Zero-effort habits | benkuhn.net
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Why you should give up on using willpower to maintain habits.
If there's one thing that obsesses self-improvement junkies, it's actually sticking with their regimens. Life hacks abound: Tell your friends about your plan so you'll be embarrassed if you fail! Make sure you keep an unbroken streak! Charge yourself money if you don't stick to it! Donate the money to your least favorite charity ! 1 Forget donations, how about electric shocks ? The escalating absurdity should tell you that this problem is unsolved. But in my opinion, that's because everyone tries to do it wrong. Personally, I've found my productivity habits to be extremely long-lived when I ma
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