Habit Loop.

Something called the habit loop has come to my attention. It is simply looking in depth at the pattern of habits. My first thought was why should anybody bother to investigate habit forming? After a little bit of answer finding I discovered that as it turns out we all are products of our habits. I, like many others, had thought that bad habits were a part of life and nothing could truly be done about them. The good news is thinking in advance can give an opportunity to deliberately form better habits and thereby greatly improve life.

As an example, if you take a usually positive task like telling the time, the first thing is to look for the cue. In this case it would be: what is the time? Then, resolve the position by looking at a watch or clock and finally gain the reward of knowing the time. However when it comes to a bad habit it just takes a little bit of thought. How about hitting the snooze button too often when just positioning the clock on the other side of the room would do? A simple halting of a repetitive habit can alter a pattern of behaviour and could make sure you start the day bright and early in a much better way.

The reward is an important part of the process involved in habit forming. There has to be some reason to change a habit. Hence in deciding what are good habits it can help by listing the individual benefits.

Another breakdown of the stages involved in habit forming are cue followed by craving and then
resolve and best of all, finding the reward.

To replace a bad habit, focus on the idea that it involves from the point of a cue in any scenario, to disrupt the resolving process and to more positively obtain a desired result.

I have mentioned a few specific points about the habit loop but there is a lot of information that if used practically, opens up a world of opportunities. Life enhancing and easy to do, I think it is a highly influential practice for people of many ages and stages to use.