Vent: my habit tracker was a total disaster until I simplified it

I started bullet journaling about 4 months ago, and I went all in on this super detailed habit tracker with 15 different things to check every day. It looked beautiful with all these colors and little icons, but I kept missing days because it was too much work to fill in. Then about 3 weeks ago I had this moment where I realized I wasn't actually using any of the data, I was just making pretty squares. So I ripped out the whole page and just put a tiny column for 3 habits - water intake, walk outside, and read before bed. Now I actually fill it out every day because it takes 10 seconds. Has anyone else found that keeping it super bare bones works better than the fancy spreads?

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sean_johnson1614d ago

Glad you ditched the 15 habit thing, that sounds exhausting lol. Picking 3 that actually improve your daily life instead of just filling boxes is the whole point, plus the data from those 3 is way more useful than tracking junk like "flossed" every day.

simonl1114d ago

You went from 15 habits to 3 and it actually stuck, so what made you pick water, walking, and reading over the other 12?