Step #2. Add friction
Generally speaking, the harder something is to access, the less likely you are to do it and vice-versa. This is why you must redesign your environment to make undesirable behaviors more difficult to engage in while making more desirable behaviors easier to conduct.
Look at the habits or activities you want to eliminate and ask yourself how you could add friction—the more friction, the better.
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