Due a reset?
Most of us run on habits we never chose. A reset is drawing a line, on purpose, and deciding to do things differently for a while. It can take a few forms – tap one to start:
It doesn't have to be big. It has to be on purpose. That's a reset.
Say what you're resetting, then build your own page to get you through it: a timer, tips, a journal, your weight, a plan, words to keep you going, and a question each day about why it's hard. Nobody sees your page but you. The list further down shows what people commonly reset and how they go about it, so you know you're not the only one.
Start onePeople use it for quitting smoking or vaping, cutting sugar, less screen time, a fast, drinking less, walking every day – or a big adventure.
Why an adventure?
In The Comfort Crisis (2021), the journalist Michael Easter argues that modern life has quietly taken the hard parts out of our days. We're rarely cold, hungry, bored or pushed anywhere near our limit, and he thinks we're worse off for it.
His answer is the misogi, a name borrowed from a Japanese purification ritual: a big challenge, taken on on purpose, hard enough that you might not manage it. It has just two rules – make it really hard, and don't die.
The point isn't the challenge itself. It's finding out you can do more than you thought, and bringing that back into the rest of your life. Easter suggests one a year. Even one every few years can reset how you see yourself.
To start one, pick "Going on an adventure" in the form below.
What are you resetting?
What people reset, and how
To start with, this comes from common advice online. Tap one to see the ways people go about it.