Habits, good and bad

From Aeon: "So what is a habit? … When it is a repeated behaviour that comports with ideals of health, righteousness, and wisdom, it can go by other names such as 'spiritual practice', 'ritual', and 'routine'. When it is a repeated behaviour contrary to notions of health, righteousness, and wisdom, its synonyms are 'tick', 'obsession', and 'addiction'. 'Sovereign will', 'consciousness', and 'necessity' were once the keywords of this literature; nowadays they are 'mindfulness', 'happiness', 'autopilot'."