Can we really change our life in 28 days?

There are ways to develop good habits — and make them stick — that are backed by scientific evidence.

And it all begins in the brain.

Most of our daily life is made up of habitual actions and we run on autopilot without really noticing, such as the daily drive work when we pull up and sometimes can't remember much of the drive. 

The actions we repeat that can go on to form a habit are known as goal-directed actions.

Read this article by ABC Science reporter Belinda Smith about the science of making, breaking and replacing habits. 

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