Just as governments use laws to hold citizens accountable
Just as governments use laws to hold citizens accountable. You can create a habit contract to hold yourself accountable.
— from Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit) · Atomic Habits by James Clear
In the book
Two kinds of clarity make all of this hold: clarity about your values, and clarity about the specific action they require. And when your own resolve is not enough, borrow some structure from the outside — just as governments hold citizens to laws, you can write yourself a habit contract and let someone hold you accountable to it. Seize the clean slates, too — any new beginning, a new year, a new home, a new job, is a moment of special power for forming habits. — Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)