Bedroom
06:30
- Blocked
- The alarm won't stop.
- Opens when
- Bone broth sipped.
- Verified by
- Smart mug weight drops.
The idea
Every door in your day is a threshold.
Out of bed. Into the bathroom. Onto the bike. Open the laptop. You cross dozens of them a day without noticing.
What if each one only opened after you did the thing?
Make it obvious. Make it attractive. Make it easy. Make it satisfying. Good advice. It still costs willpower. So flip the math.
Willpower todo
<Willpower toavoid
Skipping now costs more than doing. The easy path is the healthy one.
The house of gates
Six doors. Six habits. Zero negotiations.
A gate blocks something you want until the habit is verified done. Tap a gate.
Build your own
Three steps. One afternoon to start.
Dream the day
Write out your perfect day. Then your perfect week. Messy is fine. Dictate it if typing feels like work.
06:30 up · broth · slow breathing · outside · stretch every 20 min…
Find the doors
Look for the in-between moments. Leaving bed. Opening the laptop. Heading out. Real doors make the best cues.
bedroom door · bike app · bathroom · front door
Build the gate
Block what comes next until the habit is done. Make the check impossible to fake. Assume anything is possible, then build backward.
no meds → no work laptop
Honest note: setup takes real time. A smart bottle here, a phone blocker there, a small app, maybe a homemade sensor. You pay the willpower once, up front. After that, the house does the remembering.
The rules
Rule zero
Never lock the real front door.
Gate apps and objects. Never the way out. Your home is not an escape room.
Rule one
Every gate has a gentle mode.
On hard days, lower the bar. Never remove it.