Andrew Huberman· PhD
the literature indicates that people who do that, who are very rigid about when they do things tend, because of context dependence, to not necessarily stick to those habits over time.
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the literature indicates that people who do that, who are very rigid about when they do things tend, because of context dependence, to not necessarily stick to those habits over time.
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And in fact, moving that particular habit around somewhat randomly can actually be beneficial to you because actually moving it from one time of day to the other is that context independence that we're we really are seeking by being able to do the same thing that we want to do regardless of time of day or circumstances.
Now, this is very important because task bracketing is what underlies whether or not a habit will be context dependent or not. Whether or not it will be strong and likely to occur even if we didn't get a good night's sleep the night before, even if we're feeling distracted, even if we are not feeling like doing something emotionally or if we are, you know, completely overwhelmed by other events.