

There are lots of things you can track in your bullet journal. Now that you know how and why habit trackers work, let’s try making one! What habits should I track? That reward, even though it’s little, makes you more likely to want to do the habit again.Īnd the more little boxes you check off or dots you X-out, the more the rewarding feeling grows – to motivate you even more every day. You checking off a box or X-ing out a bullet in your journal is the reward for achieving that daily goal. Every time you check off another box in your bullet journal for completing another daily habit, you can feel good about it.

Science has proven that positive reinforcements help us change our behaviors quickly and permenantly. It’s easy to say, “I don’t want to eat so many sweets from now on,” or “I’m going to clean my house for 1 hour every day,” but it’s hard to commit to new behaviors just like that. How many times have you told yourself, “I want to start/stop doing _,” only to find that after the initial excitement about your decision to change your behavior, you just as soon revert to your normal ways? The truth is that it’s hard to change your behavior cold turkey. The benefit of a habit tracker is that it keeps you focused. In the back of the official bullet journal notebook, creator Ryder Carroll has written that “the real goal is to develop a mindful practice that helps you identify and focus on the things that are truly worth your time.” I’ll get more into the different types of trackers later on in this post. Other bullet journal trackers can also help you stay on top of weekly and monthly tasks, like for example housework routines or putting money into savings regularly. Usually, you pick one specific thing you want to do habitually and track it on a daily basis. In this article, I’ll explain what habit trackers are, how they work, and give you some really helpful tips to get you started making your own positive changes ASAP! What is a habit tracker?Ī habit tracker is a simple tool used to help you build new habits - and reach your goals. Often times, creating good habits means we need to get rid of old ones, bad habits. You probably know how hard it is to create new habits that stick.
