RICHARD THALER

90% of your daily decisions happen automatically, many shaped by your environment. Thus, most decisions are a habit, not a deliberate choice.

To make smarter choices, design smarter defaults. And habits can be developed by shaping the invisible defaults of your life.

Design your life like a choice architect:

• Encourage smarter decisions you want to do by making them more accessible.
• Add friction to habits you want to quit, making them less accessible, or remove the option to perform them completely.

• Don't keep in the house food that isn’t on your diet or you know is unhealthy.
• Buy items from the outer edges of the grocery store. The aisles are usually used for junk and processed foods.
• Trick your brain into eating less by using smaller plates and bowls.
• Plan and prep your meals in advance so you always know what to eat each day.

• Use a gym partner to create accountability and make sure you exercise.
• Lay out your workout clothes the night before and put them in a visible place.
• Park your car at a healthy distance from your destination.
• Take the stairs when you can.
• Stand up during meetings at work.

• Use cash for your daily expenses by default.
• Never buy something on impulse. Think about how many hours it took you to earn that money.
• Go for quality, not quantity.
• Stick to the list when grocery shopping.
• Go to the supermarket when you are full.
• Cancel unused subscriptions and everything you can live without.

• Work in full-screen mode to remove all distractions and focus on the task at hand.
• Always wear headphones.
• Plan your entire week on Sunday.
• Listen to the same song on repeat. It help you lose track of time and focus on your task.
• Design productivity spaces for different types of work.

• Clean your desk at the end of the day.
• To avoid decision fatigue early in the morning, choose all your outfits for the week on Sunday night.
• Use the 2-minute rule: if it can be done in 2 minutes, just do it; if it takes more than two minutes, start it.
• Only use a handful of productivity apps to get things done.