In my previous post, I wrote about the need to avoid making simple blunders like hanging pieces. I came to the conclusion that it is absolutely necessary to form the habit of making sure that all possible threats can be met before making a move. Only to bad that I not only do not do this consistently, but also formed a habit of focusing on what I can threat without considering the safety of my pieces first. And getting rid of a bad habit/forming a new good habit requires a lot of effort. Thanks to BlueDevilKnight, I found an interesting blog post on breaking habits, discussing the Alexander technique, a a form of education that is applied to recognize and overcome reactive, habitual limitations in movement and thinking. I haven't had time yet to look into the details but it looks vary interesting. In any case, there is no cheap fix of this problem - it will require a lot of effort to form the habit of checking for blunders.

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