Nir Eyal
I time-box my schedule, which is something I write about extensively in Indistractable so I always know the difference between "traction" and "distraction" in my day. I find routines are more helpful in many ways than habits. (There's a difference, see: https://www.nirandfar.com/habits/)
Basically, I have each hour of the day set for something. It doesn’t always have to be strictly productive--I time-box social media time, for example--but it does mean I have a sense of where my time goes every day so I know if I'm distracted. It's important to turn my values into time by making time for traction in my day.
Basically, I have each hour of the day set for something. It doesn’t always have to be strictly productive--I time-box social media time, for example--but it does mean I have a sense of where my time goes every day so I know if I'm distracted. It's important to turn my values into time by making time for traction in my day.
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"If bound by a (price) pact for too long, we begin to associate it with punishment, which can spawn counterproductive effects, such as resentment of the task or goal." How long is too long for a price pact? Two weeks? 90 days? etc. What should be considered when determining the length of such a pact?
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