50 Habit Tracker Ideas

What’s a habit tracker?

Whether you’re trying to develop a regular gratitude practice or commit to 10,000 daily steps, a habit tracker is a useful tool to get you on track towards reaching your goals and document your progress. Have fun with it! Your habit tracker is for you and can serve both fun and function. 

The benefits of habit tracking

Building habits takes repetition. There are all sorts of things we wish we could integrate into our daily lives. But sometimes, the bigness of it all can feel overwhelming. Habit trackers are a good place to start. They help lighten the load as a visual, interactive, and rewarding entry point. 

How to build a habit tracker

Habit trackers come in all shapes and sizes. Grid layouts are a common place to start, but you can get creative! You can track numerous habits on one tracker, or build a separate tracker for every habit you’d like to track. A habit tracker can be a space for daily goals, weekly tasks, or monthly commitments.

You can track absolutely anything!  Here are a 50 habits to get started with.

Just Because

  • Give someone a compliment

  • Smile at a stranger

  • Text an old friend

  • Outdoor activities

  • On-time / Wasn’t late

  • Learn something new

  • Laughing out loud

  • Gratitude practice

  • Journaling 

  • Reading

  • No screen time

For the foodie:

  • Try a new recipe

  • Eat breakfast

  • Meat-free eating 

  • Order in 

  • Cook at home

  • No alcohol

  • Eat fruit

  • Eat veggies

  • Drink 8 glasses of water

  • No late-night snacking

  • Meal planning

House and home:

  • Sweep

  • Mop

  • Clear the sink

  • Water plants

  • Tidy up

Financials 

  • No spending

  • Pay bills

  • No credit card balance

  • Pay day

Health and wellness

  • Vitamins/meds

  •  Mood

  • Meditation

  • Exercise

  • Daily steps

  • Affirmations

  • Slept 7-8 hours

In the morning:

  • Caffeine-Free

  • Coffee without sugar

  • Write a to-do list

  • Clear our inbox

  • Send a just because text to a friend

The night before:

  • Pack lunch

  • Layout clothes

  • Review tomorrow’s schedule 

  • 10-minute tidy up

  • Give thanks

  • Wind down an hour before bedtime


Do you keep a habit tracker? What do you track? Let us know in the comments below.