Don’t give up

Habits are a dopamine-driven feedback loop. Every behavior that is highly habit-forming from most basic habitual behaviors like eating food, drinking water, having sex to taking drugs, playing video games, browsing social media.

• The habit formation is depend on the frequency of the ac...

The goal is to do it every day (if possible) but if you miss a day, you must do the habit the following day.

Pros:

• Easier to keep up for longer stretches with harder habits.
• Easier to handle on an irregular schedule.

Cons:

That’s about how long it takes to build a habit - roughly a month. And if you can stick to something for as long as that the chances are you’ll get into a routine of making better choices naturally and without thinking about it later on.

Don’t think about it as something you have to do for ...