Emily Carroll’s Reviews > Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones > Status Update

Re-reading this book and loving it just as much as I recall from the first time!

When our environments change, so do the qualities that determine success.

How to find what works for you:
If you are winning, continue to exploit. If you are losing continue to explore.

Interesting idea: put your internet router on an outlet timer so the internet is only connected to power during certain hours. E.g. have the internet automatically cut off at 10pm.
This is an example of a commitment device.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. Do that consistently, and you won’t always be doing it poorly.

People who can influence your habits - the close, the many, and the powerful.
Lesson: surround yourself with people you want to be like. Copy the habits of people you admire. Be aware of the influence of those around you.

Dopamine spikes when you anticipate a rewarding behavior (once the habit has been established / learned) which increases your motivation to do it.
By making habits more attractive (bundling together a habit you want to create with a reward), your brain gets excited just thinking about doing the new habit.

Just finished the section on the first law: to form a good habit, make the cues to trigger that habit as obvious as possible (or to break a bad habit, make the cue invisible)