Hacking Habit Development with iOS Shortcuts
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Hacking Habit Development with iOS Shortcuts
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#2This is super interesting, I didn’t know that Shortcuts could track apps opening and closing.
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#3Love the frictionless tracking of habits. I’ll set up a small one tomorrow. Thank you
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#4The reason why habits don't work is because habits don't work. Unless you actually change your mind (what is causing these habits) in a pretty comprehensive, introspective way, habits won't get you anywhere.
Although if you are super down with habits, you should keep going. Just saying it's probably a dead-end, and if you really need to solve your problems (i.e. some habits are so crucial that you need to form them/get rid of them to proceed in life), then habit-hacking (or just any sort of self-help in general) won't help. Start looking in the direction of meditation, or just whatever you feel like. Relax a whole lot. The self-help industry is fueled by anxiety.
Belief makes most self-help work, which is also why it is hard to un-believe it in case it's wrong. Very weird corner of the world, that is, the self-help space.
*: Habits that work aren't habits that were constructed.
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#5The reason why habits don't work is because habits don't work. Unless you actually change your mind (what is causing these habits) in a pretty comprehensive, introspective way, habits won't get you anywhere. Although if you are super down with habits, you should keep going. Just saying it's probably a dead-end, and if you really need to solve your problems (i.e. some habits are so crucial that you need to form them/g…
> Unless you actually change your mind
CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is a pretty good example of habits being used to change your way of thinking. A habit-based approach for deep psychological change. There’s a lot of research behind it and in the U.K. it’s a go to tool for the NHS for tackling depression.
The principles behind CBT overlap considerably with the principles of habit change that BJ Fogg researches and writes about (aka the Stanford research as cited in this article).
Whether it’s health behaviours or negative thought patterns, I’d argue that “hacking habits” is a very valid way (but not the only way) to make positive and lasting changes in your life.
I also say this as someone who has drastically changed my lot in life by focusing on habit hacking and behaviour change. And yes, meditation too, and therapy, and lots of excellent self-help books and medication.
These are all tools in a toolbox. None of them are a panacea, but in combination (and everyone is different) they all have their place.
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#6The reason why habits don't work is because habits don't work. Unless you actually change your mind (what is causing these habits) in a pretty comprehensive, introspective way, habits won't get you anywhere. Although if you are super down with habits, you should keep going. Just saying it's probably a dead-end, and if you really need to solve your problems (i.e. some habits are so crucial that you need to form them/g…
The reason why habits don't work is because habits don't work. Unless you actually change your mind (what is causing these habits) in a pretty comprehensive, introspective way, habits won't get you anywhere.
Not according to my experience. I have a habit for studying, I basically did that without skipping a beat for almost a year, otherwise it's two years and longer.
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#7This has the distinct flavor of a Kaizen approach to continuous improvement. Well done! Love the idea of using shortcuts for this. I learnt. Thank you.
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#8The reason why habits don't work is because habits don't work. Unless you actually change your mind (what is causing these habits) in a pretty comprehensive, introspective way, habits won't get you anywhere. Although if you are super down with habits, you should keep going. Just saying it's probably a dead-end, and if you really need to solve your problems (i.e. some habits are so crucial that you need to form them/g…
I think using new fangled technology for habits doesn't work, and habits that require hacks is not ideal.
What I do these days is focus on habits-efficiency. What kind of self care must I do so I don't feel like shit, and I have a sheet that I use to keep track of what needs to happen. The best part about this is that I get that sweet-sweet dopamine hit from checking a box.
The list of things per day: daily chore, morning meds, morning supplements, stretches, breathwork, squats, treadmill miles, chest exercises, dumb bells, kettle bells, fasting until (noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm), brush teeth at 6pm, resume fasting at (8pm, 10pm, midnight), did I poop, how many bottles of water did I drink, did I adher to the scheduled diet, take evening supplements, evening breathwork, am I heading to bed before 12:30am, and what was my weight before bed.
Such a system (which I am continuing to refine) helps me, a highly randomizing person, get my shit together so I'm losing weight and feeling pretty good.
So, I'm not sure what you mean when you say habits don't work.
I think the key is finding the discipline style to ensure we live well considering our environment is way too lax and permissive of unhealthy behaviors.
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#9The reason why habits don't work is because habits don't work. Unless you actually change your mind (what is causing these habits) in a pretty comprehensive, introspective way, habits won't get you anywhere. Although if you are super down with habits, you should keep going. Just saying it's probably a dead-end, and if you really need to solve your problems (i.e. some habits are so crucial that you need to form them/g…
> Unless you actually change your mind CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is a pretty good example of habits being used to change your way of thinking. A habit-based approach for deep psychological change. There’s a lot of research behind it and in the U.K. it’s a go to tool for the NHS for tackling depression. The principles behind CBT overlap considerably with the principles of habit change that BJ Fogg researches…
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#10The reason why habits don't work is because habits don't work. Unless you actually change your mind (what is causing these habits) in a pretty comprehensive, introspective way, habits won't get you anywhere. Although if you are super down with habits, you should keep going. Just saying it's probably a dead-end, and if you really need to solve your problems (i.e. some habits are so crucial that you need to form them/g…
I think using new fangled technology for habits doesn't work, and habits that require hacks is not ideal. What I do these days is focus on habits-efficiency. What kind of self care must I do so I don't feel like shit, and I have a sheet that I use to keep track of what needs to happen. The best part about this is that I get that sweet-sweet dopamine hit from checking a box. The list of things per day: daily chore, mo…
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