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<h1 id='title'>Pleasant little habits</h1>
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<time datetime='Fri, 20 Jan 2023 22:30:00 CST'>20 Jan. 2023, 10:30 PM</time>
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I bought a new car a few months ago, and I grew fond of it fairly quickly.
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It’s one of those things I’ll end up using a lot, so I like the idea of making it feel more meaningful and personal to me.
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I named it Hopper because when I first got it, I often noticed grasshoppers hanging out on its exterior.
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One thing I like to have available in the car when I go places is hand sanitizer.
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I got in the habit of using it when I would go anywhere during the pandemic.
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So I got one of those little bottles with a nice smell.
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That way I could build up a pleasant smell memory when I got into the car.
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<figcaption>A little grasshopper car buddy my parents got me for Hopper</figcaption>
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At some point, I got a tin of wintergreen mints.
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Eventually I developed a habit where any time I got in the car after being out somewhere, I would apply the hand sanitizer and have a mint.
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It turned out to be a great way of making my car a comfortable place for me.
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The sensory familiarity was kind of a little reset for my mood.
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People sometimes refer to these kinds of habits as “rituals”, but to me, that term places too much weight on them.
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I considered calling them “ritules”, as in little rituals, but I thought that sounded a little dumb and was still a lot like “rituals”.
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Also, if I did that, people would see the title and think I just misspelled “rituals”.
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Anyway, I think habits like this seem useful and nice to have.
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You can use them to make something mundane a little more meaningful, or help shift your mindset.
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I’d like to maybe add some more to my life.
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But I don’t know if I can just decide to do them and implement them “from the top down”, so to speak.
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The mint and hand sanitizer habit just developed naturally, and I still only do it when I feel like doing it.
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It seems like when it comes to developing meaningful and pleasant small habits, it’s a better idea to just try some things that seem nice and see what sticks.
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Do you have any pleasant little habits or rituals?
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Did you start them “top-down”, or did they develop naturally?
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Have you named your car (or bike, jacket, house, computer, etc.)?
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Let me know your thoughts at my Ctrl-C email: <code>gome<span style='user-select: none;'> ​</span>@<span style='user-select: none;'> ​</span>ctrl-c.club</code>.
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