From brushing our teeth before or after breakfast to double checking the gearshift twice before pulling out of the driveway, habits revolve around our actions and decisions. The general concept of “habit” can simply be categorized into two areas: positive habits and negative habits. Positive habits include those that result in good test scores such as routine, study habits. Negative habits may lead to more detrimental consequences such as alcohol addiction due to lack of temperance or obesity due to ignorance of nutrition. Observation of personal habits have lead to the analyzation of the “chain of action” Glasofer and Steinglass mention in their article. For example, a positive personal habit would include the determination to drink at least eight glasses of water per day. The cue for this habit is initiated in the morning when a glass of water seems necessary after consuming coffee. All the decisions and actions we take as the progresses is the result of the familiarity of our …show more content…
Personally, a lesson derived from the consequences of social media is to allow the identification process to take place and to accept the dilemma at hand. Parallel to Jane’s situation, after accepting that such habits were causing destruction, the principle learned is that breaking the routine requires a process. Any habit may seem impossible to break from commonplace routine, however, through the process of recognizing and reverting old habits, a cured life can be accessed by