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The Habit That (Quietly) Changed My Life | Daily Essay

Dru's Notes··13 September 2026·2 min

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My shirt rubbed my nipple raw when I moved my run from 55 minutes to 89. Dehydration arrived at the same time. Featuring: Safi Bahcall, Emil Zátopek Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. https://trends.vc/ HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. https://headsup.bot Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. https://makemulti.com Chapters: (00:00) Phase transitions in habit systems (00:12) Moving a run from 55 minutes to 89 (00:51) Emil Zátopek's Olympic triple gold and hernia (01:21) Habits do not scale as a straight line Where to find Dru: Essays: https://druriley.com/ X: https://x.com/DruRly YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.