Small steps, compounding results
Short, research-backed essays on building momentum: habit science, daily reflection, and how to tell whether your life is actually getting better.
The 30-second daily check-in that actually survives busy weeks
Most daily reflection habits die because they demand too much. How to design an end-of-day check-in that takes under a minute, survives missed days, and still changes what you do tomorrow.
Does tracking your goals actually work? What the research says
A meta-analysis of 138 experiments says yes — monitoring progress measurably improves goal attainment. But the famous “Yale study” is a myth, and badly designed tracking can backfire. Here’s what holds up.
How to know if your life is actually getting better
Memory is a bad instrument for judging your own progress. A practical method for measuring whether life is improving: rate each day’s direction with one question and read the trend, not the mood.
What “1% better every day” really means (and what it doesn’t)
The famous 1.01^365 = 37.78 equation is arithmetic, not a law of human progress. What actually compounds when you improve a little each day — and how to use the idea without the math misleading you.
See you tomorrow.
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