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I am a chronic nail biter. I could not tell you when I first began to bite my nails, but now it has turned into something of a comforting action. In fact, according to WebMD, “about half of all children between the ages 10 and 18 bite their nails at one time or another.” The goal of my experiment is to attempt to go as long as possible without biting my nails. I am attempting to do this with the hopes of ending my bad habit and to prove to other people that it is possible to do it. The issue of nail biting is not actually the biting itself, but apparent lack of self-control. Scientist call nail biting one of the top nervous habits, which includes hair pulling and nose picking. It is a controllable habit but to many people like me you find yourself biting without even knowing. It seems to be more of a comforting thing to me, especially during Virginia Tech football games but that is most a stress relieving habit. In all honesty, I doubt that I will be able to make it the duration of this experiment without biting my nails. I mean in two weeks your nails grow to a length where they need to be trimmed anyways. Even if I fail thought, I think that this will give me the confidence to know I can last more than one day. I have attempted this before but failed horrible, I gave up after the first couple of days. Just the sight of my nails growing out gives me the urge to bite. Maybe after these two weeks then I will be able to stop and I will not looks so much like a child without self-control.