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Yeah, I've heard of those things, chaining is the first one, and definitely something I think will help me. I was less looking for advice and hoping for a more "under the hood" look at habit forming. I'm actually trying to come up with a good positive reinforcement system for helping me which is why I'm curious about predicting how long it'll take to learn a new habit because I'd like to come up with a reward system where it's not just a repeating reward but rather building up to something. I'm also learning android development so the "someday maybe" dream is to turn it into an app. I was thinking of like a point system, where every time I complete the task I'm trying to get into the habit of, I get a few points (more points the more consecutive days I complete the task or something to that effect) and after enough points accumulate, eventually I "level up" enough (to use a nerd-fitness concept) I'll get some sort of notification and I can take a step back and assess how automatic the habit has become, and decide if I still need help making it stick, or whatever the next step might be. I'll probably have to play with it a little bit, but in a perfect world, the "max level" is reached around the same time the task becomes automatic for me. Since not all tasks are equally easy to train, if I can benchmark and predict as I go, I can adjust how the points are awarded on the fly so that it more closely matches my progress. I don't want to use a streak system because I can be a bit fatalistic minded about those kinds of things (to use a term from my counseling) and so as soon as I bust a streak I find it really hard to get started again. (This is actually what inspired me to think about this, I busted my duolingo streak again and remembered thinking how hard it was to motivate myself to get back into it even though learning a new language is something I want for myself) This would be why understanding how missing days might help make the system a bit more robust. I don't know, at this stage it's just something I'm toying around with, so I thought I'd put some feelers out there and see what kind of information I could find.

Does anyone here have any good information or resources regarding how long it might take for someone to build new habits? (Bonus points if it's accessible to me which means, free or very cheap, found online, and readable by someone who does not have a degree in psychology) In particular the questions I'm looking to have answered: The study I found multiple people citing seems to say that building a habit does not in fact take the 21 days that most people suggest, but rather a range from 20-254 days depending on the task or the person. Is there any way to predict how long learning a given habit will take someone? (either before or during the process of learning) The study also suggested that missing a day here and there did not significantly hamper the subject's ability to learn the new task, Is there any research done regarding how missing multiple days in a row might affect the process? (my own personal experience suggests even missing 2 days in a row to be massively detrimental) Finally the study focuses on daily goals, but is there any information on building habits that are not daily? (Such as a 3-day per week work out routine, or something weekly like running laundry) In particular how long it takes to build those habits, and how missing days can affect their progress.

And in class that's totally fine, but I live in a tiny apartment, so I'd prefer to minimize the number of nasty ass smelling things I'm introducing to the apartment. That and I imagine gross fungus/bacteria might grow in the dank dark recesses of untreated gloves, so I wanted to avoid any of that nastiness and the potential negative health implications. My question was about how to treat the gloves after I get them all nasty, not how to avoid the issue entirely, and that question has been answered.

86.3% of all made up stats contain the numeral 7... So I believe it, (I'm just playing the odds)

Thought this might help: http://www.startbodyweight.com/p/horizontal-pulls-progression.html (He has a progression for pull-ups too, but you don't start working on those until you get to body weight rows on this progression)

Oh, I intend to wear them into the ground... doesn't mean I have to make it easy Do you have any recommendations for anti-bacterial spray? (I figured that would be part of the solution as the smell and color from sweat stains come not from the sweat itself, but rather the bacteria that grows due to it being dank and nasty.) I guess I should look into setting aside a couple bucks for hand wraps too... money is tight, but a website I found used the analogy, it's like wearing shoes with no socks and that was the convincing argument >.<

Ok, what do you guys do about your gloves? Like, this is going to be a serious health and smellness issue. I biked in the rain before class, but it stopped before I went to class, so my shoes were soggy, but my gloves were dry at the start of class. By the end of class I couldn't tell you what was more soggy, my shoes or my gloves. This was an issue when I first started, but I got better, and due to time constraints was still in the beginner class, so I was getting paired up with people who didn't push me hard enough and I kind of forgot about it, but now once a week I'm going to be doing the intermediate class with a partner who I have a pretty good feel for and he is pretty good at pushing me to go harder, so I don't imagine I'll hit a point where my 16 oz gloves don't weigh 3 lb by the end of class from all the accumulated sweat. I mean the shoes I got at the bowling alley were less gross than these gloves! I'm still relatively new, so it's not so bad yet... I just imagine that bacteria will make the gloves degrade faster, and that the smell will get so bad it'll seep through the backpack I keep them in. (I'm not so prissy that I'm unwilling to put on my gloves when they get like that, I just imagine there's long term effects to be considered.)

It might help a bit for Jotun Boy to identify what part of the exercise is causing anxiety too. I.e. it might be a social thing, like a fear of embarrassment, or a health concern, like a fear of injury, it could be shame manifesting as fear (basically if you don't complete it to some standards you think you should be capable of, it confirms some negative self thoughts you have) It could be something else too, like someone unintentionally (or I guess intentionally) conditioned a negative response to exercise through some sort of negative reinforcement technique. The DBT technique my counselor likes to use for just about everything, in part because it works pretty well, is mindfulness. The premise being that if you build awareness of why your body is reacting through fear/anxiety/etc. then you can find the root cause and address that. There is some underlying thought pattern that is leading to this anxiety even if it hasn't been identified yet. Which is of course something a counselor could help with. So add my name to the list of people who are encouraging that. Depending on the what/how/why of the situation, the solution could be about finding exercise that doesn't cause anxiety (as you suggested) but it could be about a graduated plan to build confidence to overcome the anxiety. (i.e. if it's about people, then working out at home might be the right choice, but the answer might be about finding a work out buddy until the confidence is built) I agree about trying new things of course, just something additional to keep in mind. If one thing causes anxiety, and another doesn't, what is different about those 2 things? How might those differences influence anxiety? What are other exercises that have features likely to cause or not cause anxiety based on those observations? Etc.

Can a chicken lay 2/3 of an egg? (Did I do it wrong?)

I meant to say, "assemble it blindfolded" but forgot to write the word blindfolded (went back and edited) I was saying that, if I were to buy one megamillions ticket this week (odds are 1:258,890,850) and win, then buy another ticket next week (but only one ticket) and win again, that would be a more likely scenario (1:67,024,472,213,722,500) than a man correctly assembling a rubix cube without being able to see the pieces. (1:519,024,039,293,878,272,000) Megamillions is draw 5 numbers from a pool of 75 and then draw a separate number from a pool of 15. Must match all 6 to win the top prize.

Since I didn't want to double post... Here's another math thing. One is more likely to win the grand prize for the lottery twice in a row buying only a single ticket (Megamillions) than he is to rebuild a solved rubix cube blindfolded from the disassembled pieces. However, the odds of his rebuilt cube being solvable are 1/12 *Edit because I missed a word*

That is not correct unless you're replacing the card. Probability of the first guess being correct is 1/4 Probability of second guess is either 12/51 or 13/51 Probability of third guess is 11/50 or 12/50 or 13/50 Probability of 4th guess 10/49, or 11/49 or 12/49 or 13/49 If the guess is either fixed or determined randomly, then the odds can be calculated: Prob of 1st being correct: 1/4 Prob of 2nd being correct: 1/4*12/51 + 3/4*13/51 = 51/204 = 17/68 = 1/4 Prob of 3rd being correct: 12/51*1/4*11/50 + 39/51*1/2*12/50 + 12/51*3/4*13/50 + 39/51*1/2*13/50 = (132+ 936 + 168 + 1014)/10200 = 2250/10200 = 225/1020 = 45/204 = 15/68 (I'm definitely too lazy to calculate the 4th guess) The change doesn't really become noticeable until several more cards are selected. Well it's true that if you've killed the boss 99 times, the odds of getting it on the 100th attempt are no better than they were on the first. If you were to dedicate yourself to repeating the process 100 times (only stopping when you've hit 100 or gotten the item) then you've got about a 64% chance of getting it before you stop. 300 attempts translates into a 95% chance of getting the desired item (meaning if you can do it every day for a year you're looking at about a 97% chance of getting the item)

Yeah, you got this! I'm a bit of a movie/table top nerd, so if I end up employing this strategy for something, it'll probably be to buy new dice because some ass hat stole my dice bag out of my car (and my 4 favorite sets with it) and my pathfinder core rulebook. Also a friend borrowed my NPC codex and never returned it and moved away... and I haven't had a chance to get the new occult mysteries book. Then when you consider all the video games I want to play... I wish I had a mountain dew problem I needed to quit >.<

Just saw this thread, thought I'd chime in. I have Severe OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) which means that my sleep was incredibly compromised before when I didn't have my bi-pap. To give you an idea, an apnea is when you stop breathing for 10 or more seconds, I was averaging 58 an hour when I did my sleep study, average length of closer to 20 seconds. Basically I was not breathing for around 1/3 of the time I was a sleep or more. This meant that I got only 11 minutes of REM stage sleep over the course of my 7 hours asleep, and 0 minutes of stage 3 restorative sleep. So I was asleep, but not really getting the benefits. Obviously my case was a bit extreme, but here are things that were affected directly or indirectly: Energy LevelsMoodMemoryBlood pressureCavities (though this one is specific to OSA, and you wouldn't experience it)Weight GainHeart Burn/Digestive issuesLung Capacity (though this one also might have also been OSA specific)MemoryCognitive functionComplexionInjury RecoveryMemoryDehydration (OSA specific)Impaired Vision (I didn't experience this one, but it can be a symptom for some)etc.Now, obviously not all of these happen to everyone equally, but a lot of these have secondary effects, the weight gain was mostly attributed to mood/low energy, the impaired vision is actually caused by the high blood pressure, cavities/hydration issues are a result of sleeping with the mouth open. If you consider however, the impact of mood and the frequently resulting weight gain, there is almost no aspect of your life that isn't impacted by lack of sleep in some way. To give you an idea of how much the mood thing can be an issue: Before the machine I was diagnosed as severely depressed and was being advised to consider anti-depressants, since then my counselor has been discussing cutting back to bi-weekly appointments, uses words like "inspiration" to describe me, and I have not needed medication. Obviously, I am recovering from 10+ years of this, so only a few months is not enough time to totally get to a healthy place physically and mentally, but already I am functionally a different person. TL;DR: What aspects of your life can be affected by sleep?

I was drinking several cans of "Mountain Dew: Code Red" a day, it's only been a few months, but last time I tried, I found it disgusting. Try to not stop at the gas station, but don't make that a hard fast rule. If you find yourself feeling like you need a dew for whatever reason, let yourself off the hook. (You need practice) However, what you do then is where the real victory lies. Don't buy enough so that you can have 3 over the course of the day, that's planning to fail. Buy 1, and if half way through your shift you find you need a second, THEN go to the store on your lunch break, and if you still need one after work, THEN stop on your way home. However, over time, the inconvenience of it all will push you to cut back naturally. The goal is to make the right choice easier than the wrong choice. So when you do find you need a soda, go into it as though this is the last soda you're ever going to drink. It might not be, but buy one get one half off only saves you money if you assume you'll eventually drink the second, but you're giving up soda after that first one, so it won't save you money. Buying 4 now, only saves you time if you assume that eventually you'll drink the other 3, but you're giving up soda after that first one, so it's not going to save you a trip to the gas station later. Over time, when you're feeling like you need a dew, if you think you can get by, maybe switch to buying the little single cans, it's little more than half as much, and most gas stations have them. (For classic dew) Positive reinforcement has also been shown to be more effective (in most cases) than negative reinforcement. (Which is why, making the right choice easier is my strategy, because the right choice becomes a reinforced behavior over time) So punishing yourself through negative self talk, trying to restrict, etc. Those are not super viable strategies. If you slip up, eh, it happens, no harm no foul, do better next time. However, you can further positively reinforce the right choice. One idea would be to grab yourself a jar at work, if you make it to work without buying a soda, drop a couple bucks in there (the amount you saved by not buying a Dew) Have one at home, and if you get through your chores without buying a dew, drop a pair of singles in there. If you ever find yourself feeling like you need a Dew, but choosing not to get one, $2 goes into which ever jar is more convenient, periodically emptying the work jar into the home jar. You'll be able to physically see the amount of money you are saving by not buying dew. Then when it gets built up a little, go buy yourself a new video game, or take a friend to the movies, or buy a bow and learn archery, I don't know what flavor of nerd you are, so anything non food/dew related. That is something you get to have, because you resisted the urge to drink Dew.