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Hello, fellow bullet journalists! I hope you all are finding a way to stay cool in this hot weather!

Today, I’ll be sharing both habits to track in your bullet journal and different layouts for your habit tracker. I know this is kind of a random post, but I didn’t start working on my post until yesterday. Whoops!

What is a Habit Tracker?

For those of you who don’t know what a habit tracker is, it’s a page where you create a space to track what habits you want to keep doing and also those that you want to stop doing. This can be done in a bullet journal, in a notebook, or even on a piece of paper stuck on the wall beside your bed.

To create one of these, just sit down with a pen and paper and think about your daily routine. Start with the moment you wake up. Imagine yourself going through your day, writing down any habits you want to start or stop doing as you do so.

Layouts

I’ve only tried two different habit tracker layouts in the time I’ve been bullet journaling. I haven’t tried very many because the ones I’ve used have worked really well, so I didn’t feel the need to try new ones.

This is the habit tracker that I’ve used for most of my bullet journaling time.

• How To Create It: It’s pretty simple: a title at the very top, the dates underneath, and habits that I want to track written down the side.
• How To Fill It In: When you’re going through your tracker each day, make an x or some other mark (color it in, do stripes, etc.) in the appointed square to show you completed that habit.
• Advantages: This layout is good if you are tracking a lot of habits. In this picture, I’m only tracking ten habits, but this page can hold up to at least seventeen (and even more if you use two pages). You can also do a few designs (flowers, cats, etc.) at the bottom to make it more interesting!
• Disadvantages: There aren’t any disadvantages for this layout except for the fact that it does get tiring to use the same layout over and over again. That’s why I ended up trying the other layout I’m about to show you.

This layout is one I copied from a post on Pinterest.

• How To Create It: For this layout, you just create mini calendars, with one square per day, and at the bottom, you can include an extra space to name your habit.
• How To Fill It In: Each day, as you go through, if you completed the habit, then you color in the appropriate square.
• Advantages: This one is also good for plenty of habits, but it can’t hold as many as the first layout can. On this page, I have twelve habits, but I think I could have fit about sixteen.
• Disadvantages: I will say that I remember this one being difficult to fill out (using three different colors) and tiring to make (it’s not fun to write the same numbers over and over again). I suggest you fill them all out in in just one color, not three different ones. And this tracker layout is worth the mind numbing-ness of writing the same things over and over again!

Habits to Track

I’ve compiled a huge list for you guys of things you can track in your habit tracker. Some of these things will apply to you; some will not. The best thing to do is to just go through the list and ask yourself, “Do I need to work on that? Or am I doing pretty good in that area?” If you feel like you’re doing good, then you probably don’t need to track that habit. If you feel like that area needs more work, go ahead and track it. If you’re not sure about something, track it. Then, at the end of the month, you can look back and see your progress to decide if you need to track it again next month.

And now I’ll go ahead and jump right in to the list:

HEALTH

1. Water consumption
2. Calorie goal
3. Brushed teeth
4. Skin care routine
5. Showered
6. Hair routine
7. Eating a good breakfast
8. Step goal
9. Exercised
10. Floss 
11. Medications/vitamins
12. Stretched
13. No or less smoking/alchohol/unhealthy snacks/sugar/caffeine
14. Routine for fingernails and toenails
15. Veggie/fruit servings
16. Period tracker
17. Getting good sleep

MENTAL HEALTH

1. Writing
2. Read 
3. Spent time drawing
4. Limit screen time 
5. Track moods
6. Journal 
7. Meditate 
8. Gratitude log
9. Listened to music
10. Spent time outside
11. Enjoy a hobby
12. Random act of kindness
13. Reflect on your day
14. Reduce social media time
15. Reduce TV time
16. Compliment someone

SPIRITUAL

1. Devotions 
2. Prayed
3. Bible reading

PRODUCTIVITY

1. Studied (for school)
2. Worked on a project
3. Paid bills 
4. Grocery shopping
5. Meal plan
6. Make lists
7. Prioritize
8. Update bullet journal
9. Do one task working towards a bigger goal
10. Write down goals

HOUSE TASKS

1. Cleaned
2. Made bed
3. Did dishes
4. Changed sheets
5. Laundry
6. Ironing
7. Put clothes away
8. Watered plants
9. Dust 
10. Declutter 
11. Recycle
12. Pet care
13. Chores

SOCIAL HEALTH

1. Spent time with kids
2. Spent time with partner
3. Spent time with friends

See You Next Week!

Well, I hope you all enjoyed this post and found it helpful!

I’m going to start trying to post at the same time each week, but I may be late on some days (for instance, I’m a little bit late today). Check back at 2:00 pm EST on Friday for another post!

Thanks for reading! Happy writing!

Three things will last forever – faith, hope, and love – and the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13 NLT)