🤏Lazy Shrink-to-2-Min

Atomic HabitsLazy Students · Habit Start · Single SessionEasy

for the ones whose study plans are always too big to start

Goal

Take any over-ambitious study plan and shrink it to a 2-min version you can't avoid.

Source principle

The 2-minute rule: scale the habit down until skipping feels silly, then let momentum do the rest. : from Atomic Habits by James Clear.

The plan

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0:00-0:03
Write the ambitious plan: 'study chapter 5 for 2 hours'.
✂️
0:03-0:06
Cut it in half: 'study chapter 5 for 1 hour'.
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0:06-0:09
Cut again: 'read 5 pages of chapter 5'.
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0:09-0:12
Cut once more: 'open chapter 5 and read 1 paragraph'.
⏲️
0:12-0:14
Set a 2-min timer. That's the entire habit.
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0:14-0:16
Run it now. Stop at 2 min even if you want more.
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0:16-0:18
Log: '2-min version fired'. That's the win.
🗓️
0:18-0:20
Schedule tomorrow's same 2-min slot: same time, same spot.

Reward

A habit so small you can't fail it + permission to stop at 2 min

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