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Tag: habits
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Routine in Orbit: How Astronauts Keep Discipline When Every Normal Cue Disappears
On the International Space Station, the sun rises about sixteen times a day and nothing stays put. Here is how astronauts keep a routine anyway, and what it teaches about discipline on Earth. Read more
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Why Restarting Costs More Than Continuing: A Midsummer Lesson From Physics
In physics, it usually takes more force to get something moving than to keep it moving. That simple fact has a lot to say about keeping your goals alive through the middle of summer. Read more
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The Day After the Longest Day: Watching for Slow Drift in Good Seasons
After the June solstice, days begin to shorten so gradually that hardly anyone notices for weeks. It’s a useful reminder of how good habits and relationships can drift when life is going well. Read more
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Summer-Proofing Your Routines for Longer Days and Looser Schedules
Routines that worked in spring often wobble in summer. Here’s how to adjust your habits for longer days, travel, heat and a full house, without abandoning them. Read more
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Myth vs. Fact: How Habits Really Form
Halfway through the year is a natural time to restart a habit. Here’s what research suggests about how habits really form, and why one missed day doesn’t erase your progress. Read more
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Summer Reading With a Purpose: Building a Habit That Strengthens You
Summer is a natural season for reading, and the right books can carry you through hard seasons long after you close them. Here’s how to build a reading habit that lasts past Labor Day. Read more
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Friction on Purpose: Arranging Your Space So Good Habits Win
Willpower is unreliable, especially in busy seasons. Small changes to your surroundings can make the right choice the easy one. Here’s how to add friction to bad habits and remove it from good ones. Read more
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Ten Habits That Take Ten Minutes or Less
Busy seasons and hard seasons leave no time for elaborate routines. The habits with the biggest effect on steadiness are mostly small. Ten that fit into a day when almost nothing else does. Read more
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Getting Your Rhythm Back After Travel or Disruption
Even good disruptions break rhythm, and the re-entry period is where many rebuilt routines quietly die. How to plan the landing, restart the anchor habits and triage the backlog. Read more
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The Underrated Power of Showing Up Average
Advice celebrates the breakthrough day, but most days are ordinary. The person who learns to show up on average days with average effort ends up far ahead of the one waiting for the extraordinary. Read more
