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+type: idea-cluster
+title: habits and productivity
+tags: [habits, productivity, automation]
+ideas:
+ - universal-habits
+ - pause
+ - ifttt-personal
+ - invoking-thoughts
+ - life-planning-app
+ - task-scheduler
+ - cookedness-tracker
+ - anti-scrolling
+---
+
+# habits and productivity
+
+the second most recurring theme: systems for making yourself more effective through habit formation, reminders, and automation. the [[universal-habits|universal habits]] idea is the center of gravity — a context-aware system that knows when and how to remind you of behaviors you want to reinforce.
+
+[[pause|Pause]] was built and shipped as the simplest instantiation. the [[ifttt-personal|personal IFTTT]] provides the automation backbone. [[invoking-thoughts|invoking/imprinting thoughts]] pushes into emotional-sensory territory for deeper habit encoding. the [[life-planning-app|life planning app]] and [[task-scheduler|task scheduler]] handle the planning layer. [[cookedness-tracker|cookedness tracker]] and [[anti-scrolling|anti-scrolling tool]] are specific intervention points.
+
+the key unsolved problem: how to remind yourself of mindset habits ("think of other perspectives") that cannot be externally triggered — this is where [[invoking-thoughts|sensory memory replay]] becomes interesting.