Why every day

What research says about showing up, and why a short sit every day may matter more than a long one now and then.

  1. In a study of meditation app users, people planned to sit about six times more than they actually did.1

  2. In a large study of app users, how many days a week people practiced tracked their drop in stress. Minutes per session hardly did.2

  3. In a small trial with beginners, five minutes worked at least as well as twenty.3

  4. A simple daily habit took about two months to feel automatic. For some people much less, for some much more.4

  5. Missing a single day did not undo it.4

  6. Offered a way to set binding limits on their own apps, 78% of people used it and kept their limits for weeks.5

  7. With a short pause before opening chosen apps, people let go of about a third of their attempts.6

A short sit, every day, before the scroll. That is all DailySit asks.

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Sources

  1. Adams et al. 2026. Real-World Meditation App Engagement: Longitudinal Study of the Medito Meditation App. JMIR mHealth and uHealth.
  2. Callahan et al. 2024. The Real-World Impact of App-Based Mindfulness on Headspace Members With Moderate and Severe Perceived Stress: Observational Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth.
  3. Strohmaier, Jones & Cane 2021. Effects of Length of Mindfulness Practice on Mindfulness, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: a Randomized Controlled Experiment. Mindfulness.
  4. Lally et al. 2010. How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world. European Journal of Social Psychology.
  5. Allcott, Gentzkow & Song 2022. Digital Addiction. American Economic Review.
  6. Grüning, Riedel & Lorenz-Spreen 2023. Directing smartphone use through the self-nudge app one sec. PNAS.

Each line describes a study, not a promise about DailySit. No study has yet tested an app like this one.