Habits
Avoidance Loop Interrupt
An avoidance loop interrupt is a pre-planned if-then that breaks cue-relief-shame cycles before delay reinforces—often with physical friction on devices.
An avoidance loop interrupt is a pre-planned if-then—if I open social apps before 10 a. m.
, then I close them and start timer on the top task—for predictable procrastination cues. Loops run cue, relief, shame, more avoidance; interrupts break the cue before relief reinforces delay.
Keep interrupts physical when possible: laptop lid, phone in another room.
Common questions
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Do avoidance interrupts need willpower every time?
They need advance planning once—if-then pairs and environment beats debating in the moment. If interrupts fail repeatedly, the cue or task chunk is still too big.
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Put Avoidance Loop Interrupt into practice
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