Mini Loops

Habits

One page per habit, each with the moment to attach it to, an ordinary version and a version small enough for the days that fall apart. Every habit fails in its own way, so each page is about that one rather than about habits in general.

How to build a reading habit

Getting into bed is the cue. One page is a complete night, and page targets are what end it.

How to make exercise a daily habit

The size is almost always the problem. Five press-ups on the days a session will not happen.

How to drink more water every day

A cue problem rather than a size one. “Throughout the day” is not a moment.

How to build a daily walking habit

Finishing lunch is the strongest cue in an ordinary day. Step targets are what spoil it.

How to stretch every day

It has no natural end, so a routine takes over. One stretch is a complete day.

How to meditate every day

The failure here is grading the session. Three slow breaths is a version nobody can be bad at.

How to start journalling and keep it up

The blank page is the obstacle, not the time. One dated line is a finished entry.

How to put your phone away before bed

You cannot practise not doing something. Make it an object with a destination.

How to keep a three good things habit

The smallest habit here and one of the most abandoned, because a standard creeps in.

How to tidy up every day

Tidying has no edges, so it swallows the evening. Bound it by time or by surface.

How to get outside every day

A minute on the doorstep is a complete day. Confusing it with a walk is what ends it.

How to remember to take vitamins

Nothing signals that you missed them, so the bottle's location does most of the work.

How to practise a language every day

The counter inside the learning app is what ends most of these. One word is a day.

How to build a habit of planning tomorrow

Planning in the morning is planning too late. Attach it to closing your laptop.

How to stick to a skincare routine

A routine is a sequence, and a sequence has no small version unless you name one.

How to floss every day

Planned for after brushing, when you have already mentally finished. Two teeth counts.

How to track what you spend

Chasing a complete record is what ends it. Log the biggest thing and leave the gaps.

How to eat something green every day

Decided at the shop rather than at the meal. Adding one thing is the workable version.