Habits and Noticing

Noticing is a way catch yourself hardening into habits. We use habits to make ourselves solid and fixed in order to brace ourselves against the uncertainty we encounter in our daily activities. Unfortunately {or fortunately} life is fluid. If we approach life by stiffening up and shutting down we don't experience how fully able we are to adapt to its changes. Use Noticing to counteract that shutting down. As you go through the day observe how you greet each new situation. If you can enagage in something new and are able to Notice at the same time, then that present activity has increased your general ability to adapt to future activities. You open and soften in the face of uncertainty instead of getting harder and more resistent. That way, habits don't need to be broken, they just need to be neatly folded and put away.