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andai 2 days ago

You can get a guy online to call you every day and yell at you if you didn't do the thing.[0] That's probably what's missing here, some kind of external pressure to do the thing.

At least that's what I've found helpful, I couldn't rely on willpower for long term behavior change, so I just change my environment in a way that makes doing the thing become the path of least resistance.

Or you could tie it to an existing habit like, "I'm not allowed to brush my teeth in the morning until I logged how shit I feel today." But I'd definitely consider just getting the guy who checks "did you do the thing?"

[0] I've seen ads online for people doing this for like $1/day.

I also found this very helpful and refer to it on a regular basis:

https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits-summary