October 12, 2026

My “Meta Habit”

According to James Clear in Atomic Habits, studies show that it takes more than two months for someone to form a habit.

This sounds reasonable to me, but I have found a way to hack the system and can form new habits at will.

How is this possible?

Because of my time management system.

A big part of my time management system involves checking my Today list probably about fifty times a day.

So all I have to do to instantly create a new daily habit is to add a new daily recurring task to my list.

It’s like a “meta habit” or something. I’m in the habit of checking off everything on my Today list every day, so when I add something to it, it gets done.

—J

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