# Habits and Motivation

Understand habit formation through the cue-routine-reward loop and how to design new habits intentionally; distinguish intrinsic motivation (doing something for its own value) from extrinsic motivation (rewards/punishments) and understand when each is more effective; understand procrastination as primarily an emotion regulation problem (avoiding discomfort) rather than a time management failure; apply self-determination theory (autonomy, competence, relatedness) to boost intrinsic motivation; design environments that reduce friction for desired behaviours

Builds on: Good Stress and Bad Stress (hard, https://ai.page/c/good-stress-and-bad-stress/en.md), Personal Goal-Setting (hard, https://ai.page/c/personal-goal-setting/en.md)

Concept id: habits-and-motivation. Subject: personal-development. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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