up:: [[The 3 Phases of MOCs]]
tags:: #on/PKM, #on/habit
# Habits MOC - Gather Phase
The first non-linear phase of MOCs is where you *assemble, collect, gather, curate, incubate* your ideas. This is where you put related stuff on a new digital workbench.
Imagine having a warehouse of limitless workbenches, and for each workbench you curate the notes placed on it. Whenever you feel you need to get a handle on a bunch of notes on `Subject XYZ`, just throw them all onto a new workbench—i.e. place their links into a new MOC note titled `Subject XYZ MOC`. Now it's easier to begin.
For our walkthrough, I decided to compile old notes I collected on the topic of habits:
[[2013-03-10 Habit Planning]]
[[2015-02-20 Habit Formation Research Article]]
[[2015-02-20 Habit Concepts and Theory]]
[[2018 - Atomic Habits (book)]]
[[2019-01-25 Resiliency Routines]]
I have only "gathered" the links. They are not organized yet. That happens in the next phase:
---
Next: [[Habits MOC - Collide]]