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There's a difference between a basic habit and doing something that is second nature. A base habit is the training of the brain to reduce the amount of conscious initiation of a behavior. Second nature is a very deeply ingrained habit. It involves virtually no conscious thinking. My guess is that it takes an average of 21 days for a base habit to be formed. But on average it would take 60 days or longer to form a second nature skill or pattern of thinking.
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I'm able to form new habits and routines much faster than that... small things, like washing a dish immediately after using it, or hanging the car keys on the exact same hook every time I walk in the door. I formed those habits intentionally, and it only took a couple of weeks before I was doing them automatically.
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I'd say for, let's say easy habits, it takes no longer than two weeks. Flossing every night without exception or stretching after you make a bed. But for harder things, from my personal experience, at least 10-12 weeks. Waking early every day, no matter how much you want to keep sleeping, or forcing yourself to study new language for one hour every day is harder than forcing yourself to stretch for couple of minutes.
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If it took a mere 21 days to form a new habit, you would think a lot more people would change their lives for the better. So I was always suspicious of that number. Moreover, while 66 days maybe the new number, I think it varies depending on how engrained the previous bad habit was. For example, I think it will take a lot longer for someone who was sedentary their entire lives to pick up the habit of being regularly active, verses someone who was active for a decade, and merely became sedentary for two years, and then decided to become active again.
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@xbaxepic
2 years ago
I don’t know if it can be a “total myth” after one study.
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