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I took a grown up ‘work book’ The Power of Habit and a fun chick lit book for when it got boring. I raced in one of those triathlon’s recently where you register and put your stuff in transition at 5:30am and then, because it is in a swimming pool, have to sit around for literally hours until your slot opens up. The study found two patterns of prolonged or problematic use of homeless services and identified several risk factors associated with those patterns. It combined qualitative interviews with homeless service users and service providers with a statistical analysis homeless service usage data. This study looked at differing experiences of homelessness in Hawai’i by using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. 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