Habibtuates

I am a nail biter for one, that's something I keep trying to kick. My most irritating habit (and I have no idea when I picked this up) is kind of chewing on/picking at my lower lip, so there's perpetually a little sore there.

Another terrible habit of mine that I'm slowly figuring out how to keep in check: I really hate the prospect of losing an argument. It's not even losing that bothers me - after I've lost an argument I'm fine. It's the feeling that I'm going to lose an argument that I hate. I have to be careful when I'm getting into arguments because I have a tendency to feel so sure I'm right that I will convince myself I know statistics I'm not actually right about (e.g. "But 40% of Americans get infected with <x> at some point in their lives!"). I've been getting better at this but it's still hard for me to admit defeat when arguing with people I'm not comfortable around.

Oh, this one's actually kind of neat. When I'm nervous, excited, or just generally anxious about something, I tend to make plans about it. This rarely helps because I also have a habit of disregarding any plans I make about anything and just winging it. I haven't found this much of a problem, but sometimes I wish I were a little better at sticking to the plan.

Also I tend to dig my fingers into my hair while resting me hand on my forehead whenever I'm having trouble with something, so after most physics tests I end up looking like I just came out of a wind tunnel. This isn't much of an issue because it's pretty damn funny (or so I'm told by my friends when I come out of class), but the fact that I have bad dandruff makes it a bit irritating (and a little icky to other people I'd imagine).

I call everyone "dude" without even realizing it, although I (think) I only do that to guys. I'm barely aware of it so I can't say for sure.

Slouching counts too I think. I am an avid sloucher. I had to correct my posture right now as I was typing this because I realized I was looking up at my monitor.

Oh, and don't put a pen in my hand, or else you're going to be hearing click-click-click-click-click-click in sporadic bursts whenever I'm not using it.

One I recently kicked (and am happy to have done so) was forgetting to wash my hands after using the bathroom. For most of my life I didn't wash my hands after I used the bathroom. I think I just found it to be a hassle back when I was very young and never really bothered to reconsider. Fortunately, I did. I am only willing to admit this because I cured myself of it about a month ago.