What habits have to do with our happiness?

Well-known objects, familiar circumstances, usual comfort food, day-to-day activities, and your home surroundings give us a sense of calm. They comfort us, make us feel at ease, and provide us with the feeling of certainty under uncertain circumstances. But what does this have to do with habits and happiness?

Most things in our surroundings that we are familiar with and have grown used to were not our active choices but default options. We prefer many things just because they are more familiar to us. As we were exposed to them repeatedly, we became familiar with them. Familiarity also breeds predictability. You exactly know the way around your home. As things become familiar and predictable, they also become safe.

Well-known objects, familiar circumstances, usual comfort food, day-to-day activities, and your home surroundings give us a sense of calm. They comfort us, make us feel at ease, and provide us with the feeling of certainty under uncertain circumstances. But what does this have to do with habits and happiness?

Most things in our surroundings that we are familiar with and have grown used to were not our active choices but default options. We prefer many things just because they are more familiar to us. As we were exposed to them repeatedly, we became familiar with them. Familiarity also breeds predictability. You exactly know the way around your home. As things become familiar and predictable, they also become safe.

Embrace Habits Find Joy.