Build a habit

Say the habit, what counts as done, and on which days:

New habit for my health: ten minutes of stretching every evening. Done means ten minutes on the mat, every day.

It confirms all three, and asks once for anything you left out. Pick every day or chosen weekdays: "three times a week" is not counted as a streak. Up to five habits can be active at once.

Say did stretching, stretching done or track stretching. For another day: did stretching yesterday.

Tracked: stretching, done today.

At 21:00, it asks once about each habit planned for that day with nothing tracked yet. Reply:

• yes if you did it
• no if you did not
• skip if today should not count, for example because you were ill

With several habits, answer in the order listed, such as yes no. No reply is fine: the day stays blank.

On the one-line server the check comes in Telegram. On your own computer it is a note in the notebook's folder From your routines, and you answer in the notebook's chat.

The check starts with the routines your first goal sets up. Until then, nothing asks in the evening.

Say delete the last stretching, undo that or that was a mistake. You see "Taken back: stretching, today."

In the notebook, open Collections. Each habit has a card on the Trackers shelf. Open it:

• I did it marks today as done.
• Add or correct a day fixes any day as Done, Not done or Excused day.
• Pauses and display pauses the habit, excuses a break, or hides streaks for a calm view.
• Recorded days from the last year changes any day's answer, or takes it back with Undo latest entry.

• Every day you did it stays in the lifetime total, even after a break.
• Two missed days in any 30 days are covered automatically.
• A day with no answer stays open for 48 hours, in case you track it late.
• Holidays and illness can be excused afterwards, and skip days count neither way.