If there are two things I can say, without the slightest bit of doubt in my mind, it is that:

1. Geeks are smart.
2. Geeks have great terrible self-control. (As in the movie version of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” terrible!)

Everyone has routines, it is simple human nature. The problem is that a lot of them suck and are just not that healthy! Essentially routines are just complex strings of habits; and once you have a bad routine locked in, just like with a bad habit, it is really hard to break out of it. So why is it so hard, and what can an aspiring Jerd do to fix it?!?

Art by Rob Smith Jr

First we have to understand why we develop these bad habits in the first place.

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