< Practiva

Free, on habits

A newsletter on habits, not on us.

Same research the app’s daily practices are built on: how habits actually form, why missing one Tuesday doesn’t undo two months of Mondays, what tells you by week two whether something’s going to stick.

Issues

2026-07-13

The Habit Trick Hiding in Plain Sight

A decades-old psychology finding that quietly outperforms most habit advice, and why it's already built into how daily practices work.

2026-07-12

Why Tracking Anything Actually Works (And Where It Falls Apart)

Why the act of tracking a habit changes the habit itself, and where most tracking apps quietly make things worse instead of better.