Good choices start with your situation.

Your environment. Your routines. Your tools. The people around you.

Because sometimes you don't need more discipline or willpower.

You just need a better situation.

Here's a little comic I made about that.

Who am I? (the short version)

Hi! I'm Darren, the creator of Situation Changers.

To make good choices easier, I study, test, and share ways to change your situation: your environment, routines, tools, and the people around you.

What do you want to change in your life? Maybe I can help.

Who am I? (the long version)

Hi! I'm Darren and I believe that good choices start with your situation.

I started thinking about this more while reading Situated by Angela Duckworth.

It got me thinking about how much our environment and the people around us can affect what we do.

When we want to change something, we usually think about our thoughts, motivation, or discipline.

But what if we changed the situation instead?

What’s around you?
What’s easy to reach?
Who are you around?
What makes the thing you want to do easier?

That’s what I want to explore with Situation Changers.

Instead of only trying to change how someone thinks or responds, I want to look at their actual situation.

Maybe I can physically look at someone’s environment and help them find things to change.

Or maybe we just talk about it over WhatsApp or email.

I’ve been doing this with myself too.

I installed a website blocker on my computer and phone.

And a greyscale app on my phone.

I started carrying a 'movement kit' - jump rope, a flying disc, and other small things. So I can move more and stay active while having fun.

I created a healthy living WhatsApp group so I could be around other people who want to live healthier too.

Some changes work. Some don't.

I'm still figuring it out.

I just like the idea that sometimes you don't need more discipline.

Maybe you just need to change your situation.

That’s what Situation Changers is about.

Making good choices easier by changing your situation.

What do you want to change in your life?

Maybe I can help.