Habit Stacking for Productivity and Well-being

Understand that habit stacking is about implementing new habits by building them on top of existing ones.

“Habit stacking is implementing new habits by building them on top of existing ones.”

Reflect on habits you want to incorporate into your life.

“I think all of us have so many different habits that we want to incorporate into our lives in terms of health, self-care productivity...”

Identify existing habits that you do without thinking.

“What is it that you do every single morning that you hardly have to think about. You don't have to will yourself to do it, it just happens.”

Link a new habit to an existing anchor habit.

“Every single morning as I brush my teeth I will do 50 squats.”

Practice the new habit stack consistently to create a strong association.

“Once you practice this routine and this connection a couple of times, every time you start to brush your teeth your brain will immediately go to the next action...”

Brainstorm and write down anchor habits and corresponding habit stacks for easy reference.

“You might want to start out by sitting down and just writing out a list of those established, autopilot, well-learned...those habits that can serve as anchors for your new habit.”

Link multiple habits together to build a chain of routines.

“You can double stack, triple stack, etc etc you can keep linking habits together in order to build entire chains of habits. This is basically how you build routines!”

Understand the reason behind each habit for added motivation.

“In the same place that you're writing down these habits and routines also write down why you want to do them.”