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To draw more: Put your pencils, pens, notebooks, and drawing tools on top of your desk, within easy reach.
To exercise more: Set out your workout clothes, shoes, gym bag, and water bottle ahead of time.
To improve your diet: Chop up a ton of fruits and vegetables on weekends and pack them in containers, so you have easy access to healthy, ready-to-eat options during the week.

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The Ultimate Habit Tracker Guide

This article includes an excerpt from Atomic Habits, my New York Times bestselling book. If you want to stick with a habit for good, one simple and effective thing you can do is keep a habit tracker. Here's why: Elite performers will often measure, quantify, and track their progress in various ways.

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Habit tracking

Is a simple and effective thing to do if you want to stick with a habit for good. No matter the format (calendar, journal, app), it provides immediate evidence whether you are making progress or...

The power of habit tracking:

It creates a visual cue that can remind you to act.
It is motivating to see the progress you are making. You don't want to break your streak.
It feels satisfying to record your success in the moment.

To make habit tracking easier:

Manual tracking should be limited to your most important habits.
Record each measurement immediately after the habit occurs.

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The Habits Scorecard: Use This Simple Exercise to Discover Which Habits You Should Change

This article is an excerpt from Atomic Habits, my New York Times bestselling book. The Japanese railway system is regarded as one of the best in the world. If you ever find yourself riding a train in Tokyo, you'll notice that the conductors have a peculiar habit.

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Pointing and calling our habits

Pointing-and-calling is so effective because it raises the level of awareness from a nonconscious habit to a more conscious level.

The more automatic a behavior becomes, the less...

The Habits Scorecard

... for discovering which habits to change:

Make a list of your daily habits.
Decide which is a good habit, a bad habit, or a neutral habit, by how they will benefit you in the long run.
There is no need to change anything at first, simply acknowledge what is actually going on.

Change and awareness

Changing a behavior always starts with awareness.

Focus on recognizing your habits and acknowledge the cues that trigger them, which makes it easier to discover which habits you should change and respond in a way that benefits you

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