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Summary

The website provides a free Google Sheets template for a habit tracker that users can customize for 2024 and beyond, featuring emoji rewards and progress tracking.

Abstract

The article introduces a versatile and free Google Sheets template designed to help individuals build and maintain healthy habits. Users can personalize the template for any year, choose their preferred start day of the week, set habit targets, and enjoy visual emoji rewards as they progress. The template includes two main tabs: "Setup" for entering habits and selecting emojis, and "Habit Tracker 2024" for the actual tracking, which also allows users to monitor their monthly progress and streaks. The template is user-friendly, with instructions for setup and use provided within the article, and it is intended to be a simple yet effective tool for those who have struggled to stick with habit-tracking apps.

Opinions

  • The author believes that this Google Sheets template is superior to other habit-tracking apps, implying it may offer a solution for those who have not found success with apps.
  • Emphasis on customization (year, start day, habit targets) suggests the author values flexibility and user control in habit-tracking tools.
  • The inclusion of emoji rewards indicates the author's understanding that visual feedback can be a motivating factor in habit formation.
  • The author encourages following the "Google Sheets Geeks" publication for more templates, indicating a belief in the value of Google Sheets as a platform for productivity tools.
  • By providing a link to an AI service, the author seems to endorse the use of AI as a cost-effective alternative to other AI services like ChatGPT Plus (GPT-4).

2024, 2025 & Beyond Habit Tracker in Google Sheets (Free Template)

Build healthy habits with this simple spreadsheet

All screenshots made by the author with Xnapper

Need a simple and easy way to track your habits? You’ve tried a bunch of apps but none seem to stick?

Try this free Google Sheets template. You can:

  • Update it for any year
  • Select whether you’d like the mini calendars to start on Sunday or Monday
  • Set a target per habit and watch your streak grow
  • See emojis appear the more habits you tick off

How to get the free Google Sheets 2024, 2025 & beyond Habit tracker

Make sure you’re logged into your Google account. Then, click this link to make a copy of the template.

This copy is not shared with anyone and is yours only.

Per always, ALL edit requests will be ignored and deleted. All you need to do is click the link above.

Setting up the Habit Tracker in 2 minutes

There are 2 tabs.

  • Setup, where you decide on 2 things that will be repeated throughout the Habit Tracker
  • Habit Tracker 2024, where you’ll track your habits.

Setup tab

  1. Write out habits. In cells B3 to B22, delete the example habits and write out your own. Use one line per habit. Feel free to add emojis. Find the keyboard shortcuts for the emoji keyboard in column G.
  2. Choose emojis. In column E in cells E3 to E9, choose which emojis you’d like to see when you tick off more habits. Feel free to leave the emojis that are there. Or delete the examples and add your own.

Habits Tracker 2024 tab

  1. Year to track. In cell D1, write out the year you want to track.
  2. Weekday start. In cell E2, select from the dropdown whether your weeks start on Sunday or Monday. The headers in the mini calendars will update accordingly.
  3. Set a target per habit. In column AS, write out how many times you’d like to do your habit per month. Column AT will show you your progress in a percentage.

Uncheck the example habits. And start tracking your own.

Tip: Did you add more than 7 habits in the Setup tab? Then you’ll need to unhide the hidden rows to see them. To unhide these rows, all the way to the left, click on the tiny triangles between rows 9 and 23.

The columns to the right show the

  • Total # of times you did a habit this month
  • Your current streak
  • And longest streak

Thanks to conditional formatting, today’s date will light up in the mini calendars and in the monthly rows (example below).

Screenshot made on the day of writing aka today 19–11–23

Happy habit tracking! Follow the Google Sheets Geeks publication for more Google Sheets templates.

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