Habit tracker template
A habit tracker as a board, with 4 columns: To Try, Building, Paused and Formed. Each habit is a card with a checklist of the 7 days of the week. Tick off each day you do it, and the card shows your week at a glance, like 5/7.
Free for 3 projects, forever. No credit card.
Read for 20 minutes
No phone in the bedroom
Walk 8,000 steps
Drink water before coffee
Run 3 times a week
Make the bed
The 4 columns
What each one is for. Rename, reorder or add columns whenever the work needs it.
- To Try
- Habits you'd like to start, but not yet. Starting too many at once is the usual reason none of them last.
- Building
- The 1 to 3 habits you're working on now. Each card has a Monday to Sunday checklist.
- Paused
- Habits you've stopped for now, like during travel or illness. Pausing on purpose beats quietly giving up.
- Formedcounts as done
- Habits that happen without the checklist now. Counts as done.
Habits to start from
Small, specific habits are the ones that last. Pick 1 or 2.
Health
- Walk for 20 minutes
- Drink a glass of water when you wake up
- Stretch for 5 minutes before bed
- In bed by 11pm
Mind
- Read 10 pages
- Write 3 lines in a journal
- 10 minutes with no phone after waking
- Practise a language for 10 minutes
Home and money
- Clear the kitchen before bed
- Write down every purchase
- 5-minute tidy of one room
- Plan tomorrow before you stop work
How to track habits on a board
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Step 1
Write each habit as one specific action
"Read 10 pages after dinner" works better than "read more". One card per habit, in To Try.
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Step 2
Move 1 to 3 into Building
Add a checklist to each with 7 items, Monday to Sunday. Write the reason for the habit in the card's description.
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Step 3
Tick off each day
When you've done it, tick the day. The card shows the week's count on the board, without opening it.
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Step 4
Reset on Monday
Untick the checklist at the start of each week, after a glance at last week's count. Cards and checklists don't reset by themselves.
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Step 5
Move it to Formed when it sticks
When you do it without thinking for a few weeks running, move the card to Formed and pull the next habit from To Try.
With your AI agents
An agent can set up the cards and checklists for you, and at the end of each week tell you how each habit went before you reset it.
Agents connect over MCP or the REST API, on every plan, and act as you.
agentcreate_project("Habits", template: "habit-tracker")
agentcreate_card("Habits", "Read 10 pages after dinner", column: "Building")
agentadd_checklist_item("Read 10 pages after dinner", "Monday")
Keep it working
- Attach the new habit to something you already do: after coffee, before bed, when you get home.
- Missing a day is normal. Missing 2 in a row is the one to watch.
- Keep Building short. 3 habits at most, or you're tracking instead of doing.
- Note what got in the way in a comment on the card. Patterns show up after a few weeks.
Questions
About this template
Is the habit tracker free?
Yes. It's on the Free plan: 3 projects with unlimited cards, forever. No credit card.
Does it reset each week by itself?
No. Cards and checklists don't repeat or reset automatically. Untick the 7 days at the start of each week. It takes a few seconds per habit.
Does it show streaks or charts?
No. Each card shows this week's count, like 5/7. For a longer record, add a comment with the count before you reset.
How long does it take to form a habit?
It varies a lot by person and habit. A 2009 study at University College London found a median of about 66 days, with a range from 18 to 254. Give it longer than a few weeks before deciding it hasn't worked.
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