For example, although I use the browser all the time, I frequently find myself closing that application and then opening it again a few minutes later. If viewed from a distance, this opening and closing would appear almost an obsessive behaviour. It may be an ingrained neurosis that pre-dates my use of Windows itself. Don't get me wrong, I can multi-task. In fact, I sort of love it when work demands that I copy, paste and check between six or seven different windows. Some people get that zen, I assume, from skiing down a mountain or driving a sports car very fast.
Some other bad habits are a result of the application's design. I've been doing pre-release IE7 for months and months. Yet, tabs have been nothing more than a curiosity. I would find a half dozen instances of Internet Explorer running on the task bar. That was because MS hadn't discovered tabs from their competitors. Yet, as I said, I've been running the newest version for months under beta, and I didn't change my way of working.
Now, I'm making a conscious effort to do things differently. I've set up the browser to load up my five most common sites when it starts. I will take care to work just within these tabs. I shall also ensure that I keep the program open constantly.
What bad habits are you going to eliminate today?