For me this was the biggest insight that dramatically improved my ability to form habits. I don’t actually decide things most of the time. Agency is something that only occurs intermittently. Therefore I use my agency on changing what sorts of things I am surrounded by rather than on the tasks themselves. This works because the default state is to simply be the average of what I am surrounded by.
Cliche example: not having junk food in the house improves my diet by making it take additional work to go out and get it.
For me this was the biggest insight that dramatically improved my ability to form habits. I don’t actually decide things most of the time. Agency is something that only occurs intermittently. Therefore I use my agency on changing what sorts of things I am surrounded by rather than on the tasks themselves. This works because the default state is to simply be the average of what I am surrounded by.
Cliche example: not having junk food in the house improves my diet by making it take additional work to go out and get it.