I finally realized my layout was killing my momentum

I was at a coffee shop near my place last Tuesday and overheard this girl telling her friend she spent 45 minutes every morning just decorating her weekly spread. It hit me that I basically do the same thing with colors and washi tape but never actually track what matters. I looked back at my journal from the last 3 months and saw maybe 5 entries with actual data like sleep or habits. Has anyone else caught themself spending more on the art than the actual logging part?

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felix_hayes6416d ago

My friend bought a whole drawer of stickers and never filled in a single habit tracker.

shane_fisher3716d ago

Used to think habit trackers were just a fun little hobby thing for organized people. But seeing your friend with a whole drawer of unused stickers actually made me reconsider. It's not about the stickers or the tracker at all, it's about the pressure to be perfect and keep up with it every single day. Once you miss one day, it feels like the whole thing is ruined and there's no point trying again. That's probably why so many people buy the supplies but never actually follow through. Kind of makes you realize that consistency matters way more than having a fancy system with all the bells and whistles lol.