Why Bad Habits Are So Hard to Break

Now, let me ask you this: Have you ever caught yourself doing something you know isn’t good for you—yet you do it anyway?

Meet Mark. Every night, he tells himself he’ll go to bed early. But after dinner, he picks up his phone, starts scrolling, and before he knows it, an hour has passed. The next morning, he wakes up exhausted and promises himself he won’t do it again. But the cycle repeats.

Why do we keep doing things we know aren’t good for us? And more importantly—how do we break free?