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Habits.md

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 [We, humans, are basically habit machines](https://twitter.com/JamesClear/status/1059504529111158784). We form habits. We run on those habits all day long. Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. How you spend your days is how you spend your life. Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
 
-Habits can be great because they help us get tasks done efficiently without having to spend willpower (a limited resource) on them all the time. The purpose of a habit is to remove that action from self-negotiation. You no longer expend energy deciding whether to do it ([ego depletion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion)). Habits will keep the frontal cortex free to solve other problems.
+Habits can be great because they help us get tasks done efficiently without having to spend willpower (a limited resource) on them all the time. The purpose of a habit is to remove that action from self-negotiation. You no longer expend energy deciding whether to do it ([ego depletion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion)). [Having an habit collapses hundreds of future decisions into one, and gives you focus](https://twitter.com/kepano/status/1698388043278012621). Habits will keep the frontal cortex free to solve other problems. Make a deliberate choice about what needs consistency and what doesn't.
 
 [Make part of your identity to be an agent](https://www.neelnanda.io/blog/become-a-person-who-actually-does-things) that does things. E.g: noticing the small problems, and fixing them. The most effective way to change your habits is to focus not on what you want to achieve, but on who you wish to become. Focus on [[The Four Laws of Behavior Change]].
 
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 Helpful steps for building habits:
 
-- **Build a [[routine]]**. Set a specific, repeating time when you will do the thing in your calendar. Keep that slot clear, always. Never let something interrupt this task. Shape the environment to support your routine and habits. Make it easy to start and make it hard or impossible to not do it. If you don't have [[Systems]], your environment determines your actions. Replace self-control with [[Planning]] and proper environment (uninstalling a game makes removes a future decision to play it). You can also **stack habits**. Connect the habit that doesn't appear that much to you to what you strongly like. Then you'll be doing it for what you like.
+- **Build a [[routine]]**. Set a specific, repeating time when you will do the thing in your calendar. Keep that slot clear, always. Never let something interrupt this task. Shape the environment to support your routine and habits. Make it easy to start and make it hard or impossible to not do it. If you don't have [[systems]], your environment determines your actions. Replace self-control with [[Planning]] and proper environment (uninstalling a game makes removes a future decision to play it). You can also **stack habits**. Connect the habit that doesn't appear that much to you to what you strongly like. Then you'll be doing it for what you like.
   > If you want to change a river's path, you don't place a sign with the direction in which you want water to go, you dig holes so water flows into them.
 - **Learn to say no**. If someone wants you to do something else during this time slot, say no, and tell them why.
 - **Never break the routine**. Breaking it once makes it much easier to break the next scheduled time. Instead think about the smallest thing you can perform and make it your goal for the day. If you do break it, feel bad about it and get back on the horse as fast as you can. Use forcing functions to your advantage. A forcing function is any task, activity or event that forces you to take action and produce a result. Have a bias toward taking action. No lazy deferring. When it's habit time, it should require more willpower to break the habit than to keep going. [Become a mindless robot and don't think twice](https://tiffanymatthe.com/not-thinking).

Productivity.md

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 # Productivity
 
-- Define the task requirements and [[Goals]] clearly.
+- Define the task requirements and [[goals]] clearly.
 - Done is better than perfect.
 - Do the worst thing first. Give yourself a reward once you're done.
 - Adopt a fixed volume approach to productivity.
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 - [Improve your environment](https://nesslabs.com/neuroscience-of-procrastination). Design your workspace in a way that minimizes distractions, whether physical or digital.
 - **What is optimal for me won't be optimal for you**. You'll have to experiment to find out what works best for you.
 - [[Journaling|Keep a log]] of what happened each day. You can also add what you've learned!
-- Create [[Checklist]] for repetitive processes. For example, a [[Checklist]] detailing all the task to do before ending the day.
-- "Where is the good knife?" If you're looking for your good X, you have bad Xs. Throw those out.
+- Create [[checklist]] for repetitive processes. For example, a [[checklist]] detailing all the task to do before ending the day.
+- "Where is the good knife?" If you're looking for your good X, it means you have bad Xs. Throw those out.
+- Your mind should be flexible, but your processes should be repeatables and predictable.