Everyone has habits. Some are harmless, like always watching a certain television show or going to the beach each Saturday in the summer. Other habits are actually beneficial for us, for example, depositing a set amount of money into a retirement account every payday, or taking a daily walk. Habits begin with a “habit loop”, according to npr.org. This is a three-step process that starts with a trigger that tells your brain to go on automatic and enable a behavior to be performed. Second is the routine, the actual performing of the behavior followed by the reward stage which reinforces the trigger for activities that the brain enjoys. Unfortunately, some of our habits are harmful. Often these are the hardest habits to break despite our best intentions. They can be …

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