My friend made me rethink my whole monthly spread setup

Was showing my weekly layout to a buddy who journals too and she said 'why do you need a whole page for a habit tracker when you could just write it in your daily log?' At first I was defensive but now I'm trying her way for July and I actually saved like 3 pages. Has anyone else realized they were overcomplicating something basic?

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dylan_rodriguez4mo ago

Man, habit trackers really are the biggest time wasters in journaling. Did you actually track every single habit daily or did you find yourself filling in a week at a time just to keep the page looking clean? I noticed I was spending more time drawing the boxes than actually doing the habits.

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alice1214mo ago

@dylan_rodriguez I spent so much time making those boxes pretty I ended up tracking the tracking instead of the habits. Mine usually had three days filled in and then a whole lot of wishful thinking.

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