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The habits you have, good and bad,
are mostly subconscious.
It's not something you often give much thought to,
but these little things have been dropping hints
about your personality all along.
So are you curious about
what links your personality and your habits?
Let's look at seven habits
that reveal your true personality.
Number one, clothing preference.
Do you like to wear casual clothes
or do you prefer professional attire?
A study by Erickson and Sirgy revealed
that formal and business like attire
is used by career-oriented individuals
to reinforce self-image.
A study from the University of Manchester
found that those who prefer to wear casual style clothes
have low conforming attitudes,
as they wanna enhance their sense of freedom.
Meanwhile, socially conscientious individuals
prefer evening style outfits.
Those with more conventional personality types
prefer to wear formal clothes
with a lack of color or design.
Number two, shopping habits.
A new pair of shoes from your favorite brand
has just hit the shelves,
would you prefer to buy them online
or do you go to the physical store?
A study conducted by Breazale and Lueg,
comparing offline and online shopping behavior,
showed that more extroverted individuals
spend the most time and money at the mall,
and the least time online.
A different study demonstrated
that those who buy impulsively
tend to have a higher tendency
to experience psychological distress.
This might be due to their belief
that shopping can temporarily alleviate mental distress.
Number three, daily routines.
Did you know even your mundane every day to-do list
can reveal a lot about your personality?
A study by Chapman and Goldberg
found the degree of agreeableness in individuals
can be revealed by the kind of chores they do.
For those higher up on the scale of agreeableness,
you spend more time doing domestic chores,
such as ironing or washing the dishes.
You are also highly motivated to keep other people happy.
In addition, you are more likely to sing
while in the shower or in the car.
Extroverted individuals are found to spend their time
planning parties or talking on the phone
making plans for the next adventure.
Number four, professional stress.
How would you describe yourself
when you are faced with workplace stressors?
Are you more prone to think of it as a challenge,
or do you tend to view it from a negative lens?
A study by Chen and Spector demonstrated
that personality is associated
with perceptions of the work environment.
For example, extreme conscientiousness
or someone who is anxious about the tiniest of tiny details
is more inclined to perceive the work environment
as stressful.
Number five, the way you walk.
Have you ever sat on a bench and observed
the myriad of ways that people walk?
Some walk with heavy stomping,
some with strong lunging steps
or some walk slowly with soft steps.
A study published in the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
found that individuals with high physical aggression
possess greater relative movement
between the upper and lower body.
In other words, an aggressive walk is characterized
by exaggerated body motion.
Apart from that,
Cesario and McDonald reported that extroverted personalities
are more likely to walk with confidence.
On the other hand, you're more likely to be introverted,
If you walk slowly with soft steps.
Number six, hobbies
Do you spend your free time lost in fictional worlds
or do you spend your time
sweating it out on the tennis court?
Have you ever wondered why you prefer to participate
in certain activities during your leisure time?
And what does it say about your personality?
A study by Eysenck, Nias, and Cox
demonstrated that extrovert people
are more likely to spend their free time
in sporting activities.
Moreover, a study by Wilkinson and Hansen
reported that individuals who are more open to experiences
were more involved in cultural aesthetic leisure,
such as cultural arts, literature, and writing.
And number seven, written words.
Do you tend to write in large or small letters?
Is the dot on your I's placed high or low.
Psst,
it's okay if they were tiny hearts instead of dots.
According to a theory by K Amend and others,
the word slant, writing pressure, connecting strokes,
and spaces between lines
can convey specific characteristics of the writers.
If you write in a vertical slant,
you are someone who finds it easy to control your emotions,
while writing with a moderate left slant,
may show you find it hard to express your emotions.
Those who want to be in permanent control
and have low self-esteem write in an extreme left slant.
As for those who can easily verbalize
their emotions and opinions,
they tend to write in a moderate left slant.
Finally, individuals who are impulsive and lack self-control
write in an extreme right slant.
Contrary to popular belief,
your personality is not set and stoned by 30.
It was recently discovered that your personality
is quite malleable as you grow older.
Based on a study on personality,
there is roughly a 25% chance
that your personality traits will change over time.
You can always acquire new habits
to be the best version of yourself.
So did this list help shed some light
on habits that give away your personality type?
Do you know any other habits that can reveal personality?
Feel free to leave a comment
with your experience, feedback, or suggestions.
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