Your habits have a huge say in the quality of your life. Build good habits and your chances of living a good life increase exponentially and vice-versa. But despite habits being so important, we live in auto-pilot mode and struggle to build them even if we try.
Is that you? Do you want to proactively build good habits for your personal development? Then we have a habit-building app just for you that will this hard journey easier for you.
The app we are talking about is Streaks. Read on to find out what it is, how it works, and how it can help you live a better life.
Streaks: App Overview and Features
Let us tell you a true story to show the impact the Streaks app can have.
Brad Issac was a newbie comedian eager to make it big in the industry. One day, he fatefully encountered the comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld backstage at a performance show. He asked Seinfeld if he could share any tips for a young comic.
What came in the reply was a simple technique to be consistent and boost productivity which has now gone mainstream as “Seinfeld Strategy”.
Here is how Brad recalls the reply in an interview with Lifehacker:
“He said the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes and the way to create better jokes was to write every day.
He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page and hang it on a prominent wall. The next step was to get a big red magic marker. He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to put a big red X over that day.
After a few days, you’ll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You’ll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job is to not break the chain.“
Streaks give a modern touch to this simple but effective strategy so that you can reap bigger rewards from it. Just like a calendar, Streaks’ purpose is to help you create a chain and build good habits … digitally.
However, its advantage over a calendar is that you can create multiple chains at a time which encourages you to build multiple good habits at a time.
For example, if you would like to stay fit and hydrated every day, you can create a separate chain for drinking water and exercising to track both of them individually.
Features:
- Reminders – The Streaks app not only shows you your chain but also encourages you to maintain it with reminders. As you start a chain, you can set multiple reminders for the task throughout the day.
- Stats on streaks – Statistics show your area of improvement. So, get stats on each of your chains to see how you have done in a week, month, and year.
Streaks: Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Completely free – Streaks charges you nothing for its service, not even your sanity by showing you ever-annoying ads. This keeps you focused and makes the experience of using the app pleasant.
- Invokes motivation – As you keep on growing a chain in this app, you will be motivated not to break it, strengthening your new habit in the process.
Cons:
- Incompatible with many Android versions – We have found this app to be incompatible with many Android versions. With the iOS app not available, this will limit its access to a huge extent.
How to Download and Use This App
Step 1: Click on the below link to go to the Google Play Store and download the app.
Step 2: Open the app and you will reach straight to its home page
Step 3: Tap on + (plus) at the top right corner to add a streak.
Step 4: Give your streak a name, select how many times you want to do the activity in a day, and the days on which you want to perform the activity (eg. – Monday to Friday).
Step 5: (Optional) Set a reminder by toggling on “Remind me” and set a time(s) when you want a reminder. Then tap ADD.
Step 6: Tap on a streak to tick mark it for the day.
Step 7: Swipe left on a streak to view its stats.
Related: 5 Best Habit-Tracking Apps For Personal Growth
Conclusion
Good habits are built one day at a time and the Streaks app prepares you to seize the day with the power of a chain. Since it is free, you have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Download it and start building your chain now.
