The Habits You Only Have at Work
The same person, two places, two sets of behavior. Habits are attached to contexts rather than to people, and there is measured evidence for what that means.
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Gradual Reduction or Cold Turkey: How to Choose
Nobody has measured which works better for ordinary habits, and the pages that say otherwise are citing substance research at something else. What decides it.
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Replace, Do Not Resist: Why Substitution Beats Willpower
Removing a behavior leaves a cue with nothing attached to it, and the cue does not go away. What a substitute has to match, and where the idea overreaches.
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When Repeated Relapse Means the Design Is Wrong, Not You
Five failures at the same habit is a pattern, and a pattern is data about the plan. Six design faults that produce repeat failure, and the one that is not one.
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When It Is Not a Habit: Where This Site Stops and Who to Call
Habit design is a real tool with a narrow range. Here is where that range ends, what sits outside it, and who answers the questions this site cannot.
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What Habits Should I Track? What to Stop Tracking
Track a habit only while the log still changes a decision. A test for what is worth tracking, what to retire, and the numbers this topic borrows.
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Losing a Habit You Had for Years: Why Habits Decay
You kept it up for a year and then it stopped. Habits are held up by context, not by repetitions banked. Here is how to find the cue that left.
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Taking a Break From a Habit, or Have You Quit?
No research defines where a break becomes a quit. The distinguishing feature is not elapsed days, it is whether a return condition exists. How to tell.
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Guilty About Missing Habits? Guilt vs Shame Explained
Guilt says I missed. Shame says I am the kind of person who quits. Only one of those ends the habit, and here is how to hear which one you are using.
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Restarting a Habit After Quitting: Not Square One
You are not back to square one, and nobody has measured how far ahead you are. What the rapid reacquisition evidence actually covers, and what carries over.