Why You Keep Quitting New Habits (And How to Finally Stop)
You keep quitting new habits because you're starting them at a difficulty level your current life can't sustain, and because the reward for doing them arrives…
How to Build Habits Working Night Shifts
Building habits on night shifts works when you anchor them to your shift schedule rather than the clock on the wall. Your "morning" starts when you wake up at…
How to Break a Bad Habit Without Relying on Willpower
You break a bad habit without whiteknuckling it by changing the conditions that trigger it, replacing the reward it gives you, and making the behaviour…
Habit Stacking for Remote Workers: Build a Better Workday
Habit stacking means attaching a new habit to something you already do automatically, using the existing behaviour as the trigger. For remote workers, this…
How Many Habits Should You Build at Once? The Honest Answer
Start with one habit. Two at most, and only if they're small, and only if they don't compete for the same slot in your day. That's the answer most behaviour…
Signs a Habit isn’t Actually Helping You
A habit isn't helping you if it produces streaks instead of results, if skipping it triggers guilt rather than inconvenience, and if you can't name a single…
How to Build a Habit When You Have No Willpower Left
If you have nothing left in the tank, the way to build a habit is to shrink it until it costs almost no effort, attach it to something you already do every…
How to Build a Habit That Actually Sticks
A habit sticks when it's small enough to survive a bad day, tied to something you already do, and repeated in the same context long enough that starting stops…
What to Do When a New Habit Feels Boring After Two Weeks
When a new habit feels boring after two weeks, the fix is almost always to change the shape of the habit rather than to quit it or push harder through gritted…
How to Build Habits After Burnout or Depression
Building habits after burnout or depression works differently than building habits when you're well. The standard advice, start small, stack it onto an…
