Why do we not realize how bad certain habits are until we stop doing them?

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This past month I cut out my bad habits, including going to bed late and waking up rushing to work, I now have a sleep routine/schedule every night, I also stopped hanging out with two toxic friends.

I gave up alcohol too, it wasn’t a habit, I drank twice a month, just decided to cut it out all together.

Funny thing is, its not until I stopped doing these things where I realized how bad I truly felt doing these things, whats the reasoning behind this? Is it just my brain remembering how bad I felt then compared to how good I feel now?

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Because the human brain isn’t rational, it is rationalizing. We make lots of decisions quickly in the moment without real thought and then our brain invents reasons to justify it after the fact.

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