that\u2019s<\/em> the power of habit tracking. By logging your behavior, you are better motivated to change it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTracking your goals keeps you honest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When you track your habit, you\u2019re more honest with yourself. It\u2019s human to overestimate how much of an effort we put in. But when you measure it, we\u2019re able to move past that biased blindness when it comes to our habits and patterns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You definitely cannot deny the presence of an empty, unticked box on your calendar where an X should be. And as you know, honesty is half the journey. If you can be honest about your progress, then you can get where you\u2019re going much faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Habit tracking can help with motivation on the tough days<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Nothing fuels motivation like progress. In fact, it is said, progress is the best form of motivation. When we know we\u2019re getting closer to accomplishing our goal, motivation naturally rises without much effort. This is another advantage of tracking your habits. For every small victory, your motivation gets more fueled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Especially on the bad days, this can be a very powerful and helpful motivator. It\u2019s easy to let a bad day get you down. But if you\u2019re tracking your habits, you have evidence of your efforts right there. It\u2019s hard proof that you\u2019re putting in the work and making progress, and that keeps you going on the hard days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plus, each morning you look at your calendar and see that empty, unticked box, you are motivated to get started because you don\u2019t want to lose your streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You get satisfaction from visualizing your progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Another reason to begin using a habit tracker is for the immediate gratification you get. That satisfying feeling when you cross off another day of completing what you set out to accomplish is heady stuff. Watching your results grow and getting closer to your target never gets old and that satisfaction can give you the strength you need to endure, no matter what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Habit tracking makes you a better person<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019re probably wondering how habit tracking can make you a better person. Here\u2019s how. Tracking your habit literally changes your mindset. Unknown to you, on the inside you undergo a shift where you move from being fixated on results, to being fixated on sticking with what you committed to, even when it gets rough. So, more than a goal-oriented person, you become a person of principle. And the best part is, you still reach your goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, we now know why tracking your habits is the best thing since sliced bread. But what you\u2019re really after right now is how to create your own habit tracker, right? How do you go about tracking your habits? What habits should you track? Do you have to track all of them or just some of them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are tips for creating a habit tracker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Old habits don\u2019t need tracking, it\u2019s the new habits that do.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Obviously, you can\u2019t track every single habit that makes up your day. In fact, if you\u2019re already doing well sticking to a habit, there\u2019s really no point tracking that habit too. You\u2019ve mastered that habit already, tracking it is just extra work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Habit tracking is for the new habits you\u2019re still trying to master. Those habits that you know you struggle to remember. These are the ones you want to track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Habits are easier to build if they require two minutes or less to complete<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In his book, Atomic Habits, James Clear advises you to scale down your new habits until they take a maximum of two minutes to perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the new habit you\u2019re trying to build involves huge tasks that take up a significant portion of your day to complete, keeping up with them will be difficult, if not impossible. But if you make them really small so that it\u2019s hardly an inconvenience or, at least, only a very small inconvenience to do them each day, you\u2019re more likely to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your watchword should be consistency over intensity. Because for habits to stick, they need to be repeated as frequently as possible. Daily, in most cases. Of course, not all habits would need to be completed every day. Some need to be completed weekly or monthly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whatever the case, a habit tracker can help you ensure you get them done. Such tasks hardly ever become reflex, but with a habit tracker, you can rest assured you\u2019ll have a reminder ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s okay to miss once but never okay to miss twice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now, that said, people often get disillusioned at some point on their habit formation journey and that\u2019s because they are not told this part. You will<\/em> fall off the wagon at some point. It happens to everyone. But how you respond can mean everything for you and your goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSo, here is one rule you must keep in mind for those days. It\u2019s okay to miss once, but it\u2019s never<\/strong> to miss twice, especially consecutively. Because, generally, the first mistake isn\u2019t the one that ruins you. It is repeating the same mistake afterward that does. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen you miss twice, you\u2019re starting a whole new habit in the opposite direction of the one you initially intended. Always remember that. So, we hope this video helped you. Let us know in the comment section what habit you\u2019re trying to build and how you intend to break down the habits into smaller tasks that make it easier for you to track and follow up on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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