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    Habit Loops Entry #0303

    Why changing a route changes a routine

    A habit feels like a decision stored in the person, but it is actually stored in the environment. Move the person and the habit loses its cue.

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    The hidden part #0303

    Habits are stored with their surroundings. Change the surroundings and the habit has to be rebuilt from scratch — or it simply does not fire.

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    Habit Loops Entry #0312

    The reason a habit breaks during travel

    The behaviour ran on a cue that belonged to a place. In the new place the cue is absent, and the habit does not transfer because it was never stored as a decision.

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    The hidden part #0312

    A habit is not stored in the person. It is stored in the loop between the person and a place. Remove the place and the loop opens.

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