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We believe (okay, ~I~ believe)
that people think they control their brains and daily activities, much more than they really do.
The proof is in all the bad things we do.
Not excercising, not flossing daily, watching too much TV, eating too much pizza.
Our conscious brains knows these things are bad ideas.
But we do them anyway.
Part of it is we are lazy and these things are easy.
But an even bigger part of it is in the flow of daily noise and life, our habits control our actions.
I know sometimes I find myself plopped in front of my TV, drinking a soda and realize I never really
thought about it. Did my conscious brain really think that was the best plan? No.
Habits and not thinking took over.
The founding rule of a corporation I worked for was "If you don't measure it, you can't improve it."
They were absolutely right.
Well that goes for life and habits too. But it has to be REALLY easy.
Otherwise you won't bother. You won't measure. Improvements won't stick.
Its also guaranteed you will fall out of the habit a few times before it sticks.
Thus we all need reminders to prod ourselves back on track after the slide.
So in an attempt to make use of all this cool Web 2.0 I love I thought, why not use it for good?
Its cool. Its easy.
Cool and easy are things that might help our thinking brains control our bad habit, lazy brains.
Thus Habitizer.
Let your thinking brain make a plan and use some of the lower brains tendancies to control it!
We like little gold stars.
We like to feel successful.
Track it! Improve it!
As a source of inspiration for Habitizer and "don't break the chain" I really reccomend you go right now and read
this article on the habit philosophy of Jerry Seinfeld . It makes it all so much clearer.
Good luck to you on your path to self improvement here at Habitizer or wherever your travels take you!
-- andrew
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