[ Restarting ]

Habits define the sum of our lives. 

I’ve learned that restarting a past habit is both easier, and harder, than starting a new habit.

Resurrecting a habit from the past already has some built in ‘muscle memory’.  This makes it easier than starting a new one: we have a history, we have evidence, we have (past) results.

A habit from our past, that we’ve stopped, then exposes us to life without that habit. And sometimes, maybe, life is easier without it.

But sometimes, we miss the routine of that habit, and the satisfaction (or relief) when the task is done.