We say, "I love you" to our parents or significant other when we hang up the phone, not because we mean it, but out of habit.

我们会在挂电话时和父母或者某个重要的人说“我爱你”，不是因为我们真的想这么说，而是因为习惯。

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There are fundamental public health problems, like dirty hands instead of a soap habit, that remain killers only because we can't figure out how to change people's habits.

一些基本的公共卫生问题，例如脏手而不是肥皂习惯，仍然是棘手的问题，仅仅因为我们无法弄清怎么去改变人们的习惯。

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Out of the 9 habits, 8 habits stuck, while 1 habit was let go because I realized it wasn't something I wanted to work on for now.

在九个习惯里，我坚持了八个，同时没有坚持另外一个习惯因为我意识到它不是我现在要去努力的。

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But as you think about whether you can afford to continue, think about this as well: Are you still pursing this because you want to, or are you doing it out of habit?

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