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Habit audit: a periodic governance practice that evaluates
Habit audit: a periodic governance practice that evaluates whether recurring behaviors still serve one's current goals and identity, distinguishing between habits that should be kept, restructured, or retired based on explicit criteria including identity alignment, return on time invested, automaticity level, and context fit
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the semantic boundary of 'habit audit' by specifying it as a periodic governance practice rather than a one-time observation, and by listing the explicit evaluation criteria that distinguish it from mere habit tracking. It differentiates the audit from simple tracking by emphasizing strategic evaluation rather than compliance data, and by defining the three possible outcomes (keep, restructure, retire) that emerge from applying the four evaluation criteria.