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That habit tracker I spent 3 hours designing took 10 minutes to abandon
I spent a whole Sunday afternoon making this really elaborate habit tracker for my bullet journal. I used colored pens, drew little icons, and had 20 different habits listed out. Then I realized on Monday that I only actually wanted to track like 4 things. I kept it up for a week but by Friday I had skipped filling it in completely because it was too much work. Has anyone else gone all out on a spread and then just given up on it fast?
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hunt.nora24d ago
You saying "20 different habits listed out" really hit home for me. I've noticed this pattern where we think the more we track, the more we'll get done, but it usually just turns into a chore list that makes us feel bad. It's like when I bought that fancy meal prep container set with 12 sections thinking I'd finally eat healthy every day. By Wednesday I was using one container for everything and the rest sat in the cupboard. We overshoot because starting feels good, but keeping up with something simple is what actually works.
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oscarc5315d ago
Oh well that just figures doesn't it. My friend Sarah did the exact same thing with a workout tracker. She bought a fancy notebook and spent hours drawing out these elaborate weekly grids with spaces for reps, weights, rest times, everything. By day two she was just scribbling "did some stuff" in the margins. She told me later that the pretty spread made her feel like she had already exercised somehow, and actually doing the work felt like extra. Honestly I think she would have been better off with a sticky note and a pen.
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