Guides

Guides on resolutions and habits

Articles on goal setting and habit formation based on behavioural science research, with full references.

Making New Year’s resolutions last

The factors that, according to research, determine whether a resolution is kept in the long term.

Setting and limiting screen time on Android

An overview of Digital Wellbeing features and their limitations in reducing screen time over the long term.

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

Definitions and state of research on the conditions under which external incentives strengthen or undermine motivation.

Anti-charity as a form of commitment

How it works, its theoretical basis and the state of research on a particularly strict form of financial commitment.

Goals with a binding stake

Up to five active goals are free.