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If you follow the habit, the habit will follow you
(First published Monday, January 7, 2002,
under the column Bitch’s Brew.)
I KICKED MY sister’s fridge and had an epiphany.
An epiphany is “a moment of
sudden and great revelation.”
See, the refrigerator that came
with my new apartment has a funny door: it won’t close all the way unless I
kick the lower part in. After only a short time of doing this it’s become a
habit to me. So much so, I don’t even think, I just do it.
I kicked my sister’s fridge, the
fridge at work and, naturally, my fridge at home – the only one that needs to be kicked.
Habit off the top
It’s immensely easy to get into
a habit, even ones necessary only for very specific times and places. Send a
thought somewhere often enough and you won’t need to keep sending it ... it’ll
eventually start to go on its own.
While I noted the practice from
the very first time I made the error, and I acknowledge it after each time I
foot an ice-box which needs no urging to close, I have not yet been able to
just stop myself from doing it.
We all know why: habits are easy
to get into and oh so hard to break.
Hence why a lot of people
proclaim, “Bother New Year’s resolutions!” and do not proceed to make any.
“What’s the sense? I’ll only
break them,” rationalised a pal.
There can be no
feat if the will insists “Defeat!”
I’m not saying never think about
failure. But consider more why you
always fail, as opposed to that you
always fail.
Put more thought behind why you
have resolved to change a habit than you put into how daunting it will be to
drop the habit altogether.
Perhaps, then you will make some
progress ... which would be a good habit to make.
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