r/theXeffect

5.8K archived posts · Feb 2014 – Sep 2026

Make your cards, cross your X's, increase your willpower.

r/theXeffect

People here are on a 50-day journey to create/break one or more habits by simply making a 7x7 grid on a card and crossing off each day with a fat-ass felt marker, because your willpower is like a muscle, and it gets stronger and stronger as you exercise it.

Created Feb 7, 2014

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Your willpower is like a muscle, and it gets stronger and stronger as you exercise it.

On THURSDAYS we tip our hands and show our cards. It's a little shot in the arm going into the weekend. But you are always welcome to show off your cards any day at all.

The Post that Started it all

Do check the wiki for on overview of what's going on here.

=====> Latest Tips <=====

What the graduates have to say.

Habit-specific discussions, tips, buddy-ups:

Mindfulness meditation (take 5 / 12 / 20 min)
Diet adjustment
Exercise
Sleep Improvement
Study
Practice/Training
X-Tobacco
X-Alcohol

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