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The situation is the cue
Change the environment
A cue can be anything – moving the coffee to a different spot could trigger I have to do my stand on toes life activity. don’t have to make it high to reach, just chang where is so that is the cue. If your LiFE activity is on the stairs then the situation of approaching the particular set of stairs is the cue to action.
It is the strength of these associations that we call habit strength.
Participants need to have a PROMPT to REMIND them to change the way they are doing the daily task -until it becomes a habit and they don’t have to think about it. They are learning a new motor skill. But they are learning to do this as part of a familiar everyday task. Over time the performance of the daily task becomes the prompt or cue to perform the LiFE activity
MY stories – toothpaste, glass of water