Most transformations start with one boring decision, like setting your shoes by the door the night before.

Change almost never begins with a decision that feels significant. It begins with an arrangement: the alarm moved, the bag packed, the thing put where you will trip over it. Those choices remove the need for willpower at the moment willpower is least available, which is why they outperform resolve.

Find the point in your day where the plan usually collapses, and fix the setup rather than the intention. Put the object in the way. Make the good option the lazy option. Then let tomorrow’s version of you take the easy path you left there.