I am not much of a habit tracker, but in April I managed to track my habits for the whole month – which, in my opinion, is big BTW – because habit tracking isn’t usually of utmost importance when it comes to my way of planning. I am more of a monthly and weekly planner. To-do lists, some notes about the day, and jotting down important events on my monthly calendar are my tried and tested trifecta.
A week ago I came across a post on Instagram on “You will be unrecognizable if you do these for 50 days” and I thought I would like to incorporate these into my daily habits. I am not going to attempt on doing all of these in a day for the whole month (because I know myself and I know it’s impossible, tsk) but it would be great to at least attempt on doing these as I do want to be more productive during the day.
These are the habits I’m tracking, in May:
01 Sleep for 7 hours – self-explanatory. I am a self-proclaimed night owl who would like to be in bed before 12 am because now that I’m a certified housewife, I kinda take my bedtime lightly thinking that I can just sleep during the day but it’s not productive and I hate the lethargic feeling of day sleeping. Hate it.
02 1 hour of morning routine with no distraction/no phone – I am addicted to my phone that even when I’m not scrolling on Instagram, I would always find something to do on it which my husband hates (haha!). In the morning, apart from checking the time once I wake up, I will not unlock my phone and tap on Instagram or X or Threads or whatever. I swear (I think.)
03 Exercise for 1 hour a day – I choked and died a little upon writing this on my habit section in my planner because me???? Exercising????????? Hell hath frozen over. BUT, it will not deter me from attempting to follow a light routine on YouTube. Maybe a pilates would be good for my frozen muscle?
04 Read 10 pages a day – I have been a shit reader in April and I would like to resume this hobby, thank you very much. It’s either I finish a book in a day or a book in a month. Pick your poison, babe.
05 Dedicate 1 hour towards a new skill – This skill can also be a career if I really put my heart and mind into it but I am my own demon and self-doubt clouds my judgement every time. I need a push to start but I can’t seem to find the button. Hmh.
06 No sugary drinks – I am not much of a soda drinker but boy I do love me some 3-in-1 coffee for that quick caffeine needs in the morning (or at midnight – like I said, pick your poison, babe.) I stopped stocking on instant coffees and juices so it’s just me and iced water, hopefully.
07 Meditate for 10 minutes before bed – We’re living in a fast pace life even more so when you’re trying to run after two active toddlers who can’t seem to let me relax a bit and unfortunately it does take its toll on my mental capacity so I think meditation would let me hit a pause and just soak in the moment of peacefulness and quietness.
09 Journal everyday in my Leuchtturm1917 – I notice that I am quite bitter on social media when I haven’t been journalling for a long time so I do want to pour my hearts out in my journal for that mental satisfaction and not on… Twitter. Yikes. I also would like to finish my Leuctturm1917 journal so I can buy a new one!
10 Drink green tea in the morning – My main reason of having this in the morning is so that I don’t opt for its better counterpart – coffee. I really want to cut back on sugar and I feel like nowadays I’m immune to coffee like it doesn’t keep me energise at all. Drinking coffee feels like a lifestyle for me and not something that I need to power through the day. However, I do still enjoy coffee once in a while. I just don’t want to need it every day.
