Change Your Environment
Change your environment, so that you aren’t likely to do the old habit. Ask people who live and work with you to hold you accountable.
Making it hard to do the old compulsive habit is called “Creating a Moat.” Don’t let your future self, at a moment of weakness, have an easy time of falling back into the old habit. Make it easier to stick to the new habit, even if it’s not especially easy.
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