On doing, not just knowing.
Practical writing on procrastination, habits, and productivity. Three times a week.
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Aug. 7, 2026
Why Reading Habits Collapse Before They Ever Form
Most reading habit advice skips the design work and goes straight to streaks and reminders. This post examines why reading habits collapse before they form — focusing on anchor instability, entry point friction, and the two-week consolidation gap — and what to actually fix before the habit starts.
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Aug. 5, 2026
Why Atomic Habits Sits on Your Shelf Instead of in Your Life
Most people who've read Atomic Habits can explain the framework clearly. The problem isn't comprehension — it's that comprehension doesn't install behavior. This post examines why the specificity work between principle and practice is where most people stall, and what the research on implementation intentions says about fixing it.
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July 31, 2026
Why Productivity Books Don't Build the Habits They Describe
Productivity books don't fail because their ideas are wrong. They fail because ideas don't self-install — and the window for turning a concept into a behavior closes faster than most readers realize. This post looks at the specific moment that determines whether anything actually changes.
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July 27, 2026
Why Habit Stacking Breaks Down After the First Two Weeks
Habit stacking breaks down not because the concept is flawed, but because the anchor behaviors people choose are contextually unstable. This post examines the specific failure modes — variable anchors, depleted anchors, location dependency — and offers a way to rebuild a stack that holds past the first disruption.
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July 17, 2026
Why Your Habit Stack Falls Apart After One Bad Week
Habit stacking works — until one routine disruption takes the whole thing down. This post looks at why stacks are structurally brittle, and three specific fixes that make them resilient enough to survive real-life interruptions.
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