{"id":23739,"date":"2020-05-11T23:21:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T06:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/?p=23739"},"modified":"2020-05-11T23:21:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T06:21:14","slug":"visuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/visuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Your Visuals. Change Your Habits."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I bought some almonds over the weekend. I especially like those Wasabi Soy Sauce almonds from Blue Diamond, so I bought a jar. Not a big deal, just a little snack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except that I did something unusual with this jar of almonds. I left them out on my counter\u2014right in front of where I like to write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And guess what? I can\u2019t stop eating them. Every time I look up from my computer, there they are. So I walk over to grab a few\u2026 every couple sentences. I\u2019ve gone months without eating almonds, but now, all of a sudden, I can\u2019t seem to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see them and I want them\u2014almost intuitively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not a phenomenon unique to me (or almonds). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, there is a lot of research supporting this hypothesis that the visuals in our environment impact our behavior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The things we see affect our habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is some of the research:<\/p>\n\n\n\n