<2> Make it attractive
- This mostly touches the craving part of the habit broadly the more attractive the craving is the more probability of we doing it and the less attractive your craving is the less probability of we really doing it for example: our lecture pdfs suck and online Udemy courses are generally boring while the process of scrolling through Instagam is really tempting
- So making good habits attractive is the key, use temptation bundling. Pair something that you want to do with something you have to do for example "You will scroll Instagram once you have completed 1 section from your online coding course"
- Join a group where your desired behavior is the normal behavior
- Similarly for breaking bad habits make it unattractive, for exaple set you daily phone usage record as your whatsapp status this will motivate you to use your phone less
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