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Habit Information Hub

This site is becoming a collection of information about habit formation as well as actionable suggestions to facilitate the process of forming a new habit.

What exactly is a habit?

Before we go any further, let’s define what we mean when using the word “habit”: We act out of habit, when do something automatically without consciously thinking and because we have done it in the same circumstance numerous times in the past. An example is that Grace always wanders to the fridge, when she comes home from work and grabs herself a cup of water. She does not consider whether she is thirsty or not. She drinks a glass of water out of habit after returning home from work.

Short reads about Habit Creation:

Why should I start forming a new Habit?

How long does it take to create a new Habit?

Create a Habit: Modify the Physical Environment

Form a Habit of Eating Fruits by ensuring you keep Repeating it

How to stay motivated when forming a new habit gets hard

Struggeling with motivation when forming a new habit? Reward yourself!

Is forming a new habit possible? How long will it take?

Forming a new good habit is absolutely possible although it requires patience. How long it will take depends on what habit you would like to form and where you start. If for instance Ryan already cooks three times a week, we assume that it will take him less time to form the habit of cooking every dinner than for Sophia, who is just starting to learn how to cook. But really, does it matter whether it takes 9 weeks or 4 months? Is it not worthwhile in any case to aspire to one day have fun in the kitchen by whipping a menu together in a breeze?

App to guide you along the way

What would you love to just do effortlessly and have fun with? What is your habit goal? Consider downloading the app to support you along the way. Over time, you automatically get information about habit formation and actionable suggestions to make the process fun.

What is the source of the information?

Scientific studies on habit formation and human behavior have been conducted for decades. Their findings are published in journals like for instance Psychological Review or Annual Review of Psychology. From time to time, typically well respected senior researchers, write a book that spans impressive amounts of research. Examples of such books are The Wiley Handbook of Cognitive Control by Tobias Egner and Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnemann as well as the Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood.

We aim to use reliable scientific sources, which are referenced and linked for convenient access. We deliberatly use an easily understandable language, because we strive towards making these reasearch findings accessible to anyone (read more about our motivation here). Rewording complex matters does at times result in oversimplification. We encourage you to read the referenced literature.

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