Nearly half of our daily activities are performed out of habit, occurring with minimal conscious thought. These automated behavioral patterns, ranging from morning routines to evening scrolling, ...

Picture your typical morning. You wake up, maybe you scroll through your phone, maybe you feel bad about that, you get up, ...

Think about something it took you a really long time to learn, like how to parallel park. At first, parallel parking was difficult and you had to devote a lot of mental energy to it. But after you ...

At the start of every year, millions vow to get fit, save money, or finally learn French, armed with the dubious belief that 21 days of sheer willpower will transform them into gym rats, financial ...

Our most important habits are often formed through a messy process of trial-and-error. Here’s a five-point checklist that can speed up the process for you. For ...

Waking up at the crack of dawn and going for a run might feel intimidating when you start trying to make it a habit. Weaving a significant new activity such as this into your regular routine obviously ...

We find that time-to-habit-formation can vary between under a month to over half a year, depending on the behavior in question and the individuals themselves. Developing good habits and avoiding bad ...

Change is tough. It’s difficult to stop doing the same things you’ve always done, simply because you’ve always done them. Routine is a powerful tool to reinforce habits, long-standing and new. The ...

Most people who enthusiastically begin fitness journeys abandon them within two months. This discouraging statistic isn’t about laziness or lack of commitment – it reflects a fundamental ...

I often hear from clients who have given up on regular exercise because they don’t have the time or the energy remaining by the end of the workday. Europeans manage to incorporate movement into their ...

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