What your mindless daily habits reveal about you, according to science

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Everybody's got their own quirks.

There are so many actions throughout your day that go unremembered - pulling off a few sheets of toilet paper, sending a quick email to a colleague, picking up toiletries at the drugstore.

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But these small, seemingly insignificant behaviors can provide meaningful insights into your emotions, your personality traits, and the way you approach life in general.

We dug up psychological research and expert opinion on what different daily habits might reveal about you.

Note that none of this information is definitive, and that these general findings might not apply to you specifically. Rather, they can provide starting points for learning more about your own and others' motivations.