{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/put-a-distinctive-reminder-where-action-becomes-possible",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1029",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Put a distinctive reminder where action becomes possible",
  "summary": "A reminder at the wrong moment is often just another thought.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Associate the intended action with a distinctive cue you will encounter at the relevant opportunity. Explain the association to yourself when placing it. Research on reminders through association supports this design principle; a random object without a meaning is merely clutter.",
  "limits": [
    "Do not block exits, cover safety labels or leave hazardous objects as reminders. Important duties may need redundant reminders rather than one visual cue."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "life-01-follow-through"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-178640E9DC5E8743"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "The reminder experiments linked intentions to distinctive cues encountered when the intended action was possible.",
      "source_id": "RS-178640E9DC5E8743",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "A visible cue still needs an understood association and a safe, relevant placement.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "You remember an intention repeatedly except at the moment you could carry it out."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Do not block exits, cover safety labels or leave hazardous objects as reminders. Important duties may need redundant reminders rather than one visual cue."
  ],
  "example": "A bright removable tag on the reusable shopping bag means to bring the library book when leaving for that route.",
  "check": "You notice the cue at a usable opportunity and can name the action it represents.",
  "steps": [
    "Identify the actual point at which you can do the task.",
    "Place a safe, distinctive cue there and link it explicitly to the action.",
    "Remove or reset the cue once the task is complete."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-178640E9DC5E8743",
      "title": "Reminders Through Association",
      "url": "https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797616643071"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1029",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1024",
      "type": "compare_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/keep-the-cue-steady-while-the-action-becomes-familiar"
    },
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1029",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1026",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/make-the-early-checkpoint-return-useful-feedback"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47FBA9A01A76EA0B",
      "title": "Make follow-through easier without a discipline contest",
      "url": "/collections/make-follow-through-easier-without-a-discipline-contest"
    }
  ]
}