Habit Science
Environment Design for Habits: Make Good Habits Easy
Environment design for habits: visible cues, less friction for good habits, more for bad ones, and spaces with one job. Examples and a checklist.
10 min readHabit guides / Shape your space
Environment Design for Habits
Most daily behavior is cued by what's around you. Use the principles guide to see which cues to change, then apply friction to one bad habit and set up one space, like your desk, for the habit you want.
The starting point.
Step 01
Learn the principles
Visible cues, less friction for good habits, more for bad ones, and one job per space.
Habit Science
Environment Design for Habits: Make Good Habits Easy
Environment design for habits: visible cues, less friction for good habits, more for bad ones, and spaces with one job. Examples and a checklist.
10 min readStep 02
Use friction
Remove steps from habits you want and add steps to habits you don't.
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Habit Friction: Make Good Habits Easier, Bad Ones Harder
How to use habit friction: remove steps from habits you want, add steps to habits you don't. The 20-second idea, examples and common mistakes.
8 min readStep 03
Set up your desk
Arrange a workspace where the task is the easy choice.
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Workspace Setup for Productivity: A Desk Built for Focus
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8 min readStep 04
Break a bad habit
Combine cue changes and friction with a replacement behavior.
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How to Break Bad Habits: Cues, Replacements, and Friction
Learn how to break bad habits using science-backed strategies. Discover why willpower fails and what actually works for lasting change.
20 min readPut it into practice.
- Pick one habit to build and one to reduce.
- Put the good habit's cue in sight.
- Hide the bad habit's cue and add one step.
- Give one space one job.
- Review after a week.
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