@jposhaughnessy, this was a fantastic post! If you haven’t already, look up Dr. Bruce Lipton, who spent many years researching/publishing his findings on the actual biology of habits, beliefs,personal environment, etc. Fun fact: the reason they call it “breaking” a habit is the https://twitter.com/jposhaughnessy/status/1229463224736788480

fact that every time you repeat something, an act or thought, your brain increases the amount of protein forming the myelin sheath around those neural networks, making them stronger and harder to “break.” In sports, martial arts, or any physical activity, it is said that

for every time you perform something incorrectly, you must perform it correctly 3 times to get back to square one. That is why, in the words of Vince Lombardi “Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.”

Thanks for taking the time to write this thread and for sharing your experience with us!