CHANGING YOUR HABITS

The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

IN HIS EXCELLENT BOOK The Power of Habit, journalist Charles Duhigg defines a habit as “a choice that we deliberately make at some point, and then stop thinking about, but continue doing, often every day.” As he describes it, every habit is a loop made up of three

1. A cue (also called a trigger): a situation or an emotion that “tells your brain to go into autopilot mode and let a behaviour unfold.”

2. A response: the automatic behaviour (that is, the habit).

3. A reward: “something that your brain likes that helps it remember ‘the habit loop’ in the future.”

For example, you’re feeling bored one day and see your phone on the table (the emotional and physical cue), so you reach for your phone (the response) and are distracted and entertained (the reward). Your brain associates your phone with the alleviation (মুক্তি) of boredom, and it isn’t long before you find yourself reaching for your phone whenever you’re faced with even a moment of downtime.
The good news is that, while habits can’t be eradicated entirely, they can be changed. The easiest way to start is to make adjustments to our lives and environments so that we avoid things that trigger our habits, and to make decisions ahead of time about how we’re going to act when we encounter particular situations that we know are likely to trigger us.

To learn how to change a habit you can learn the famous book "The Power Of Habit" or "Atomic Habit" both are good books.

Thanks for reading, As Always,
ANKURJIT KALITA

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