Tag: habits

  • Regular or Irregular?

    Regular or Irregular?

    Are you trying to decide whether to do something regularly or irregularly? Common wisdom has a preference but the question is do you?

  • Temptation—what is within our power?

    Temptation—what is within our power?

    There’s a way we talk about temptation. We construct it as an all-consuming force we are powerless against. It isn’t.

  • The perfect time to start resolutions

    The perfect time to start resolutions

    The reason we have trouble getting New Year Resolutions to stick is that we treat them like we’re the only ones.

  • Evolving Habits

    Evolving Habits

    I used to drink a lot of Diet Coke. Now I hardly drink any. The reason for this is obvious. So why does it feel weird?

  • Parallel Habit Tracking

    Parallel Habit Tracking

    As a veteran habit tracker, I’ve found parts of the process split my attention. Here’s how I’ve made it better.

  • Habits and Vacation

    Habits and Vacation

    Maintaining habits on vacation can be difficult. And sometimes we just don’t want to. But there is no wrong way.

  • Reading as the goal

    Reading as the goal

    Many of us set out to make a goal of reading more. So we use habit trackers to build up a habit without addressing the real goal.

  • Drying my shirts

    Drying my shirts

    What two decades of doing laundry one way and then taking a chance on doing it differently taught me about change.