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Giant Brain Candy: A Third to Half on Autopilot. In two diary studies, 35% and 43% of what people did were habits, done almost daily in the same place, and while doing them their thoughts were more often on something else. Source: Habits in everyday life.
Growing evidenceThe research
  1. Wood, W., Quinn, J. M., & Kashy, D. A. (2002). Habits in everyday life: Thought, emotion, and action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(6), 1281–1297.

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A Third to Half on Autopilot

In two diary studies, 35% and 43% of what people did were habits, done almost daily in the same place, and while doing them their thoughts were more often on something else.

Source: Habits in everyday life · Growing evidence

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