[mellosouls]

It isn't mentioned in the blog as far as I can see but the author appears to be advocating "micro habits" (also known under similar and other monikers, small habits, BJ Fogg's method etc).

The idea being you pick up a new habit using similar techniques to pomodoro, a little bit at a time.

Example of similar reflections:

https://hackernoon.com/micro-habits-changed-my-life-47f572bf...

One thing I did find useful in this particular essay (the OP) was a reminder of the relative difficulty of spending X amount of time doing something new compared to the same amount of time doing something second nature - which is magnified further according to how boring, painful, or just plain irritating it is.

[papeda]

I saw similar advice from a very different source a couple of months ago. It was a book about exercise with the following advice for stretching: don't go until hurts, but go until it's slightly uncomfortable, then try to relax there, then repeat. Maybe a little trite, but I feel that advice is pretty widely applicable.