Alcohol, drugs, smoking, vaping, porn, junk food, video games, TV. The list goes on and on.
Everyone’s situation is different, I (26m) live at home, don’t drive and basically unemployed except for some work here and there.
As humans, we know what we **should** be doing, but only a small amount of people actually **do** the right habits consistently.
**Eli5: Why do we do bad habits despite knowing we shouldn’t?**
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Because most bad habits have positive returns in the very short term. I.e. They make us feel good right now.
Humans generally have a hard time balancing long term over short term gain.
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