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<aside> 🚢 This is the Best Small Habits Built section of The Dickie’s Digest Best Of 2023 Curation.

I originally wanted to create a list of my personal favorite things of 2023—books, podcasts, purchases, habits, lessons, places I visited, etc.

But I thought it would be more fun (and valuable) instead to curate the best recommendations of a wide variety of people, rather than just me.

So below you’ll find links to the 30 most popular small habits built in 2023 I received after polling roughly 375,000 people on X.

Plenty here to get your 2023 off on the right foot!

If you enjoyed these, check out some of the links to the right to share them with a friend or with your audience. And if you have recommendations that I should add, DM me on Twitter and I’ll add it to the list!

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Relevant links

<aside> 🚢 Here’s the original tweet where you can find more recommendations!

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Small Habit Built Tweet describing the habit
Daily Writing https://x.com/AlinDragu/status/1737286422585807220
If it's not a 'HELL YES', it's a 'NO' https://x.com/TiaGetsSales/status/1737291746944377092
Asking ChatGPT https://x.com/DanielPriestley/status/1737418799219945667
Weekly planning https://x.com/HeyJeffFelten/status/1737451441235591511
Spending the mornings with my son https://x.com/cjfinley7/status/1737299658236391583
Writing down the memory I want to remember every day. https://x.com/jasonstrimpel/status/1737287433442750867
If a task I don’t want to do takes less than 5 minutes, I’ll do it as soon as I think about it. https://x.com/TickerSymbolYOU/status/1737310781010555069
Daily Spanish lessons https://x.com/brianjhammond/status/1737293904150663240
Doing one thing a day https://x.com/neohed/status/1737435097303855300
Using Notion As A Second Brain https://x.com/IgnaxioDluria/status/1737295387520823671
Starting each day with 20-30 minutes of exercise https://x.com/denys_allen/status/1737298620523651280
Journaling https://x.com/Jonasackerman00/status/1737358488207040947
Whenever I am reading a book, listening to a podcast or watching a YouTube video, I will write down three takeaways. https://x.com/joshlancasterj2/status/1737390713376059399
Before committing to something asking myself the quick question of “what is the true cost of saying yes to this?” https://x.com/timjsamson/status/1737301997865574457
Delaying coffee by 30-60 minutes each morning https://x.com/HyperSalesman/status/1737289576715362416
Instead of trying to achieve 4 hours of deep work, just do one hour. It’s amazing what I can get done. https://x.com/hawker_alex/status/1737322190188490925?s=20
Write down everything that comes to mind every morning. Just brain-dumping a stream of consciousness on a piece of paper or a note-taking app has dramatically improved my anxiety levels! https://x.com/ruttgers83/status/1737443699645088200?s=20
Immediately putting an idea in writing or a note inside my second brain in Notion. It has become a lifesaver. https://x.com/nelabsocial/status/1737468338459062481?s=20
Focus https://x.com/porterryan_/status/1737288464360456322
Using facewash everyday. https://x.com/admiralrohan/status/1737509913138790874?s=20
Adding creatine to my morning smoothie https://x.com/trynotsuck/status/1737288099644801193?s=20
Starting my day at 5am daily. https://x.com/TheMajor_eth/status/1737289277111783861?s=20
Evening wind down meditation https://x.com/lineberg/status/1737288256515936635?s=20
Taking a cold shower every morning. https://x.com/GregoryCronie/status/1737385569615818914?s=20
Waking up early, drinking lemon water and then going straight into 35 minutes of walking! Simple yet the most efficient energy booster! https://x.com/natiakourdadze/status/1737424517893362120?s=20
Running. Without question. Became a big habit by the end of the year. But the first three months I ran under 10 miles a week. https://x.com/JeffWri/status/1737614708994429263?s=20
Allowing myself to be bored. https://x.com/_alextheodore/status/1737440360484483395?s=20
Water with electrolytes. https://x.com/DallasLunz/status/1737476491372281872?s=20
Making unwavering eye contact with any stranger I'm moderately intimidated by https://x.com/NoahRyanCo/status/1737526328964837475?s=20
Waking up at 5 am, writing 30 minutes a day, gym in the morning, and 8-10k steps every day https://x.com/rohitmal/status/1737354566872490217?s=20