The Fun Habit supplemental: Temptation bundling
Temptation bundling is useful form of activity bundling
Spending over half a decade researching the upcoming book, The Fun Habit, I’ve taken a bit of an alchemical approach to having fun, using a set of tools I’ve assembled that can help transform your daily life for more joy and satisfaction. I call the entire toolbox the SAVOR system.
This month is a round-up of articles regarding the ‘A’ in SAVOR, activity bundling, with a special emphasis on temptation bundling. Below are some great articles on being happier and having more fun using this tactic. Please enjoy! If you have any feedback or additional articles you have enjoyed on the subject, I’d love to hear from you.
Use “Temptation Bundling” to Achieve Your Goals (Doist)
— Use the power of instant gratification to get through your least favorite tasks.
Professor Katherine Milkman on Temptation Bundling (Video)
— Professor Katherine Milkman describes her research on “temptation bundling.”
Teaching temptation bundling to boost exercise: A field experiment (Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes)
— How teaching gym-goers to temptation bundle with a free audiobook can boost gym visits.
A unique way to get work done (BBC)
— Pairing the things you love with those you hate – a novel way to stop procrastinating?
Increase Your Willpower With Temptation Bundling (The Verywell Mind Podcast)
— Amy Morin explains what temptation bundling is, how it works, and how some people in her therapy office have used it to improve their lives.
Use Temptation Bundling to Create Better Habits (Medium)
— Make your chore more fun: The fun indulgence should happen at the same time as the less pleasant thing, not as a post-willpower reward.
How Harnessing Temptations Can Cure Procrastination (Fast Company)
— Research shows that bundling your guilty pleasures with productive behaviors can help you maintain better habits.
Holding the Hunger Games Hostage at the Gym: An Evaluation of Temptation Bundling (Management Science)
— An introduction and evaluation of the effectiveness of temptation bundling.
Changing Behavior With ‘Temptation Bundling’ (Video)
— How bundling the activity of working out at the gym and reading trashy novels can lead to better health behavior.
I hope you find the takeaways from this collection of articles as valuable as I have.
Yours in fun,
Mike Rucker, Ph.D.