Habit

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 it by stiffening 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 Notice at the same time then that activity has increased your adaptibility. 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.