You appreciate understanding the research and reasoning underlying your actions which allows you to create and implement new habits in your life.

This Habit Formation Style appreciates self-driven research and understanding. You like to create your own habits based on an accumulation of resources. You like to dive into the “why” and understand why people give you the recommendations they provide.

You may consider the opinions of experts and apply them to your own life, but only after you have vetted their background and understand why they are recommending a certain approach. You may have noticed that your mind-space is occupied by trying to understand why certain actions or behaviors will create healthy changes in your life.

Potential weakness: Paralysis by analysis. You spend so much time in research that it can take you a significant amount of time to execute on the habits you should likely be implementing.

Adding to your life! This approach to habit formation focuses on adding behaviors to your life.

You are more likely to focus on the benefits a behavior may have on your health and life prior to implementing that behavior.

You find it easier to execute desired habits when they are additions to your life. You find it harder to consciously stop or minimize habits you already have. There may be identifiable barriers that keep you from stopping certain habits.

Want to know more about the other Habit Formation Styles? 

Click below to access the Habit Formation Style handout. You might notice you have some of the following tendencies as well and start to recognize these tendencies in others.