great things take time)

“"Making health habitual: the psychology of 'habit-formation' and general practice" (2012) - Lally, P., et al. (University College London)”

This study found that if something becomes a normal thing that is done on a regular basis, then it occurs on average around 66 days after it's first performance. Although there is a wide range of days that depends.


Thank you for reading this.
also if you are on any meds that increase synaptic dopamine, timing the peak hours around good habits e.g studying/school can reinforce the habit as your brain correlates the increased dopamine with the activity
 

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Building New Habits-

By Perfectionist.

Say you want to quit an old bad harmful habit of yours, and you can't seem to leave it for good.

Then this thread is for you.

To build a new habit, takes a long time, but here I'll just give some basic tips to make new hobbies within a few months.

To begin with, you need to focus on repitition, where you repeatedly do a good habit rather than a bad one multiple times. This is due to the fact that the brain seeks to conserve energy by moving the behavior to the basal ganglia, a deeper region involved in motor control and procedural learning. Moreover, a process called long term potentiation (LTP)​


Additionally, begin with micro-habits, where you do the smallest changes (this causes the ultimate change) . For example, you could lift weights or do something that is beneficial for 5 minutes daily, now this creates a repitition and as a result your brain renders it as a normal thing and you could gradually increase the time of the habit. (Be careful and go slowly, great things take time)

“"Making health habitual: the psychology of 'habit-formation' and general practice" (2012) - Lally, P., et al. (University College London)”

This study found that if something becomes a normal thing that is done on a regular basis, then it occurs on average around 66 days after it's first performance. Although there is a wide range of days that depends.


Thank you for reading this.
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Building New Habits-

By Perfectionist.

Say you want to quit an old bad harmful habit of yours, and you can't seem to leave it for good.

Then this thread is for you.

To build a new habit, takes a long time, but here I'll just give some basic tips to make new hobbies within a few months.

To begin with, you need to focus on repitition, where you repeatedly do a good habit rather than a bad one multiple times. This is due to the fact that the brain seeks to conserve energy by moving the behavior to the basal ganglia, a deeper region involved in motor control and procedural learning. Moreover, a process called long term potentiation (LTP)​


Additionally, begin with micro-habits, where you do the smallest changes (this causes the ultimate change) . For example, you could lift weights or do something that is beneficial for 5 minutes daily, now this creates a repitition and as a result your brain renders it as a normal thing and you could gradually increase the time of the habit. (Be careful and go slowly, great things take time)

“"Making health habitual: the psychology of 'habit-formation' and general practice" (2012) - Lally, P., et al. (University College London)”

This study found that if something becomes a normal thing that is done on a regular basis, then it occurs on average around 66 days after it's first performance. Although there is a wide range of days that depends.


Thank you for reading this.
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im joking saar, im glad you put in effort for something
 

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