Place next-behavior materials where the current behavior…

When This Fires

• When designing behavioral chains (Automate each habit link before adding the next — stacking…) and wanting to reduce transition friction
• When habit chains break at the transition points between behaviors
• When the next behavior requires materials that are stored away from where you complete the current behavior
• Complements Place trigger objects at eye level in routine paths… (trigger placement) with the chain-specific completion-point positioning

Common Failure Mode

Storing materials "where they belong" rather than where they're needed: the journal on the bookshelf (organized but distant from the coffee table), the running shoes in the closet (neat but invisible when you finish morning meditation). The completion point of the previous behavior is where the materials need to be — regardless of where organizational logic says they "should" go.

The Protocol

(1) Map your behavioral chain: what's the sequence of behaviors? Where does each complete? (2) For each transition: does the next behavior's material/trigger exist at the previous behavior's completion point? (3) If no → move it there. Journal on the coffee table (if coffee is the anchor), running shoes by the meditation cushion (if meditation precedes running), writing doc open on the screen (if email check precedes writing). (4) The materials don't need to be visible during the current behavior — they need to be visible at the completion point. (5) Test: when you complete behavior N, is behavior N+1's trigger immediately present without any retrieval, movement, or decision?