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"Habits are powerful, but delicate. They can emerge outside our consciousness, or can be deliberately designed. They often occur without our permission, but can be reshaped by fiddling with their parts. They shape our lives far more than we realize— they are so strong, in fact, that they cause our brains to cling to them at the exclusion of all else, including common sense. Duhigg, Charles (2012-04-05). The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change Now I know I am a creature of habit (like we all are) but after some reading about them  was surprised by how strong they can become and how easily our actions can become habits. Scientists say that habit occur due to our brain constantly trying to save effort. If you think about this you will see that it is a good thing. Can you imagine if 'simple' things such as crossing the road were not a habit? It would require a lot of Brain power and mental effort every time we crossed the road. By the time you walked

I am a creature of habit. I like to have my breakfast at work and go to the Gym on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  In fact we are all creatures of Habit, even though you may not think you are. A university researcher in 2006 found that more than 40% of the actions people perform each day were not actual decisions but habit!! In my upcoming blog posts I will be looking at human habits and how they relate to testing - I may not discover much but I have a habit of wanting to try :). I will break the posts down into the following: 1) The habit loop 2) Problems with habits 3) Good habits 4) Changing habits I hope you enjoy the posts and please feel free to comment when they are published.