iNudgeYou.com. Identify Your Habit Loops. There is a structure behind most habits which behavioral psychologists refer to as “habit loops.”
Habit loops consist of three main parts. First is the cue, the trigger from the environment that tells your brain to go into autopilot and which habit to use. Next is the routine, which can be a mental or physical action you take whenever presented with the cue. And lastly is the reward, which is what you get from the habit that fulfills a craving in your brain. How The Mind Really Works: 10 Counterintuitive Psychology Studies. Welcome to Less Wrong.