{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/use-a-fresh-start-date-as-a-launch-point-not-a-waiting-room",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1023",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Use a fresh-start date as a launch point, not a waiting room",
  "summary": "The calendar can open a door. It cannot walk through it.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Temporal landmarks are associated with renewed goal initiation. Use that moment to perform a first action and arrange the next ordinary opportunity. The useful test is what happens after the special date loses its shine.",
  "limits": [
    "The evidence concerns initiation, not durable success. Do not postpone urgent responsibilities or repeatedly abandon plans to obtain another fresh start."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "life-01-follow-through"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-572DDA3474F9B397"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Archival observations linked temporal landmarks with increases in aspirational searches, gym attendance and goal commitments.",
      "source_id": "RS-572DDA3474F9B397",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Starting around a landmark is not evidence of sustained success.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A new week, birthday or return from leave makes change feel possible."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "The evidence concerns initiation, not durable success. Do not postpone urgent responsibilities or repeatedly abandon plans to obtain another fresh start."
  ],
  "example": "Returning from leave prompts one completed practice session and a place for the next session in an ordinary workday.",
  "check": "A real first action happened and the next opportunity is identifiable.",
  "steps": [
    "Choose one concrete action for the landmark, or start now when there is no reason to wait.",
    "Arrange the next repetition on an ordinary day.",
    "Judge the restart by subsequent behavior, not the ceremony around it."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-572DDA3474F9B397",
      "title": "The Fresh Start Effect: Temporal Landmarks Motivate Aspirational Behavior",
      "url": "https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/mnsc.2014.1901"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1023",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1025",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/resume-after-a-missed-habit-without-inventing-a-debt"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47FBA9A01A76EA0B",
      "title": "Make follow-through easier without a discipline contest",
      "url": "/collections/make-follow-through-easier-without-a-discipline-contest"
    }
  ]
}