Each month is a great opportunity to work on your habits.
So, reducing effort is not an option—keeping momentum is the best choice available.
Quick note that you should know about:
There are some habit goals that were supposed to change, but since I started the month without thoroughly reviewing last month’s habit goals to check for necessary updates, I ended up keeping the same goals. This happened due to something I found both unusual yet expected—more on that will be covered in this month’s habit results.
I think this could have been avoided if I posted the habits goals by the beginning of the month, but when it comes to March 2025 habits, I will post them on time!
If you haven’t read the Last month habits goals and results then I suggest you read it to know the results and the progress I am going through.
The Goal of the month
The goal hasn’t changed—it’s always been about hitting a 90% success rate. That means completing 530 habit sessions out of 588.
Since I haven’t used my RESCUE PASS in January, I still have three left. This allows me to reach my goal even if I complete 518 habit sessions (about 88%).
Now, let’s break down the habit goals for each habit.
The checking-off criteria of each habit
The habit checking-off criteria of this month hasn’t changed from the last month habits:
1) Reading → for 10-33 minutes a day.
2) Planning → for 2-4 hours a day.
3) The Stillness Finder Learning Project → (Meditating for 30-46 minutes / Studying Meditation materials for 10-30 minutes)
4) The Yoga Explorer Learning Project → (Doing yoga for 10 minutes or more depending on the workout / Studying Yoga Materials for 10-30 minutes)
5) Journaling → Writing about my day using free form of journaling or answering from 11 to 12 questions.
6) Time tracking → logging in at least 6 hours/day
7) Cold showers → Warm water for 15-30 seconds followed by cold shower for 15-30 seconds
8) Drinking water → from 1-1.3 litters/day
9) Making bed → the first habit of the day
10) Brushing teeth → 1-3 times per day
11) Sweeping the floor → to maintain a clean room.
12) Habits statements → reading the physical flash cards for each habit statement to connect with them emotionally
13) Upgraded Memory Learning project → studying for 25 minutes to -2.5 hours a day.
14) Money Tracking → Using an android Application to log in the expenses and income
15) Sleep Schedule → Sleeping for 7 hours
16) Food Tracking → Documenting the things I eat during the day
17) Productivity System → using 3-5 tools
18) Content creation → for 20-30 minutes
19) Habit documenting → using 1-3 tools
20) Dark Mode → closing my eyes before 5-15 minutes of sleep
21) Walking → for 2000 – 3000 steps every day
The Area of the focus of this month
To reduce the what the hell effect which I felt like whenever I blow my 88-90% in the mid of the month for example I just reduce my efforts which is like giving up on working to get the maximum success rate even if it means it’s going to be below 88%.
To explain it in a simpler words:
Look at the chart above, and you can see my daily performance. I had no perfect habit streak until days 17, 18, and 19. This indicates that I was fully committed because missing just one habit from the 17th of January onward would have prevented me from achieving an 88% success rate.
We can do the math: by day 16, I had completed my habits 259 times. If, from the 17th day until the last day of the month, I executed my habits at a rate of 21 per day, the final result would be:
259 + (15 days × 21) = 574
Dividing by the total maximum possible habits for the month (21 habits × 31 days = 651):
574 ÷ 651 = 88.1%
However, because of day 20, when I had to stay up late to help my partner with homework, my goal of reaching 88% was no longer achievable—but that wasn’t a problem for me.
The real issue started on day 21 and beyond. I never exceeded 19 habits per day after that, and on January 24th, I even dropped to 13 habits—a classic example of the what-the-hell effect.
The lack of commitment to maintaining 21 habits per day, despite already missing the 88% goal, was the real challenge.
From another fundamental belief of mine about habits:
They shouldn’t be dependent on past days. Each day is important and deserves the attention it needs.
Now it’s time to go and do one of my habits.
Talk to you soon.
