Habit tracking guides
How to make a year in pixels, what to track, how long habits take and what to do when you miss a day. Written to be useful whether you track on paper or in an app.
How to make a year in pixels
Make a year in pixels tracker in 5 steps: draw a 12 by 31 grid, pick a color key and fill one square a day. Plus how to run it in an app instead.
60 habit tracker ideas
60 habit tracker ideas grouped into health, fitness, mind, productivity, learning, finance and creativity, plus how to pick the first three.

How long does it take to form a habit?
Research puts habit formation at a median of 66 days, with a range of 18 to 254. What the study found, where 21 days came from, and how to plan for it.

What to do when you miss a day
Missing one day of a habit does not undo your progress. Here is what the research says, and four steps to take the day after you slip.
Habit tracking without streak pressure
Streak counters can make one missed day feel like failure. How grid and heatmap habit trackers work instead, and what to look for in one.

Habit heatmaps, explained
A habit heatmap shows every day as a colored square, like GitHub's contribution graph. How to read one, what it reveals and how to start tracking.

How to track water intake
Turn drinking water into a trackable habit: set a daily number, tie glasses to cues you already have and log each one. A simple system that sticks.
Habit tracking with ADHD
Visual, low-effort habit tracking tends to work better with ADHD. Practical tips, what to look for in an app, and how to handle missed days.
