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The cost of a good habit falls in the present and the cost of a bad habit falls in the future, which is what separates the two.

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  1. James Clear

    Writer on habits and decision-making

    the cost of your good habits is in the present. The cost of your bad habits is in the future. And so what you find is that a lot of things that typically get categorized as a bad habit, eating too many donuts or smoking a cigarette or something like that feels good in the moment, but it creates some kind of cost or consequence in the future.

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