Aren’t these two points contradictory?

There’s psychological research on the effects of these “simple” if-then plans. We call them implementation intentions. See: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paschal_Sheeran/publication/37367696_Implementation_Intentions_and_Goal_Achievement_A_Meta-Analysis_of_Effects_and_Processes/links/0fcfd504f109545e51000000.pdf

I’m a person with deuteranomaly and I can confirm your thought. It is just a simulation of how things look for someone with a severe form of color blindness (which makes sense, when monochromacy is giving you black/white and not a miracle and rainbow colors all over the place).