habiter is a simple tool for maintaining good habits

It can be used with the ‘don’t break the chain’ technique, like Joe’s Goals or Sciral Consistency, but adopts more positive techniques and uses a readable and editable YAML text file as storage.

Installation

% gem install habiter -s http://gemcutter.org/

Demo

~$ habiter did clean_room
clean_room is not a habit yet. create and complete it? (y/n) y
~$ habiter did jog
jog is not a habit yet. create and complete it? (y/n) y
~$ habiter log
           jog |----------------------------+|(1/28)
       project |-------------------------++-+|(3/28)
practice_music |-----------------------+++++-|(5/28)
      read_30m |-----------------------+--++-|(3/28)
    clean_room |-----------------------+-+---|(2/28)

Scalars

Habiter also now supports scalars: you can input a value for your activity, like

habiter did jog 5.5
habiter did heartbeat 78

And it will be recorded. There is no representation of this data yet, and the representation within habiter will be minimal, only good output to formats which are easily visualized.

Install

Install with ‘gem install habiter’ if you have gemcutter set up as a repository

FAQ

• How do I add past data? How do I delete recorded data? How do I modify stuff I’ve recorded?

Edit ~/.habiter.yaml

• How do I reset habiter?

  echo > ~/.habiter.yaml

Changelog

3.0 (roadmap)

• Dump to CSV

2.5

• Allows ‘did’ in past and future

• Restructuring and cleanup internally

• Internal documentation

2.0

• Scalar input

Dedicated to Bryn Bellomy :)