Design Friction
#friction#cues
Every action has “friction” — hidden resistance from your environment. Good habits break not because of laziness, but because their friction is too high.
Habits you want to grow — simplify. Habits you want to drop — complicate.
Want to scroll less on your phone at night? Take it out of the bedroom. That’s not willpower — that’s environment design. A phone in another room adds three steps of friction. Three steps is enough for your brain to say “later.”
Want to read more? Leave an open book on your pillow. One step instead of three — and the friction vanishes.
Tip: pick one habit and add one extra step to it. For another, remove one step. Change the friction, not the willpower.