In my experience you never know when you started a modern habit until it’s too late.
- This is how I wind up in losing streaks where I’m staying up late, eating poor foods, smoking a lot, or drinking too often.
All it takes is one straight-forward action, performed routinely without much thought… And then next thing you know, you are stuck in a holding pattern. Apparently, the exact same thing can be said for creatures. I never realized what a crucial mistake I was making them by checking our temperature control every day before my friend and I left the house for work. Honestly, I looked at the air temperature control device everyday by force of my own habit. It was routine for me to turn down the indoor air temperature before I left for work everyday in the winter, so the heater wouldn’t run all day long in an empty house for no reason. I did the same thing in the summer time by turning up the air temperature so our air conditioner device got a break. I never thought much of this behavior, other than patting myself on the back for using my energy efficiently and reducing my biweekly electricity bill while extending the life of my central heating and cooling system. Apparently, however, my pet thought a lot of my temperature control habit. In fact, he directly correlated the temperature control adjustment to our departure from the house. Now, whenever he sees me touch the air temperature control device, he thinks that we’re headed out for the day and starts barking for hours if my friend and I never leave. Next week I’m installing a smart temperature control so I can make the air quality adjustment secretly from my PC without aggravatedting the whole household.
