Last year, I bought a habit tracking journal from the fellows from Baronfig. Since where I live is quite far from the US and there was this thing the pandemic happening, I had to wait for approximately 4 months to get it. When my package finally arrived. I started tracking my daily routines. And after a year of daily tracking my habits. I’m happy to share what I’ve learned.
There are many habit tracking tools. Journals. Tactics. Books about habits. Strategies and other random advice floating around.
To be even more precise. There are so many things about acquiring good habits that the practice of searching for things that can help you adopt good habits eventually becomes a bad habit.
I know.
Quite a paradox.
One thing is certain though.
You don’t need a lot to track your habits.
You don’t even need a premium habit-tracking journal that cost a small fortune. A regular notebook will do the work.
What you really need is consistency. Showing up every day for around 5 minutes and noting what you’ve done and what you didn’t. Plus, some preparation.
The reason I chose to get the Clear Habit Journal by Baronfig is because I really love what they’re creating. Minimal. Nicely designed tools for thinkers.
Once again. I don’t think the actual notebook you use is important.
What is important, is to implement the habit of daily tracking your habits – this can happen on a simple pad.
Now, after we’ve discussed journals.
Let’s get to the essentials.
Here’s why tracking your habits using a habit journal is something you need to consider doing:
The Benefits of Using a Habit Tracking Journal:
1. Helps You Figure Out What’s Important
The first benefit of the seemingly featureless habit tracking journal – I mean, in theory, it offers only blank pages. Is that it gives you the opportunity to think about what types of habits you want to implement in your life.
Obviously, to track your habits, you first need to consider what habits are worth doing in the first place. (Here’s a list of good habits for the 21st century.)
This inevitably brings you to the following question: “What do I want to accomplish/improve in my life?”
I started with 5 habits last year and now I track 9.
A couple of the things I did last year I no longer do but there are things like writing, exercising, and reading that continues to be on my list.
Reflecting daily about my routines allows me to ditch what’s unimportant, so I can make room for what’s truly worthy.
2. Reminds You What To Do
Since I’m daily updating my habit tracking journal – usually in the mornings. I know that I have to do push-ups, for example.
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