Research shows that more than 80% of human daily activities are habits. So it is important to know how they work. In this article, I will examine the structure of habits and how to change them.
Habit structure
All habits consist of three main parts.
- Cue: The same thing that a habit begins with seeing or hearing or happening. For example, seeing a cup of coffee for a smoker on an unconscious level may trigger a sense of need to light a cigarette.
- Routine: The path that the lazy human mind (!) Remembers to reach the Reward and its ultimate pleasure. The set of step-by-step tasks performed to achieve the ultimate pleasure is called the Routine. Interestingly, research shows that our mind experiences an even deeper state of sleep in stage 2 or along the way, and therefore the power of analysis is taken away from you. This is exactly why you usually come to your senses when the habit is over. For example, you may have planned for hours not to go for sweets, but suddenly you come to your senses when you have finished a box of sweets!
- Reward: A good feeling that makes the brain memorize the relevant path and use it later.
As you can see, after a few times, you start to experience a state similar to sleep.
How to change your habits?
Given the above, to break a bad habit and actually replace it:
- Use the same Cue.
- Provide the same Reward.
- Change the Routine.
Example of how to change a habit
So we said to improve a habit while keeping the reward and Cue the same, you have to change the Routine. For example, if Cue (starter) is hunger for you and your path is to go to a restaurant and eat (for example, fast food), and Reward is a good feeling of satiety and the taste of food, to change this habit, you can still Cue and Keep the Reward as before, but instead,
for a few times, create a different path for yourself and replace it with another food. In fact, since habits are unconscious behavior, you should not worry about them. All you have to do is find the main intention of the subconscious mind to do it, and provide it in another way. By doing this, you will quickly see that the relevant habit is eliminated and a new habit (which provides the same reward) will be replaced.
For example, if you are in the habit of going to the fridge every day at 4 o’clock and eating a sweet and you have realized that the main purpose of your subconscious mind of this work, for example, to get rid of pressure and stress in your work environment, decide that from now on, At 4 o’clock (you can even set your mobile alarm for 4 o’clock), every time you feel that your habit cycle is starting, another food or entertainment that you are very interested in and relieves the feeling of pressure and work stress you can replace and for a few times with this new entertainment, give your subconscious mind a sense of pleasure from the stress of work and replace it with the previous behavior. You will find that the new behavior will simply be replaced.
ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION: Why does my subconscious mind do this?
You need to know that habits are not a concern at all. They are very, very simple and changeable. Just ask yourself this question: Why does my subconscious mind do this? What is the main purpose of this habit of satisfying what is in my subconscious mind?
Once you have found the answer to this question, you can simply (I emphasize, simply!) Replace the previous route with the same reward from another route.
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