Tracking urges
Can a habit tracker help me resist urges? What I learned from tracking my impulses
How tracking made my automatic urges more conscious, gave me an honest score and helped me stop buying the Twix bars I struggled to resist.
Doomscrolling
Why do I keep scrolling in bed even when I'm tired?
Why tiredness does not automatically make me put the phone down, and how I try to catch the moment before the endless feed carries me forward.
Understanding urges
Why does an urge feel like it needs to be acted on immediately?
Why familiar cues and immediate rewards can create urgency, and how I use a pause to become conscious before the action is complete.
Understanding urges
Why do my urges feel automatic?
How repeated choices become linked to familiar cues, why dopamine is only part of the explanation, and how I try to make an unconscious urge visible.
Sleep and impulses
Why are my impulses stronger when I'm tired?
Why tiredness can make familiar urges feel more automatic, what sleep studies actually show, and why I track sleep beside my impulses.
Doomscrolling
Why do I keep opening apps without thinking?
Why opening YouTube or social media can become automatic, and how a small pause helps me notice the decision again.
Cravings
How do I resist food cravings?
A simple look at the urge, the pause, and what I noticed when I stopped acting immediately.
Food impulses
Why do I buy takeaway when I already have food at home?
The real reason takeaway can feel easier than cooking, even when food is already sitting in the fridge.