Fuzzy side is pretty clear compared to half the stuff customers say.

i read somewhere that it takes about 66 days on average to lock in a new habit, but for some people it's way longer, so hitting 100 means you're past the point where it's mostly autopilot. the calmer thing tracks too because you're not burning energy on the daily back and forth anymore. mine was flossing of all things, boring as hell, but around day 80 i stopped even thinking about it. your wife noticing is probably the best sign you've actually changed something.

Man, this sounds like a lot of pressure to put on watching TV. Some shows are just meant to be background noise and that's totally fine. I rewatch The Office every single night while I'm doing stuff on my laptop and I couldn't tell you what happens in half those episodes, it just feels nice having it on. Not everything has to be a deep focus thing where you're locked in and analyzing every scene. Sometimes you just want noise while you eat chips and scroll. If you had fun binging The Bear then great, but making rules about pausing your TV feels like homework.