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by uoaei 1284 days ago
Thre flip side of all the "habit" talk is that habits are as much what keeps you from doing those things by creating distractions -- opportunities for procrastination. For instance, if I sit at a workstation and the first thing I do is reflexively open a browser and type `news+Enter` to get to this orange site, that's what I'll do instead of whatever I went to the computer for.

Blocking habits that induce procrastination by rearranging your life or home can do a lot to break that cycle long enough to re-orient your life toward one where you do the things you need to do because "eh, I've got nothing better to do".