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Habit tracker mind map template

A habit tracker mind map with the habit, cue, routine, reward, friction, support and weekly progress, to build one habit that sticks.

Habit tracker mind map template preview

Who it is for

  • Someone starting a new routine such as exercise, reading or early sleep.
  • A person who keeps dropping habits and wants to see why.
  • A coach helping a client plan small daily changes.

How to use it

  1. Open the template and write the habit you want in the central topic.
  2. Make the habit small enough to do on your worst day, and name its cue.
  3. Check in weekly under Progress and change one thing if you miss days.

The outline

Every topic in the template, as it opens in the editor.

Habit tracker

  • The habit
    • What I will do, in five words or fewer
    • Two-minute version for bad days
    • Who I become if I keep it
  • Cue
    • Time of day
    • Place
    • The habit it follows: after I…, I will…
  • Routine
    • First action
    • What done looks like
    • Time it takes
  • Reward
    • Small treat straight after
    • Payoff after a month
  • Friction
    • What usually stops me
    • How to make starting easier
    • Rule for a missed day: never miss twice
  • Support
    • Person who checks in on me
    • Reminder or tracker I will use
  • Progress
    • Days done this week
    • Longest streak
    • How it felt, in one line

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