So, how do you maintain these new, good habits upon reentering the world after COVID-19-related lockdowns? “Habits are such slow-forming memory traces that they’re also very slow to decay,” Wood said in a recent interview. But there’s good news: Certain strategies can help you learn these new habits again, and you can start preparing now. “There’s no handicapping in habit formation; challenge is not the point,” Wood wrote in “Good Habits, Bad Habits.” If you’re planning a morning run, lay out your running clothes before going to bed. Your morning and evening routines might already be especially robust; try stacking new habits into those periods.
Source: bd News24 July 05, 2020 11:15 UTC