Habit building guides
What actually helps a habit stick, and how to keep track of it.
Habit Tracker: Web vs App vs Paper Notebook
An honest comparison of browser-based, native and paper habit trackers, including the cases where a notebook or a spreadsheet is genuinely the better tool.
Why Consistency Beats Intensity When Building Habits
Two people with the same number of completions can be in completely different places. Here is why regularity outperforms effort, with the arithmetic to show it.
How to Start Tracking Habits Without Overdoing It
A beginner's guide to habit tracking: how many habits to start with, what to log, when to log it, and how to read the record without lying to yourself.
How Long Does It Take to Form a Habit?
The research says a median of about 66 days, with enormous variation between people. Here is where that number comes from and why 21 days is a myth.
How to Build a Habit That Actually Lasts
A step-by-step guide to building a habit that survives a bad week: pick one cue, shrink the behaviour, repeat it daily, and measure consistency honestly.