Habit vs. Routine
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A habit is that I wash a glass before filling it. It's a habit to delete every part of crap on a new PC. I check my posts for spelling errors as both a habit and a routine :D A routine is writing exception catchers. It's a routine to use an explicit type, not var. It's a routine to use the interface and not the type directly. Yes, there's a difference. A habit is something you do without thinking, meaning everything your mom told you to do before you leave the house; are your hairs presentable? Do you have a clean handkerchief? No spots on your jeans? A routine is something you're used to doing that you can do it, without thinking. Think a bricklayer; would you even dare ask him if it is routine or habit. Go ask you're miss if she is routine, or habit? :)
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Go ask you're miss if she is routine, or habit?
She's a routine habit.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Go ask you're miss if she is routine, or habit?
She's a routine habit.
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Does Routine give rise to Habits, or do Habits give rise to Routine? :-D How does either one affect the work that you do? :confused: Is there a difference between the two?
Putting on my socks and shoes is a routine. Putting the left sock on before the right sock, the left shoe before the right shoe, is a habit.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Go ask you're miss if she is routine, or habit?
She's a routine habit.
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Does Routine give rise to Habits, or do Habits give rise to Routine? :-D How does either one affect the work that you do? :confused: Is there a difference between the two?
My routines often involve my habits good and bad. For instance, my routine of taking a break after every phone call, code victory, code stump, or just anxiety involves getting up and walking. Unfortunately, it's usually walking to the workshop/smoking den where I indulge my habit. :laugh:
Edward Aymami wrote:
How does either one affect the work that you do?
Given that this routine uses timers, I can estimate that distractions cost an additional 15 minutes each of productivity, or around 2 hours per day on average! :laugh:
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You mean you get nun?
Nun ya business ;)
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Does Routine give rise to Habits, or do Habits give rise to Routine? :-D How does either one affect the work that you do? :confused: Is there a difference between the two?
Habits are optional and perhaps enjoyable; routines are chores.
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Does Routine give rise to Habits, or do Habits give rise to Routine? :-D How does either one affect the work that you do? :confused: Is there a difference between the two?
I'm in the habit of never doing the same twice: when I hear the word "routine," I call an exorcist.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Does Routine give rise to Habits, or do Habits give rise to Routine? :-D How does either one affect the work that you do? :confused: Is there a difference between the two?
Both. The best way for me is when habits - which are usually based on some reasoning behind - become routine as it lower the probability of mistakes (think of driving safety, trigger discipline, electric safety, fire hazards). Routine becomes habit just because our brain will naturally follow the order of operations and muscle memory is a pretty big thing.
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Does Routine give rise to Habits, or do Habits give rise to Routine? :-D How does either one affect the work that you do? :confused: Is there a difference between the two?
I'd put it Habit: action most always done after something else, regardless if needs doing or not going out of house, keys wallet and phone, even if knowingly wont need wallet, just habit to take routine: something you do regardless of anything before or after. wallet in back left pocket, phone in front left, keys front right, regardless if have the others, they will be in these assigned places.
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Does Routine give rise to Habits, or do Habits give rise to Routine? :-D How does either one affect the work that you do? :confused: Is there a difference between the two?
I look at it differently (typical of a Navy Nuc with ADHD - we ain’t quite right in the head 😆). I find a rhythm that works, that gets me at my most productive in a way that helps me get the most satisfaction out of my work. That becomes the routine I strive for each day. It is a macro approach to what I do. In the specific implementations of what I do, I find patterns that not only help me do my work better now, but over the long term. That is my micro approach to what I do, which are my habits. For me, the two are rarely related directly. But they do provide me with better productivity, better quality, a better way to improve my SDLC, and get more enjoyment from my work. When the unplanned for things of daily life occur, I adapt my routine (and occasionally my habits) and overcome whatever obstacles they provide.
