Earth Day is this week and finals are approaching, so it’s a great time to start taking up some useful habits. But habits can be difficult to stick to with; only eight percent of people report that they actually stick to their New Year’s resolutions. Additionally, the time it takes to form a habit varies greatly between people. An article published by the European Journal of Social Psychology found that it can take anywhere from 18 to over 250 days before people were complete their habits consistently, i.e. at least 95 percent of the time. Still, there are methods which have been shown to make your habits easier to stick with.

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