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--- In , Reinhard Engels 
<beautiful_idiot@y...> wrote:
> 
> > I didn't *completely* pull it out of a hat, but I'm
> not aware that there's any scientific evidence to support
> it. 
...There probably is somewhere out in the universe :)

3 weeks to form a habit is one of the truisms of
> self help lit. Is it exactly right for everyone? Not a
> chance. But I think it's about right for most people.
> It's small enough to be attainable, but big enough to
> cut a significant behavioral groove. Habit isn't "on"
> or "off." It's a question of degree.

....Good enough rationale for me, and the matter of "degree" is 

something I will be chewing on for some time, very 
interesting "slant on it" :)

> I don't hear from too many people who've made it to 3
> weeks strict and then fallen off. People who fall off
> do so way before then. I'll reconsider my number if
> this changes.
....Please, don't change one little word! As you already know and I 
have already stated, it was just a missing piece of the puzzle for 
me and I tend to like to pick things apart in a neurotic way...It's 
hard to shut off the questions in my mind, once they are there :) 
Thank you!
Deb 
> Reinhard