Monday to Friday there are three vehicles parked out front. They are workers who are building the new hospital, two streets over. The same vehicles park in the same spots, arriving at the same time, each day. I expect this is occurring all over the neighbourhood - I see streets parked up all around the hospital.
I wonder what makes us choose exactly the same time and same spot each day. And the cars park in their spots even if other cars are not present. No one changes position.
One neuroscientist explains that the recognition of actions with large duration is hindered by the capacity of our memory. So we choose a simple solution and set up repetitive actions to solve this limitation..
So we are set up to develop repetitions or habits for most things. Pick any topic and put habit after the word and you will find recommended ways of doing that activity.
I found an article that explained why people park next to each other every day - even in company parking lots. The rationale is given as being "out of habit".
Another question that pops up a lot is "why do people park right next to a car in an otherwise empty parking lot?"
Rationales and habits are curious things.
There's nothing like a summer flower in the field - this is Queen Anne's Lace.
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