7/14/2023 0 Comments Momentum habit tracker review![]() Now that 2020 has been and gone, I can say with the data in front of me that using a habit tracker has brought about significant positive change in my life. By November, I had a significantly improved sleeping habit. ![]() I fed the data back to the grateful hospital consultant. By October, I was using it to track a health issue I had. ![]() By July, I was drinking two liters a day for the first time in my life. A lot.īy May, I was closing the rings on my Apple Watch almost daily. I held it together – just – and asked her to pay it forward. One day I paid for the contents of a stranger’s shopping basket at the supermarket when her card declined. I was even doing random acts of kindness and not telling a soul. I was starting to establish a more consistent writing habit.īy the end of February, I had started reading fiction every night before sleep.I saw for the first time how bad this really was. I started thinking seriously about how little I slept.(When I was away with work in a hotel room, I plugged it in by the door and not by my bed.) This meant I go out of bed earlier and wasted less time scrolling online. Left my phone downstairs at bedtime every night.I am not prepared to give up artisan G & T for anyone.) Been alcohol-free for the whole month (This was a temporary detox, not a lifestyle change.I had more purpose and momentum.īy the end of the first month, I had achieved the following: I could feel myself putting one foot in front of the other. It gave me a sense of achievement and closure. It was super easy to fill out, and I found that I liked reviewing my day each evening. I was traveling with work, and my black book went everywhere with me. I completed every day of both the tracker and the one-line journal. I had made a sizeable dent in establishing the habit of having a habit tracker. However, I was prepared to stomach a sentence a day.Īfter my first month, I was pleasantly surprised. I write too academically and find it embarrassing to read afterward. I also decided to journal daily using the ‘one line per day’ template, which was also in the journal. List the habits on the left, circle the month at the top. It was easy to set up once I’d decided what I was going to track. In hindsight, this was probably too many. ![]() I went for nine health habits and four business habits. As a somewhat reformed workaholic, my health has often played second fiddle to my career. I decided to group my desired habits into health and business. Instead, focus on a few important things each month and track these. How the hell was I going to crowbar skiing at Whistler into the tiny white squares? Clear himself recommends not biting off more than you can chew. You can actually get a free copy of his habit tracker template HERE. However, written by James Clear himself, it ticked all the boxes. It wasn’t cheap, and I got stung for shipping and import taxes which made my eyes water a little. In the end, I opted for the Clear Habit Journal from Baron Fig. Plus, I’m a sucker for quality stationery (tell me a teacher that isn’t), and this gave me a good excuse to invest in a nice new journal with a heavyweight gsm. There is something about recording by hand that appeals to the creative in me. Set out like a retro school register, you can use an app or a paper version. Like training wheels on a bicycle, you aspire to the day when you don’t need to track them anymore. The end goal is that these actions will become normalized and automatic, like brushing your teeth. You choose the habits you want to build in the belief that they will improve some aspect of your life. A habit tracker is a simple way of recording if you did a habit. It’s pretty much what it says on the tin. Starting in January 2020, I figured that I’d know around March time if things were working out. And I figured I had nothing to lose.Īccording to a UCL study conducted in 2009, it can take anything from 18 to 254 days to form a new habit, although the median was 66 days. I was sure it wouldn’t be a drain on my time. I half-heartedly committed to giving it a whirl. However, I’ve got to admit that I was a little skeptical. Working down an inventory of new habits each day didn’t seem too much of a chore. Like most procrastinators, I was looking for a quick, easy win and a habit tracker seemed like something even I could commit to. The Edison quote about genius and perspiration is pinned to the monitor of my Mac. I’d read a few chapters of Atomic Habits by James Clear and had pondered many an entrepreneur’s success story. At the start of 2020, I decided to see if I could bring about some of the changes I wanted to see in my life.
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