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The Limits Of Lifestyle  
Lifestyle

The Limits Of Lifestyle  

By Matthew Gibbons   Have you ever felt trapped in your routine, even if it's by the things you choose to do?    Changing your lifestyle can be difficult because a lifestyle is largely (though not exclusively) formed by habits, and habits are derived from the limits and inclinations of a person’s environment.   Environments, the physical spaces we inhabit – and the people in them - set limitations on what we can and can’t do, or at least soft boundaries on what decisions we might feel inclined or allowed to take, rather than hard rules. These rules can be bent, broken, and changed, but they form a basis of behaviour that subconsciously separates actions into those that are approved of, and those that aren’t.   Generally, people’s li...