Jay Mers

23 June 2026

Maybe “discipline” is just lowering the activation energy.

by Jay Mers · 1 min read

Every habit I’ve kept, I made stupidly easy to start. Every one I dropped, I left a little friction in the way and called it willpower.

One teardown like this. Every Friday.

The dark patterns, the dopamine, the design — one product pulled apart each week.

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