How habits form: why you do things you never decided to do
If-then plans: how to tie a new habit to your day
Most plans for a new habit say what to do and never when, so nothing in your day sets them off. Psychologists tested a plan of one sentence that does.
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Your plan so far is a wish: "play more guitar". It names a routine but no cue, so nothing in your evening ever sets it off.
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Miva has seen this before. "A wish never starts anything," she says, and hands you a note with two empty halves.
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