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Track Those Habits

I often use my journal to help me to focus on personal development and move closer towards my goals. These goals can seem so far away – sometimes even unachievable – so I find it really beneficial to focus on the habits that will take me closer towards reaching them instead.

To help with this, I always keep a monthly habit tracker in my journal, and I often keep a mini weekly one, too. Before each new month begins, I take some time to reflect on how things have been progressing. I then set out the habits that I think will be useful for me to put in place or maintain over the coming weeks.

This feels much more manageable than just focusing on big goals and not being sure how to get there. For example, if I want to complete a really big project, I think about the habits that will help me to achieve that. This could be areas such as getting a good night’s sleep, staying focused, daily reading or research into my topic, eating healthily to improve my energy levels and staying well organized. I then write these out in my habit tracker and mark them off every evening, which helps me to see that I am making progress.

If you have just one key habit that you want to focus on, you could create a tracker for this, too. Trackers are a great way to keep you “on plan” and also add a lovely creative element to your journal pages.

I always review my habit trackers at the end of each week, to think about any changes that I need to make to my daily routine and structure. I have provided some examples for different ways that you could create a habit tracker of your own. If you are anything like me, adding something to your habit tracker each evening will really help to keep you motivated.

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WRITING PROMPTS

To help to get you started on your habit tracker, have a think about the journal prompts below. It would be really useful to write down your responses in your journal and look back on them in the future.

28. What habits would help you to move closer to your goals?

29. If you could look 12 months into the future, what habits would you be pleased you started today?

30. What habits would help you to improve your relationships with others?

31. What habits have you successfully maintained in the past? How did this make you feel?

32. Do you have any destructive or unhelpful habits? If so, what would the opposite habit to this be?

33. Are there any habits that would help you to improve your health?

34. How do you want to feel?

35. Which habits do you find difficult to maintain?

36. What support could help you to set these new habits in place?

37. Do you have any financial goals? If so, what sort of regular habits could help with this?

38. If you carried out just one habit every day, for 30 days, what difference would it make to you?

39. What habits could help you to build your career?

40. Do you know anyone who is great at carrying out the habits you are trying to implement?

41. What could you learn from them and other people around you?

42. Do you have any creative goals? If so, what regular habits could you form to improve your skills in this area?

43. When is the best time of day for your key habits?

44. What can you foresee that may get in your way?

45. What is the motivation for regularly carrying out these habits?

46. Which habits would be helpful for your self-care?

47. How often do you prioritize the things that are important to you?

48. Are there any great podcasts that focus specifically on a habit you are trying to work on?

49. What bad habits have you tackled in the past?

50. What can you learn from that to help you now?

51. Are there any rewards that you could offer yourself for carrying out a habit for a certain amount of time?

52. Write down a paragraph in your journal, imagining how life will feel when you have successfully established a certain habit.

53. Which small habit could you start with, to help to boost your confidence?

54. How many habits do you think you can successfully focus on at one time?