Habits

Start a habit

A habit is something small you want to do often, like a walk, reading, or drinking enough water. You set how often it’s due and what counts as done, then check in each time. Tagged keeps the streak.

Habits are yours unless you share one. A shared habit shows for both of you and either of you can check it in.

When to use it

• A daily thing, like stretching every morning.
• Something a few times a week, like three workouts, on whatever days suit you.
• An amount you want to hit, like 8 glasses of water or 20 pages.
• Something you do together, like an evening walk, shared so both of you can check in.

Open Habits

Create a habit

1. Tap + (Create habit) at the top of the list.
2. Pick an icon: choose an emoji, type your own, or Upload a picture.
3. Give it a name, like “Drink 100 oz of water”.
4. Pick a Frequency:

   • Daily: tap the weekdays it’s on. All seven means every day.
   • Weekly: how many times a week, on any days.
   • Interval: every so many days, like every 2 days.
5. Set the Goal (see below).
6. Check the Start date. It starts as today.
7. Pick Goal days: Forever, 7 days, 21 days, 30 days, 100 days, 365 days or Custom…. Tagged shows how far along you are.
8. Pick a Section: Morning, Afternoon, Night or Others, or Add section… to make your own.
9. Add Reminders if you want them. See Habit reminders.
10. Tap OK.

Set the goal

1. Tap the Goal box. A small Goal window opens.
2. Pick Achieve it all for a habit that’s simply done or not done.
3. Or pick Reach a certain amount, then type the daily amount and the unit, like 8 and glasses.
4. Under When checking, pick how a tap counts:

   • Auto: each tap adds the amount you set next to Record, and it checks in once you reach the goal.
   • Manual: each tap asks you how much you did.
   • Complete all: one tap fills the whole goal.
5. Tap OK.

Share a habit

1. In Create habit or Edit habit, turn on the Share with switch (it names the other person).
2. Tap OK.

They’ll see it in their Habits with Shared on it, and both of you can check it in. Only the person who made it can edit it.

Change, archive or delete a habit

1. Open the habit and tap ••• next to its name.
2. Pick Edit to change anything you set above, then OK.
3. Pick Archive to put it away without losing its history. ••• at the top of the list has Show archived habits to see them again, and Unarchive brings one back.
4. Pick Delete to remove it for good.

The same ••• menu has Check-in style: Check mark or Habit icon, for what a done day shows.

Questions

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