the oddness of habits

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i hope that my musings lately haven't been boring, as this post is going to be very similar to those. if they have been, feel free to just not read this. there are plenty of amusing things on the internet. [: i'll miss you though!

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today i've been thinking about habits and the things they make us do.

now, for the purpose of this blog post, the definition of the word "habit" according to merriam-webster.com will be any of the following:
- a settled tendency or usual manner of behavior
- a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance
- an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary
so now that we know what it means, let's talk about it.
habits.
it's really weird to think of how easily things become habits.

for example (and this is the reason i'm thinking about this):
i'm currently in a play.
opening night was last night and we have shows this weekend and next weekend.
in all honesty, we didn't have that many rehearsals.
however, whenever i would talk to people about when i was doing something during the time we have been having rehearsals, i would use the rehearsal as the point of reference.
ex.: i'll do that after rehearsal.

so now we aren't in rehearsals (at least this weekend, we'll probs have some over this week) but i still cannot get out of the habit of using "rehearsal" as a reference point. i was talking to a friend of mine who's in the play as well and i was talking about how i wanted to go buy something. i said i might go buy it before rehearsal, which immediately led to a little making fun of me, since it was the second time in that conversation that i had done that.

which makes me think. it's so weird to think about how many different things we do every day are pure habit. just stop and think for a moment. how many things that you do every day are just out of habit and not because you have to?

don't include things like sleeping or brushing your teeth or showering, because you do have to do those things, if not for yourself, then for others' sake.

i know that on a regular day, i'll brush my hair, put it up, take it down, brush it again, and then put it back up. i know it sounds weird. i have no idea why i do it. i just know that i've been doing it for so long that it would be weird to change it.

another habit: whenever i feel like i need to calm myself down, i cover my face with my hands. i can calm myself just as easily without doing that, but i've gotten into such a deep habit of doing it that it comes naturally. i believe that this started due to the fact that when i blush, i blush very deeply, so i would do that to hide the fact that i was blushing. i still blush the same way, but i don't care as much if other people see, yet i keep doing that. actually, i mostly do it when i'm not blushing.

another: i'll often tuck my hair behind my ear, even when i don't need to. i usually have my hair in a ponytail, yet i'll often catch myself attempting to tuck it behind my ear. i know how this one started. for most of my life, i had bangs. a little less than two years ago, i decided to grow them out. they are finally about the same length as the rest of my hair. however, i had that long time in between when what used to be my bangs didn't fit in my ponytail and was always falling out.


so how about you, my dear blog follower? what are some odd habits you have developed? or some that your friends have? and, if you know, how did that habit come to be?

maybe yours will help me remember that i'm not the only one who develops weird habits. [:

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