Keep the small promises

Track habits without another app

Two daily anchors and a place to mark them can be enough.

You do not need a separate app for every habit. Draw seven rows on paper, or use the morning and evening routine table in the browser planner. Name a small action for each time of day. Then record what happened without turning the record into a score of your worth.

Attach an action to something familiar

An existing part of your day can be a useful cue: after brushing your teeth, review today's first task; after putting away dinner, prepare one thing for tomorrow. Choose actions that fit your circumstances. The routines guide has more examples.

Decide what counts before you begin

If your routine is movement, define a version you can manage on a hard day. If it is reading, decide whether a page is enough. The planner records whether you kept the morning or evening anchor. Use a personal intention or weekly note to remember what those anchors mean to you.

Use fourteen checkmarks as information

There are two opportunities each day, fourteen in a week. The planner shows the number completed and the longest run of days where both routines were marked. The run belongs to the week you are viewing. It is not a promise of what you will do next week.

An empty square can tell you that the cue was inconvenient, the action was too large or life took priority. Begin again with the next opportunity instead of trying to repair the past.

Review gently

At your Sunday review, keep the routine that helped and change one that did not. Avoid redesigning every part of the day at once. Connect one routine to a weekly priority so the small action has a purpose.

Open the routine table when you are ready to mark today.

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