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I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at RachelCable.com.

Each week this podcast will bring meaningful tips, tools and strategies so you can manage stress and live more mindfully in the modern world.

Hello and welcome to episode 273 of the Mindful Kind podcast. Over the last few years, I've been doing a

small activity that has made a big difference in my life. It's habit tracking. Often when I'm starting a new habit or trying

to stick to an important habit like exercise or drinking water, I like to use a habit tracker

to help keep myself accountable. Now, I know some people love habit tracking and some people don't,

so in this episode I'll be sharing simple and effective tips to help build an awesome

tracking habit that creates room for fun, accountability, variety, better well-being and so much

more.

I think that even if you've done some habit tracking before and it didn't work out so well

for you, this episode

will help you build a habit tracking practice that actually feels really good. So first of all,

you might be wondering what actually is habit tracking. It's simply a method of tracking your

habits to help you monitor your progress. For example, you might decide to start a new habit like

going for a walk in nature

three times a week. Well, let's imagine you remember to complete this habit for the first week

because it's new and it's exciting, but by the second week you start to forget, then you wake up a

month later and realize you've forgotten to go for your nature walks for the last couple of weeks.

By tracking your habit, you can easily see how consistent or inconsistent you are,

and what you might need to modify to help yourself achieve your goal.

I often used to set a wonderful new goal to create a meaningful habit,

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