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I went to a diner in Omaha and saw a guy trade his nightly pie for a walk, is swapping one habit at a time better than a full overhaul?
I was sitting at a diner in Omaha last week and watched a man at the counter turn down his usual slice of pie and instead pay his check and head outside for a walk around the block. He told the waitress he had been doing this for 47 days straight. It made me think about how we trade bad habits for better ones. One side says you should swap just one thing at a time so it actually sticks, like replacing soda with water for a full month. The other side says you need to change your whole routine at once or the old habits creep back in. I have tried both and I am still not sure which one works better. What has worked for you when you are trying to replace something you do every day?
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wright.dakota27d ago
Maybe the pie guy's swap worked because a walk fills the same ritual slot, same time, same counter, just different ending.
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