After being away for so much of this year, I was determined to get back into some kind of routine once we were going to be mostly home. I set up a spreadsheet of the things I wanted to do regularly. I know there’s a lot of things on there, but it helps me see what areas I might be dropping too often, things I’m not actually that committed to, and provides a prompt for the things that I really do need to do everyday. Some of these are daily habits, some are a set number of times weekly. I consider hitting 80% of my target a win. A lot are health related. I put the cleaning in there because I like to do it in bursts, but I need to make sure I do it and don’t put it off.
- Sleep hours
- Pray as You go (the app I use for my morning quiet time)
- Quick morning mobility
- Read devotional or theology book
- Migraine supplement (morning)
- Calcium and vitamin D
- Make bed
- Read poetry
- Hydration (I find using an electrolyte solution helps with my migraines/fatigue)
- Run
- Strength
- 800g Challenge (I’m trying to eat 800g of fruit and veggies a day, which is about 6 cups. I don’t measure it, just eyeball for a decent estimate)
- Neck (this is some neck and back stretches and mobilisations)
- Creatine
- Mobo board
- Cleaning (30 mins)
- Blogging (30 mins)
- Update Storygraph
- Mobility (this is a longer 20-30min mobility from TRS)
- Jumping (5 mins a few times a week for bone health)
- Inbox zero
- Keys practice (30 mins)
- Journal
- 8000 steps
- Migraine supplement (evening)
- 9:30 pm shutdown
What are some of the habits you do regularly? Are there any that you track?
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11 responses to “List #35: Habits on my Tracking Spreadsheet”
Wow – this is epic!!
I’ve gone back and forth on tracking things. Right now, I’m mostly OFF tracking things. I just feel like I get stuck in a rut of feeling like if I break a habit chain all is lost.
But in October I’ll be tracking my walking each day! And I’ve been really enjoying my daily gratitude prompts and have been doing that faithfully as well.
Tracking comes and goes for me, too. I think it helps to have the 80% rule, I never worry about breaking the chain. To be honest, even if I don’t make 80% I don’t let it worry me; I figure I’m doing more than I would if I didn’t track it.
I track nothing. Ever. I DO make to do lists and I take great pride in crossing things off my list. Your list is impressive. I’ve recently made a deal with coach- I clean our shower the first weekend of the month and he cleans it the first weekend of the next month. Then I missed September but I cleaned it this weekend and we’re counting that as October. Does that count as tracking?
I don’t think I will track like this for too long, it is more a tool to get me back on track.
Oh, I love this.
My motto has always been “you can’t manage what you don’t measure,” so your spreadsheet really speaks to me. Right now I mostly let my Garmin do the work and track everything it spits out. But I can see how a manual list like yours adds balance and perspective.
Most of my habits run on auto-pilot, but when I slip or want to improve something, a tool like this would be perfect. I think my first additions would be “TV-free nights” and maybe “alcohol-free nights,” since I do enjoy that glass of wine in the evening.
I really like your “80% is a win” approach—that feels realistic and encouraging.
By the way, what’s a Mobo Board?
The mobo board is type of balance board. I had a stress fracture in my foot last year, and I have bunions, so I’m trying to build my foot strength. I’ve found alcohol affects me a lot more since I’m in perimenopause, especially when I’m in a stage where the hormones are really out of balance, so I try to minimise it, but I’m a bit sad about that.
Ohhhh I love it.
I have started a new app. One feature is having a habit tracker in there and I am loving it.
Right now I am tracking: Magnesium, Vitamin C, exercise, CBWC, no sweets.
There are many more things I could add like my Duolingo or reading.
I wonder what a Mobo board is.
I find tracking the supplements is helpful, otherwise I forget whether I’ve taken them or not. A mobo board is a kind of balance board to train proprioception and foot strength.
I tried tracking- nope, doesn’t work for me. I have very few habits… But many are ingrained so they are no longer habits: flossing, meditation, planning. Exercise is a struggle but getting better since after I do it- I feel SO MUCH better, physically and mentally. By the way, I downloaded the prayer app and did a psalm 23 prayer and analysis today- I am not religious or Christian or anything really, but I do love that prayer. How do I know about that particular psalm? back it the day there was a show called “Lost” and a man is reciting the prayer with his African accent and such emotion. Such a beautiful scene. It became ingrained in my mind.
I hope by tracking more of my habits will become ingrained like yours have. Psalm 23 is a very well-known and beautiful Psalm—so comforting. I find the readings and prayer, coupled with the music very centering for the start of the day and helps get me started with my mind in the right place.
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