Some people believe forming habits makes life monotonous! Habits reduce our mental output. Can you imagine having to decide every morning if you should brush your teeth and comb your hair?
What is a habit?
Habits are mental shortcuts you develop after you have discovered a formula that is beneficial to your life. Having found a solution that’s right for your life, it’s worth repeating. That’s the beginning of a habit.
Habits reduce mental rethinking. You can draw upon any previously stored experience or habit and get the same results. The primary reason the brain remembers past events is because of their predictable outcome.
Habits free up mental capacity and allow the mind to freely flow in the moment. It also protects the brain from overworking under pressure.
Habits do not restrict freedom, they create freedom. In fact, habits are necessary in each area of life. We are constantly creating new habits to reduce mental pressure.
Handling money requires the habit of not overspending but learning to save or create ways to make more money. You need good, healthy habits to stay fit. It is only by making everyday chores a simple part of life that life gets easier.
By simplifying your life with habits, you gain more mental space for free thinking and creative play. Once you have formed habits and your mind is happy, you can rise to new challenges and master complex problems.
Building habits in the present allows you to do more of what you want in the future.
Habits are mental shortcuts you develop after you have discovered a formula which is beneficial to your life. Having found a solution that’s right for your life, it’s worth repeating. That’s the beginning of a habit.
Habits reduces mental re thinking. You can draw upon any previously stored experience or habit and get the same results. The primary reason the brain remembers past events is for predictable outcome.
Habits free up mental capacity and allows the mind to freely flow in the moment. It also protects the brain from over working under pressure.
Habits does not restrict freedom, they create freedom. In fact habits are necessary in each area of life. We are constantly creating new habits to reduce mental pressure.
Handling money requires a habit of not overspending but learning to save or create ways to make more money. You need good healthy habits to stay fit. It is only by making everyday chores a simple part of life that life gets easier.
By simplifying your life with habits you gain more mental space for free thinking and creative play. Once you have formed habits and your mind is happy. You can rise up to new challenges and master complex problems.
Building habits in the present allows you to do more of what you want in the future.
Action Steps to Forming Habits
The process of forming a habit takes time. Our brain’s mental state always desires pleasure or social fun activity. What you actually desire is not the habit, but the change of mental state that comes from pleasure.
Your brain scans the environment looking for the right habit; if there is none, it will initiate a behavior based on a reward or a desire. If any rewards are to be found, the brain naturally craves them. Without some level of desire, there is no motivation or reason to change.
Rewards teach you to remember actions for future reference. Habits are based on the ultimate pleasure of rewards. And often, you have to discern the value of pleasure-based habits.
Pleasure and positive feedback empower the brain to distinguish useful actions from useless ones. This process operates on the subconscious mind and tries to predict what will happen next.
In the end, all behavior is problem-driven. Sometimes the problem is something good, and you want to attain it. Sometimes the problem is painful, and you want to relieve it. Habits help solve the problems you face every day. Study your life for ways to improve your future.