Set Goal # for Habit Trackers
It has occurred to me lately that one thing that makes the habit tracker more effective is having a definite, limited goal — i.e. the “goal streak”.
There is currently no way to have go goal total for a habit tracker — i.e. do this habit x number of times. This is a small tweak, but I think it would go a long way in helping to motivate follow through with certain kinds of habits for which the streak is not as important as the repetitions.
I recognize that one could use the “Target number by date”, but this removes the simple “checkbox” log of the habit.
It would be great to set up a habit tracker and set a total goal #, and then have the UI show progress toward that number as you check it off daily.
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Thanks for reaching out! The Target tracker was built for this type of goal, but if you'd prefer not to log with the number pad for this situation the best solution I can think of with the current setup would be to scale the goal up to a longer time period.
For example, if you want to do something 1 time per day, but you want to be motivated by making progress over time, you could change the goal to 30 times per month or even 365 times per year.
That way, the Progress Report will gradually fill up throughout the time period you choose to keep you motivated to stay on track like the Target tracker.
Hope that helps! I'll keep an eye on this idea to see if anyone else wants a separate feature for this.
Kyle