There are two types of habit tracking: tracking your successes and tracking your incompletes.
TRACKING YOUR SUCCESSES
- encourages winning streaks
- focuses on maintaining momentum
TRACKING YOUR INCOMPLETES
- Encourages awareness and introspection
- Focuses on understanding failure points.
WHY IT MATTERS: Tracking your successes helps maintain motivation and build momentum as you can visually see the progress you're making. It encourages you to keep going and strive for longer winning streaks. On the other hand, tracking your incompletes provides valuable insights into where and why you're struggling, allowing you to address these issues and improve your strategy. It promotes self-awareness and understanding, which are crucial for long-term habit formation.
GO DEEPER: Many people are familiar with tracking their successes. However, few track their incompletes. Let's discuss why you might want to do this.
The best way to improve your self-control is to understand how and why you lose control.
- Kelly McGonigal
You might be struggling to maintain your habits due to one of the loopholes we've previously discussed. Identifying and noting the loophole you are using can help pinpoint where your "closers" are weak.
If you aren’t able to overcome your loophole in the moment, you can mark it down to be able to remember and learn from in the future.
more tomorrow,
Hunter