Mid-Month Habit Check Time!
It’s mid-month habit check time! Mid-month habit checks are where I groan and squirm uncomfortably because this is where I’m accountable for my actions for the month so far and give myself a chance to improve in the second half. P.S. I still love my transparent habit tracker used in February & April!
First of all, let me tell you why I track habits because I didn’t for the longest time. I thought it was silly and time-consuming. But this spread in my journal has probably been the reason why I kept bullet journaling or planning for so long.
Note: Here’s a post showing you how to set up a habit tracker, and why I like to track habits.
Tracking your habits gives you power over yourself like nothing else I can explain. I don’t monitor a tremendous amount of habits. And sometimes I list a habit on the tracker to start reminding myself to think about doing it. I started reading habit books and found that what they said was true – you manage what you monitor. I can attest to that.
This month I tracked ten habits:
- Patient Parenting
- Scriptures
- Prayers
- Learning
- Blog
- Product
- Productive
- Clean Daily
- Plan
- Time Out
Most of them I’m pretty good about doing. I give myself half points some days because I know I tried, but could be better. Patient parenting scored a lot of half-points where I’d be fine for most of the day, and then something would light my fuse, and I’d blow up or become angry.
This month, I also struggled with prayer & scriptures. I don’t know if you pray or similar, but it’s an act of humility. And I struggle with that. Lots of reasons why come to mind, and that is most definitely a post for another time. But sometimes realizing why we are struggling with something makes it easier to fix.
Mid-month habit time is an excellent time for me to do some introspection and assess what I’m prioritizing in my life or what is not a priority and what I should consider changing. I’m guessing if I show more humility and pray like I intend to do when I wrote my habit checks, my patient parenting score would go up.
Always Progressing
If I make an effort to do any of these ten things daily, I know I’m trying, I’m progressing. Never consider yourself a failure because you tried. Sure, there’s room for improvement, but it’s not a failure.
That’s why I post my mid-month habit checks, to remind myself that it’s ok as long as I’m trying. And to give me a chance for the rest of the month to increase my effort. Sometimes I realize I’ve focused on the wrong things. Other times I realize I put too much on my plate.
It’s a great time to evaluate and give yourself a chance to rejuvenate your focus. How does my mid-month habit check compare to yours? Do you see any patterns?
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I had to check the date when you said mid-month. These months seem to be whizzing right by! I am really behind on my habit tracker. January was a star month for habit tracking and mood tracking. I haven’t been able to get my momentum back since then. I do my set up, and feel really good about it, and then before I know it, it’s the end of the month.
How do you make sure you mark everything off each day? I feel like I need a habit tracker, to check my habit tracker, which seems very counterproductive.
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I’ve seen someone whose habit tracker listed habit tracker. Honestly, I review it every couple of days, it’s rare I mark it every single day. The mid-month check is simply a reminder for me to know where I intended to be and what’s really important. It’s at that point that sometimes I realize I’m tracking a lost cause and I use it simply as a reminder. I also limit myself to 5 or 10 per day – I’ve seen 20-30 on some Instagram accounts and know I could never make meaningful changes trying to do that much. Keep going, Ani. Use some time to reflect and decide what you really want and why.
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