Habits, health, money and time. How to actually keep up with your whole life.
Trying to break a bad habit with raw willpower is a losing game, because the habit runs on a cue you keep meeting. Change the cue, add friction, and give the craving a replacement, and the habit stops firing on its own.
Habit stacking works because the hardest part of a new habit is remembering to start it. Attach the new behaviour to something you already do without fail, and the old habit becomes the cue. Here is why that beats relying on motivation.