Habits usually feel like background processes — automatic, quiet, and too familiar to notice. But when you try to interrupt even one of them, the disruption can spread in unexpected ways. I decided to test this by changing a single habit for 48 hours, something small but consistent: checking my phone the moment I woke up.
It sounded easy. It wasn’t.
The first morning, I reached for my phone without thinking. My hand moved before my mind caught up. It made me realize how deeply wired certain routines become — they’re not choices anymore; they’re reflexes. So I pushed the phone across the room and sat on the edge of the bed instead. That tiny pause felt strangely uncomfortable, like standing in a doorway with nowhere to go.
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