
Habits · Sep 30, 2026 · 9 min read
Why habit streaks backfire, and what to track instead
A habit streak resets to zero after one missed day. Why that feeds streak anxiety, and what I track instead: rates, targets you can change, and trends.
Tracking a whole life, calmly: reviews, habits without guilt, and what the numbers taught me.
I've tracked my own life since 2017, first in bullet journals, then in Google Sheets, and now in Good Work. This blog is what that taught me: how to run a quarterly or yearly review in an hour, how to pick metrics worth keeping, how to build habits without streak guilt, and what years of my own data actually show. Every post ends with something to try, often a free template.
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