For the most part, we don’t change things until we have to. Part of it is habit. Part is we are comfortable with what we’re doing. A fried who wanted to quit smoking found he also had to quit going to bars. If he had a drink, he had to smoke. All those around him were drinking and smoking. (This was back when people smoked in bars.) Finally, to quit smoking, he had to quit drinking and going to bars. Going to a bar and ordering a non-alcoholic drink didn’t work because of social pressure.
Carpenters who use a hammer will keep at it until they get an injury and must switch to a power tool.
I always closed my email at work even though I could have left it open but minimized until my boss insisted I leave it open. It was just a habit.
It’s called being human.
Thanks, Gen.Blather. Yes, some of this is habit. But often there is a reason why we keep a habit that goes deeper.