Another week down, and while there were some complications, I’m still going strong. One thing I want to discuss in particular today is how treating habits as a to-do list has helped me to keep up with them.
Progress Report
As far as the trial is going, I unfortunately missed a day last week due to some poor planning on my part. It wasn’t fatigue or laziness that was the problem, I just didn’t properly make the time that day. In hindsight, I could have made something work, but that’s how most things are. I decided to just focus on keeping things going.
Something I didn’t really touch on last week was how I’ve been approaching getting 100 reps of each exercise in. While I wish I was able to do each in one go, I’ve broken things up in sets. One part I’m really happy about is that I’ve been able to increase the amount of reps in each set. Last week, I was doing sets of 25 reps. Now I do two sets at 35, and one at 30. I’m hoping maybe I can shoot for the 100 set towards the end.
Habits as Tasks
One of the most important apps I have on my phone is my to-do list. Every day it lists what things I have set out for myself to do. There are exceptions of course, but I generally get things done when I set out to.
Adding habits, especially daily ones, has been a good way for me to stay on top of them. If I see a checkbox for the day, I am going to make sure I find a way to get that done. This works extremely well for habits that more often need a spark to get started.
My current trial isn’t the only habit I’ve done this with. I’ve used this for reading, journaling, and even longer term habits like my weekly reviews. Having this system helps to employ the “Seinfeld rule.” In is time as a comedian, Jerry Seinfeld set out to write at least one joke every day. His only goal was to not break the streak, regardless of the quality of the joke. Putting in the effort every day was what mattered.
As mentioned before, I unfortunately broke the streak. It happens. The important thing is to start again and see how long you can make it this time.
Trying Out Before Buying In 
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