Habits Tracker

    Daily habits tracker will not only help you with reminding of what you need to do, but also is very motivating when you look back on streak you have for a few days in a row

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    A habits tracker can help you develop and maintain new habits by providing motivation and tracking progress over time. It allows you to see the dynamics of how you are doing, which can be very helpful in staying committed to your goals. By monitoring your habits, you can also analyze your progress and make adjustments as needed to help you reach your goals.

    How it works

    In this tracker, we've used a database as a core to monitor the habits you are developing. The main advantage of such an approach is that you are able to see the dynamics of how you are going.

    Variants of databases

    This template features 2 ways of creating new entities: manual and automated.

    ✍️ Manual

    This variant has enabled is on or before today filter, so every new record will be dated the same day as it was created. It automates a creation process a bit but, more importantly, have an opportunity to create and edit records for past days: if you've skipped one day, you can go back to it by creating a new page and changing a date to that day.

    🤖 Automatic

    This variant is built on the Repeat feature: every day this table will be creating new pages, so you only need to fill them. Unlike the manual way, you can't create records for past days. It's not a big deal if you track habits with it for a while, but if you just starting and want to import your recent results you can't do it with automated tables.

    How to use the habits tracker

    1. Set up habits

    First of all, you need to create properties with habits you want to develop.
    It's better to edit the ones from a template, because they are connected to formulas (we'll talk about them in a sec). If you have more habits to track, simply add a new Checkbox properties and name them.

    2. Integrate habits tracker to your dashboard

    You don't need to access the original database with full history on a daily basis. Instead, you can operate with a single page for today and evaluate progress over time by accessing the full data periodically.

    Here are steps to add a compact Habits tracker widget to any Notion page:

    1. Create a 2-column layout
    2. Place a linked database of Habits tracker with a Gallery view into the column you want
    3. Adjust the size of a column so that “New” button appears under the card
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    You can set a card size to Small to make it really narrow
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    3. Edit formulas if the habits count has been changed (optional)

    The formula you need to edit is Success

    round(100 * (if(prop("Get up at 7am") == true, 1, 0) + if(prop("Meditate") == true, 1, 0) + if(prop("Read") == true, 1, 0) + if(prop("Sports") == true, 1, 0) + if(prop("Journal") == true, 1, 0) + if(prop("6h work time") == true, 1, 0)) / 6) / 100

    Here you need to add/remove if statements so the formula contains only the properties you have. Also, change the total count of properties (6 in this case)

    Wrapping up

    That's basically it! This is an easy but powerful template that will help you develop new habits. Simply add properties representing the habits you want to develop and, most importantly, fill them in on a daily basis. You can do it 💪

    Properties manual

    Habits tracker (both manual and auto)

    Property
    Type
    Description
    HabitsCheckboxEvery habit is a checkbox, the only difference is the field name. It's recommended to keep the name short so they could fit in a narrow card.
    DateDateA day to which habits are assigned. By default, items created from a Gallery view will be assigned to a day they were created due to enabled filter, but the date can be changed manually too.
    GradeFormulaif(prop("Success") == 0, "🤬 Bad", if(prop("Success") < 0.2, "🔴 Poor", if(prop("Success") < 0.39, "🟠 Meh", if(prop("Success") < 0.68, "🟡 Okay", if(prop("Success") < 0.99, "🟢 Good", "✅ Superb")))))
    Depending on Success it will "grade" your performance: 0% - Bad; 1%-19% - Poor, 20%-39% - Meh; 40%-68% - Okay; 69%-99% - Good; 100% - Superb.
    SuccessFormularound(100 * (if(prop("Get up at 7am") == true, 1, 0) + if(prop("Meditate") == true, 1, 0) + if(prop("Read") == true, 1, 0) + if(prop("Sports") == true, 1, 0) + if(prop("Journal") == true, 1, 0) + if(prop("6h work time") == true, 1, 0)) / 6) / 100
    Counts the percentage of completed habits for the day depending on the total items count.
    NameTextA page name from a template. Includes @Today mention with the creation date to identify the record by its name.