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Habits That Hold

A free short course on the psychology of routines - why most habits collapse in week two, and how to build the boring version that doesn't.

Theo MarshMindset instructorBeginner4.8(4 reviews)

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Habits That Hold is free, start to finish - it’s the course we want everyone to take before any of the others, because every other course here is really a habit-building course in disguise.

In four short lessons you’ll build a morning ritual, a stillness practice, and an outdoor micro-habit, and learn why the boring, repeatable version of a practice beats the dramatic one every single time.

What you'll learn

  • Start a five-minute morning ritual that reframes the whole day
  • Sit still for ten minutes without turning it into a performance
  • Use five minutes outside as the smallest habit that still counts
  • Spot the difference between a habit that's failing and one that's just boring

The curriculum

4 lessons · 27 min · 1 quiz

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Theo Marsh

Mindset instructor

Theo teaches the psychology of habit - why some routines stick and most don't. He's more interested in the boring, repeatable version of a practice than the dramatic one.

Student reviews

What students say

4.8

4 reviews

  • Lucy G.

    Free, four lessons, and more useful than the habit book I paid for. The point about a habit being boring rather than failing was the one I needed.

  • Ahmed N.

    The five-minute ritual is the smallest possible version of a morning routine and the only one I have kept past week two.

  • Ella R.

    Theo is genuinely uninterested in the dramatic version of anything, which is why this works. Started the daily sit and have not stopped.

  • Jonas V.

    Very good for a free course. Short, and I would happily have paid for another three lessons on the same material.

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