Okay, warning for the hopeless leading the hopeless here because I am really really really bad at picking up new habits, buuuut I think I stumbled onto something!
Add the new habit in before something else you’re already doing. Like, “before I eat I should get my vitamins.”
Many years ago I read in a book that a key technique for picking up new habits is to tie them be triggered by something else you’re doing. Like, every time I’ve laminated the stasis which I always do, I should then distim the doshes after which is the new habit I’m trying to pick up.
And that’s worked okay. Way better than nothing, than just hoping the new habit would start automatically. Not as good as like, making notes or alarms for the first few months then gradually taper those alarms away until you don’t need them anymore. And those techniques also can combine and work together.
But my new idea is that habits that are before, rather than after, the pre-existing thing work even better. Now, that’s not always possible (as much as I wish I could come up with a way to do dishes before dinner) but when it is, it’s great! Because the thing after is something that’s already firmly entrenched so I’m not going to forget it. It’s like how it’s much easier to memorize a poem or song by learning the final phrases first and then building it up from the end.xs