Write your plan.
- Three lines.
- About 60 seconds.
- It stays on this device.
Line 1 of 3
Why write it down first
A plan that says “if this happens, then I’ll do that” is one of the most tested ideas in behavior science. One review pulled together 94 tests of it. People who decided ahead of time followed through more often than people who only set a goal.
Gollwitzer and Sheeran, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 2006.