The Importance Of Habit In Everyday Life

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Most of what we do in life is done strictly out of habit. For example, we wake up in the morning and go through our morning routine. We have a breakfast and have a typical day at school or office. About 95% of our day-to-day actions are done out of habit. How we behave or what we think are done out of habit (Roth, 2015, p. 5). Thus, habits play such a huge part in all the things we do in our daily life; however, that is not always a good thing (Roth, 2015, p. 5). Since habit is doing something over and over until it is done without even thinking about it, it can create our destiny positively or negatively as well (Scott, 2014, p. 9). According to The Medical Dictionary (n.d.), “Bad habit is a patterned behavior regarded as detrimental to one’s physical or mental health, which is often linked to a lack of self-control.” Furthermore bad habits would be irritating the friends and family. Anything can be a bad habit if it is not done in moderation (Roth, 2015, p. 7). Therefore, one of our daily routines that we have done without thinking about it can be regarded as bad …show more content…

After they pay for the products, they think of how they are going to pay for it later when the bill arrives (Vaughn, n.d.). Gratification stays only for few minute; but the time of payment stays long
 Sense of power: According to Vaughan (n.d.),”Spending money makes people feel more powerful.” Even though the act of spending a large amount of money does not give them a genuine power but a rush of false power, still many people do not realize that.
 Avoidance: Especially teenagers are sensitive to the relationship with their friends. Sometimes they spend too much money for hangout with friends. Teenagers worry about maintenance of the relationship because they think their friends drop them if they can’t afford to hangout (Vaughan,

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