[Learning] switching to a fixed time

Hatchling Glowbird · 2026.10.20 19:57 · Views 37 · Likes 2

Posted about the train-reading plan 16 days ago, read 2 pages once the crowd thins out. Lasted about a week, then missed 4 days straight because the train stayed packed the whole ride home and that thinned-out moment never came.

I think I tied it to a condition instead of a time, so there was always an easy excuse ready.

New plan: read from 7:40 to 7:55pm every night for the next 2 weeks, packed train or not, book open or not, phone away either way.

Anyone switched from an “if X happens” habit to a fixed time and had it actually hold, or does that just move the failure point somewhere else?

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SkinHarmony10.23 11:26
Same thing happened with my stretching routine – I kept waiting for a less tired evening that never came. Switched to a fixed 9pm slot and it’s held since.
dewdrop10.31 20:39
mine held about 9 days once I set a fixed slot for job apps instead of waiting to feel ready – did yours move the resistance somewhere else too?
→ dewdropGlowbirdAuthor11.01 03:52
ugh yeah, mine held too but the resistance just moved somewhere else. for me it slid into mornings, getting out of bed got harder once the train stopped being the hard part.