Day 20 of 45
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Day 20 of 45 · 0 days read · no streaks, just days
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Day 20: Rewired reflexes
“You intend not to do it, but it happens. The brain is re-wired to do that over the span of multiple years.”
Years of repetition made the pickup automatic. Automatic habits respond to changed cues, not to willpower.
Lally's habit study showed behaviours become more automatic the more they are repeated in the same context. That works in both directions. Change the context, such as where the phone sits and what's on the home screen, and the reflex loses its trigger.
If you need support
If phone or social media use is seriously affecting your sleep, studies, work or relationships, or you feel low or unsafe, please talk to a professional.
- Tele-MANAS: 14416 or 1-800-891-4416, free, 24×7.
- NIMHANS Service for Healthy Use of Technology (SHUT clinic), NIMHANS Centre for Well Being, BTM Layout, Bengaluru: 080-26685948, nimhans.wellbeing@gmail.com.
- In an emergency, call 112.