For the last several months, I’ve been waking up early to make some more time in my day, and one of the things I’ve been doing during that precious early morning time (when it is just me and my coffee) is reading The Artist’s Way . I first read it back in 2018, I think, and I’ve come back to its 12-week creativity recovery program several times since then, always working through it by myself. Image by Andrés Molina via Unsplash If you’re an academic, you’re probably heading

If you want to curtail a bad habit, introduce friction to make that habit harder to do. Conversely, if you want to cultivate a good habit, make it as easy as possible to do.

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