Coaching practices for The Thing I'm Trying to Cut is Just Too Easy the Snack is Right There the App is One Tap Away and I Do it on Autopilot Before I've Even Decided to So I Never Get the Half Second Pause Where I Could Choose Differently

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• The thing I’m trying to cut is just too easy
• I keep finding myself already mid-snack or already typing the sharp reply, with no memory of deciding to
• The temptation is right there every single day
• The thing that derails me is always one tap or one arm’s reach away, and I lose to it the same way every single day
• The app sits right there on my home screen, one tap and autoplaying, so it wins every time before I’ve even formed an intention

Practices that may help

1. Add friction to unwanted behaviors
   Inserting even a small obstacle between you and an unwanted behavior meaningfully reduces how often it happens.
   Environment Design for Behavior Change
2. Notice the urge as it arises
   Catch the craving early, the moment it starts, before it becomes an automatic action.
   Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving
3. Engineer the temptation out of reach
   Don’t out-wait the temptation — arrange your environment so the choice rarely arises.
   Delayed Gratification, Made Practical
4. Remove the option entirely
   Delete the temptation from your environment so resisting it is never required.
   Precommitment Devices (Ulysses Contracts)
5. Design defaults so the cheap reward is not one tap away
   Make the high-stimulation input harder to reach than the activity you want.
   Dopamine Detox, Honestly Explained
6. Reduce friction on desired behaviors
   Make the healthy choice two fewer steps than the unhealthy one.
   Nudge Theory, Made Practical
7. Increase friction on high-capture apps
   Add steps between you and the apps most likely to capture you — every additional tap reduces automatic use.
   Grayscale Phone Mode and Behavioral Design
8. Identify your cue
   Pin down the exact trigger that fires the habit before you can do anything about the habit.
   The Habit Loop, Made Practical
9. Write an if–then plan for your most predictable temptation
   "If I feel the urge to [temptation], then I will [alternative action] instead."
   If–Then Planning, Made Practical
10. Use effort pacts
    Add friction that makes distraction harder to slip into without thinking.
    Indistractable, Made Practical

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