A part of forming a habit is becoming familiar with the procedure. Consistently executing the procedure is a separate aspect. In this framing, it should be possible, and being familiar with useful procedures is useful, it makes them more available and cheaper to execute.
So what would the procedure be for e.g., brushing teeth? I’ve done it thousands of times already. It’s still a conscious decision whenever I realize that I haven’t brushed my teeth in a while. Repeat a few times because e.g., I see something on the way to the bathroom so I go do something else, so brushing my teeth is delayed by another few hours/days.
I was addressing the title. There are things that can be done, I named one of them (by the general strategy of making progress on helplessly difficult problems through finding similar but easier problems that it’s possible to work on). It doesn’t encompass everything, and likely doesn’t straightforwardly help with any issue you might still be having. I suspect that if “procedures” include cognitive habits and specific training of aspects of activities that usually get no deliberative attention, it might still be useful. Probably not for brushing teeth.
I was trying to find something that helps me form something that doesn’t need any deliberative attention, though. Can you give an example of where it might be useful?
A part of forming a habit is becoming familiar with the procedure. Consistently executing the procedure is a separate aspect. In this framing, it should be possible, and being familiar with useful procedures is useful, it makes them more available and cheaper to execute.
So what would the procedure be for e.g., brushing teeth? I’ve done it thousands of times already. It’s still a conscious decision whenever I realize that I haven’t brushed my teeth in a while. Repeat a few times because e.g., I see something on the way to the bathroom so I go do something else, so brushing my teeth is delayed by another few hours/days.
I was addressing the title. There are things that can be done, I named one of them (by the general strategy of making progress on helplessly difficult problems through finding similar but easier problems that it’s possible to work on). It doesn’t encompass everything, and likely doesn’t straightforwardly help with any issue you might still be having. I suspect that if “procedures” include cognitive habits and specific training of aspects of activities that usually get no deliberative attention, it might still be useful. Probably not for brushing teeth.
I was trying to find something that helps me form something that doesn’t need any deliberative attention, though. Can you give an example of where it might be useful?