Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life

by Gretchen Rubin

Like tomorrow logic, red-herring habits are dangerous, because they allow us to fool ourselves about our actual intentions. As an Upholder who takes all announced aims very seriously—perhaps too seriously—I get concerned when I suspect that I’m hearing someone declare a red-herring habit.