Our 40 % of daily activities are Habits. By understanding how it happens, you can rebuild those patterns in whichever way you choose.
A habit is made up of three things:
1) A Cue (a hint eg: hunger) where you are pointed towards:
2) A routine ( i.e. where you practice the habit, eg. eating junk food ).
3) A reward (gain, eg. end of hunger).
If the prize is positive, then after repetitions of that circle you will create a new habit.
This process within our brains is a three-step loop.
First, there is a cue, a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to use.
Then there is the routine, which can be physical or mental or emotional.
Finally, there is a reward, which helps your brain figure out if this particular loop is worth remembering for the future.
Want to change your HABIT?
- Keep the cue (Step 1)
- Provide the same reward (Step 3)
- Insert a new routine. (Step 2)
Inserting a new routine is easy as compared to change the whole system at once.
For eg, if you eat junk food when hungry to satisfy yourself.
Try replacing junk food with healthy food intentionally for sometimes.
When your body will feel the benefits of healthy food, it will try to keep this routine.
But for that, you’ll have to force yourself to eat healthy food sometimes.
Obviously, changing some habits can be more difficult. But this framework is a place to start. Sometimes change takes a long time.
You now know to redirect that path. You now have the power to swim.