Filthy Habits

“Habituation puts to sleep the eye of our judgment.” — Michel de Montaigne

I got to listening to this wonderful live chat with Louis Theroux in conversation with his high school chum on The Adam Buxton Podcast.

As Buxton muses over the litany of colourful subjects that have made up Theroux’s documentaries, he cites the quote above in defense of the strange habits we all keep.

The conversational detour got me to thinking about Shawn Achor’s curious little TED talk and his fervent belief that bad habits can only be remodeled through positive reinforcement.

Since the start of the year I’ve been working to challenge a particularly nasty habit that’s plagued me for far too long; expunging the Monday blues. 

While there have been a few hiccups on the road to rediscovery, the simple act of manifestation, putting intention into practice has helped me to accept that I am not the habits I make. 

Xo