Habits and when did this happen?

Day 13

During the course of our life we hear words like "Good habits, Bad Habits." The character of a human is defined based on the habits database of the person. Based on the sociology studies, social gathering encounters people together with similar habits. So it is just not the character of human but their whole social relationship is build on the foundation of habits. Because being social is important for humans, the concept of habits is important aspect of life.

So here is my question: Habits and when did this begin?

According to Dictionary (2012), the concept of habit is defines as " an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary." So based on this theory it has to become a behavior pattern. A pattern is the repetition of actions to an surrounding environment could be classified as a behavior pattern. This is an interesting human characteristics when a continuous behavior pattern occurs, the reaction becomes a second nature to the similar environment. Secondary nature trends towards involuntary behavior and thus the evolution of habit.

Some of the common found habit is lying. When the first lie is undetected, the potential ability for the second lie at is a similar situation is conceived more at ease. The more effective the ability becomes, the more stronger the behavior pattern evolves. The art of lying has the potential to become a habit of a human. This art could be practiced for personal gains or just mere habit.

The involuntary reaction, can this be changed once developed? What is the ease of changing habits? The concept of habit can be involved based on your surroundings that could involve elements like people, substance, believes, culture, and many more. The examples of forced changing habit would be : the loss of loved one and our interactions with person, attempting to quit habits like smoking or drinking, and many more.

Why do we want to change a habit? There are socially accepted habits classified as positives and negatives. The idea of social acceptance focus towards integration of the positive habits in the personal database.

"Eliminating a habit-an involuntary behavioral action demands higher energy than building a habit, so be selective on your choices"

~Lenji Jacob

Reference

habit (2012) Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved August 13, 2012, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/habit