{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/separate-deciding-to-act-from-becoming-habitual",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0907",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Separate deciding to act from becoming habitual",
  "summary": "Intention starts the process; repetition builds the automatic part.",
  "kind": "heuristic",
  "body": "Habit frameworks distinguish deciding, translating intention into behavior, repeating the behavior and developing automaticity. Treat each as a separate failure point. If the behavior never happens, fix execution; if it happens inconsistently, fix repetition/context; if it happens consistently but still needs thought, keep practicing instead of rewriting the goal.",
  "limits": [
    "The stage model simplifies behavior change; real behavior can move backward or depend on context."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-habit-daily-operating-system"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-8A8121875B5A038C"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "The habit review describes a four-stage framework from deciding and acting through repetition to automaticity.",
      "source_id": "RS-8A8121875B5A038C",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The stage model simplifies behavior change; real behavior can move backward or depend on context.",
      "locator": "See source record"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "You have a strong intention and detailed plan and assume the habit therefore exists."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "The stage model simplifies behavior change; real behavior can move backward or depend on context."
  ],
  "example": "Wanting to floss every night is stage one; actually reaching for floss automatically after brushing is a later state.",
  "check": "The intervention targets the stage that is failing rather than adding motivation indiscriminately.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-8A8121875B5A038C",
      "title": "Time to Form a Habit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Health Behaviour Habit Formation and Its Determinants",
      "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11641623/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-886B56010DBE46F3",
      "title": "Build habits for real time scales, stable cues and automatic starts",
      "url": "/collections/build-habits-for-real-time-scales-stable-cues-and-automatic-starts"
    }
  ]
}