Habit Forming Apps: Streaks & Routines

Quick note re: two iPhone apps I've found helpful in attempting to create new habits and rituals in my life.

Streaks is billed as a "motivational calendar" that simply allows you to track the number of consecutive days in which you achieve a specified objective. That's it. Sounds simple, but the single-minded focus of this app makes it (for me) exponentially easier to track my day-by-day progress in forming new habits. Compared to more feature-rich tools, its simplicity makes it something which I actually use... precisely *because* of its simplicity, in fact.



Routines is a dead simple checklists app that lets you check off recurring tasks of varying frequency (daily, weekly, monthly) and context (home, work, etc). Perfect for keeping oneself focused and tasked on sequential activities (e.g. working out, or my "morning ritual"). This is a "freemium" app that is quite useful in its free state, and only costs a buck or two to upgrade to the full version.



Together, these two little apps have greatly helped me in creating and tracking my daily "on-ramps" to productivity. Check em out!