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• My tiny habit is finally rock solid, so my instinct is to crank up the targets on a schedule
• The tiny version is working and a few days in it feels so easy that I get impatient and crank it way up
• Every habit I try sets the daily bar at what I think I should manage, and then the first exhausted, overwhelmed day comes and I just can’t face it
• My new habits only survive on the good days when I’m rested and motivated, then the first hard, exhausting day comes and they collapse
• I go all-out in these huge intense bursts a couple times a week and feel productive, but it never sticks or becomes second nature

Practices that may help

1. Let the habit grow on its own
   Once the tiny habit is automatic, let it expand naturally instead of forcing more.
   Tiny Habits, Made Practical
2. Scale up only after the habit is automatic
   Grow the habit gradually, and only once the micro version runs without effort.
   Micro Habits: Start Absurdly Small
3. Shrink the habit until it is guaranteed
   Cut the behavior down until skipping it would be more effort than doing it.
   Micro Habits: Start Absurdly Small
4. Shrink the behavior until it’s tiny
   Scale the habit down to something you can do even on your worst, busiest day.
   Tiny Habits, Made Practical
5. Prioritize consistency over intensity
   Showing up every day at low intensity beats occasional high-intensity bursts.
   Micro Habits: Start Absurdly Small
6. Rehearse the anchor-behavior-celebration loop
   Practice the full sequence several times in a row to install it faster.
   Tiny Habits, Made Practical
7. Start with a maximum of three mini habits simultaneously
   More than three mini habits at once means none of them are truly mini — the simplicity is the point.
   Mini Habits, Made Practical
8. Run one chain at a time to prevent dilution
   Start a second chain only after the first has run for at least 30 days without breaking.
   The Seinfeld Strategy: Don’t Break the Chain
9. Change one thing, not everything
   Concentrate all your behavior-change budget on a single keystone instead of spreading it thin.
   Keystone Habits: The Few Changes That Cascade
10. Use recurring landmarks as checkpoints
    Treat each Monday or first-of-month as a built-in moment to re-up the commitment.
    The Fresh Start Effect

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