A friend told me my habit tracker was too busy to be useful

I was showing my friend my bullet journal last week, and she pointed at my habit tracker page. She said, 'You're tracking 15 things at once. How do you even know what you're doing well?' I had to admit I just filled in boxes without thinking. So, I cut it down to just 5 core habits. Now I actually look at the page and it helps me. Has anyone else had to simplify a spread that got out of hand?

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jennyh5512d ago

Honestly, that sounds like giving up to me. Tracking a lot of things is how you see the whole picture of your day. Cutting it down to just five feels like you're ignoring everything else. My messy tracker with like twenty boxes shows me where my time really goes, even the bad parts. If you only look at a few things, you miss the connections between all your habits.

haydenj9012d ago

My buddy tried tracking everything like you @jennyh55, had a spreadsheet with thirty columns. He was logging his water intake, screen time, even how many times he checked the mail. After two weeks he was so burnt out on data entry he quit cold turkey and didn't track anything for months. Said he spent more time filling boxes than actually living. Now he just tracks three things: sleep, whether he worked out, and if he ate like crap. That simple check-in keeps him honest without the noise.