My habits and me

My mother will wake up early every morning to do house chores, she won't bother to call any of us. By the time we were awake, we will meet the whole house very clean and well arranged. Our clothes were washed and neatly spread outside, and our water drums would be filled, and sometimes she'd prepare food. This was after she would have gone to her church's morning prayer and was back.

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Also, I have seen my father brushing his teeth whenever he eats anything. Ever since I was born, I've seen him like that. He may not brush if he eats outside, but the moment he is back, he must brush. And I would wonder how long it took him to inculcate such habits. He does that till date.

Habits are those lifestyles we do more often and regularly that become part of our lives and most times are difficult to change because of being used to them.

In my opinion, habits can be exhibited through our actions, thoughts, our belief systems etc. My mother used to wake up very early in the morning, maybe 4am, to do her daily routines. And my dad brushes his teeth as though his life ends there.

That's part of their lives, because they have learnt these habits which have become part of their lifestyles overtime. Till today, my mother still wakes up early doing her chores. Even when she visits my house, she wakes up very early looking for chores which I don't usually have any for her.

Yes, we all have habits that people may not like. For me:

• I have the habit of putting my shoes outside whenever I'm back from work, my husband will always take them inside the house. My mother used to do that.

• I'll cook for everyone to eat, and I'll end up not eating any. Even from when I was at my father's house.

• I wake up to press my phone immediately after morning meditation. My husband complains about that too much.

• Waking up from bed very late on none working days. It is so bad that I'll prepare breakfast for my family late.

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Over the years, self-reliance has been one of my strongest habits. I tend to depend on myself rather than depend on or be a burden to others. I try as much as possible to help myself instead of depending on people. And it's also my habit to try things out for myself. Sometimes, I am baffled about how inquisitive I can be sometimes. But in the long run, I see these as strength because these have helped me in more difficult times than I thought.

Habits are learnt if you ask me. We develop habits as a result of what we see, hear and practice. They become part of us overtime.

For a child to inculcate reading habits, he/she must be taught. Habits such as personal hygiene, eating habits, reading habits, sleeping habits, being early to events, speaking, etc require teaching especially for children.

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For example, I taught my children never to eat any food in the morning without brushing their teeth. It is part of their lives now. Some people just feel it's nothing because they are just mere children.

So habits are mostly taught/learnt rather than inhabited. That's because people copy what they see, hear and try to do it, sometimes unintentionally.

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