I don't think that lack of habit formation is necessarily a bad thing, making something a habit is good if that something is good, but bad if you learn things that are wrong. Meaning I'd argue that people who are worse at forming habits are likely better at rethinking their beliefs and theories.
Definitely a significant part of my case. Until I started using a smart watch to walk me through morning and night routines, I had no routines. I generally don’t have regular habits which makes maintaining basic life stuff difficult at times.
This might be a silly question, but what does that mean in practice? I don't think I have what can be called morning or night routine (other than "go to bed when sleepy" and "get up, shower and go to work") but I also can't think why I'd need more than that.
I sort of agree - it reads like a literature review converted to an article. But still, pleasantly readable IMHO without much prior knowledge.
It was published on a psychology website.
>...habits are, simply, reliable solutions to recurring problems in our environment. - Jason Hreha [1]
>Whenever you face a problem repeatedly, your brain begins to automate the process of solving it. Your habits are just a series of automatic solutions that solve the problems and stressed you face regularly. - James Clear [1]
The point that was interesting about habits, to me, is that they are unconscious. So this means that you don't necessarily know that you even have them. And they guide a large part of your life. So, if you are not in a spot in life where you want to be, look at your habits... it takes some effort because they are unconscious... but then you can work on changing them.
The unconscious part is important too, though, in a good way. They are programs running in the background that allow you direct your attention to new things that you don't encounter often. Kind of cool when you think that humans have a way to auto-program an auto-pilot for things they encounter often, so that the brain can be better prepared for new things.
[1] https://newsletter.butwhatfor.com/p/habits-maketh-the-man