Today is your day Boomer! We all have habits....good habits, like regularly volunteering at a food bank, or bad habits like picking your nose. But what about forming a habit? I thought it was 11 straight days, but a more-common myth is 21 days. Well, a new study says all of that is wrong. Scientists at the California Institute of Technology studied two specific activities that can be habit forming in order to get a better idea of the mechanisms of training oneself to fall into that pattern: (1)medical workers and handwashing, and (2)going to a fitness gym. The study results? There is no set, automatic time period. It depends on the activity and the individual. Study professor Colin Camerer says “Our works supports the idea that the speed of habit formation differs according to the behaviour in question and a variety of other factors, and there is no magic number for habit formation." Great Boomers....just what we need. Basically, an inconclusive study. But make no mistake, we can form some incredibly-good habits over the next few weeks or months. As individuals, we just have to set our minds to it. Keep it regular, make it challenging, and maybe do it with a friend. Cheers!