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Habits You Should Track

Factors to consider when choosing a new habit to track:

Motivation: choose a habit you personally care about. If you pick a habit out of a sense of obligation, your motivation will fade.
Regularity: find a habit you can track daily. Each habit repetition enforces it as a behavior and strengthens the pathways in your brain related to it.
Achievability: choose something achievable so you’ll feel that if you put the effort you can do it.

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Why You Should Be Tracking Your Habits (and How to Do It Well)

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