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Habits are single-action recurring behaviors that support goals. They differ from projects in that they never "complete" โ€” they're ongoing practices.

Habits vs Projects: A habit is a single recurring action (posting, walking, lifting). Multi-step work that requires planning, drafting, editing, etc. is a project, not a habit.

Established Habits

Habits that are ingrained and tracked via external data sources.

Habit Frequency Data Source Goals Served
Lifting 3x/week Toggl (๐Ÿ’ช Health & Fitness) Personal fitness
Walking Daily Apple Health / manual Creator ideas, Personal longevity
Daily journaling Daily Journal entries Creator writing

Building Habits

Habits being developed, tracked as recurring tasks in Todoist with @habit label.

Habit Todoist Location Frequency Goals Served Started
LinkedIn posting ๐ŸŽจ ๐Ÿ“ Content Creation 3x/week [[โ—† Creator Goal - Reach 100K LinkedIn followers|100K LinkedIn followers]], [[โ—† Creator Goal - Consistent writing across multiple formats|Consistent writing]] โ€”

Graduation Criteria

A building habit can graduate to established when:

  • 30+ days consistent โ€” the behavior is happening reliably
  • Feels automatic โ€” low friction, doesn't require willpower
  • Has tracking mechanism โ€” data source exists to verify consistency

When graduating:

  1. Archive or stop the recurring Todoist task
  2. Move to Established Habits table above
  3. Document the data source for tracking

Data Sources for Agent Access

Habit Data Source Agent Tool
Lifting/Exercise Toggl (๐Ÿ’ช Health & Fitness) get_time_report MCP
Walking Apple Health Manual ask
LinkedIn posting Buffer get_buffer_posts MCP
Journaling Journal entries get_notes MCP

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