Finally cracked my habit tracker after 4 months of messing it up

I've been bullet journaling for about 2 years now and the one thing I could never get right was my habit tracker. Every month I'd set up this beautiful grid with 31 columns and like 12 rows for water, exercise, reading, all that. But by the 5th day I'd already missed filling in a box and then I'd just abandon the whole thing. It was driving me crazy because I really wanted to see my streaks and patterns. After 4 months of failing I finally realized the problem - I was trying to track too many things at once. This month I cut it down to just 3 habits and I use a simple vertical layout instead of the grid. Week 3 and I'm still filling it in every night. Has anyone else struggled with overcomplicating their habit tracker and found a setup that actually sticks?

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luna_wells571mo ago

Makes me think how everything in life works better when you strip it down to just what matters (which I keep forgetting too).

betty_ward1mo ago

Oh goodness, I have to push back a bit here @luna_wells57. Sometimes having too little can make things harder, not better. I think about all the tools and little extras that keep my life from falling apart - my calendar app, that extra set of car keys, the backup charger. Stripping down to just the basics sounds nice in theory, but reality has a way of needing those extra pieces.