100 Habit Tracker Ideas (With a Reward Value for Each)

Habits to track for health, home, money, learning and more, each with a suggested reward value

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  • Habit Rewards team
  • October 11, 2026 • 7 min read

A blank habit tracker asks a hard question: what goes on it? Below are 100 ideas, sorted by area. Don’t take all of them. Take three.

The number after each idea is a suggested value in coins, by effort: 1 easy, 4 medium, 8 hard, 16 very hard. If you pay yourself for habits and spend the points on rewards (a reward chart for adults works this way), it tells you what each one is worth. If you don’t, it’s still a good guide to which habits will take real effort.

How many habits should you track?

Start with three: one you already half-do, one you want, and one that’s easy. Three habits fit on one screen or one row of a page, and a week where you tick most boxes feels like a win. Add a fourth when the first three run on their own, usually after two to four weeks.

Not everything has to be daily. Laundry is twice a week, a long run is once. Put the habit on the days it’s actually due, so an empty box always means “still to do”.

Health (12)

  1. Drink 8 glasses of water (1)
  2. Take your vitamins or medication (1)
  3. Eat a vegetable with lunch (1)
  4. Floss (1)
  5. Eat breakfast (1)
  6. No snacks after dinner (4)
  7. Cook dinner at home (4)
  8. Pack tomorrow’s lunch (4)
  9. In bed by 11 pm (4)
  10. 7+ hours of sleep (4)
  11. No alcohol today (4)
  12. No sugary drinks (4)

Fitness (10)

  1. 8,000 steps (4)
  2. Stretch for 10 minutes (1)
  3. Take the stairs (1)
  4. A 20-minute walk (4)
  5. 20 push-ups (1)
  6. Yoga session (4)
  7. Gym workout (8)
  8. Run (8)
  9. A long run or long ride (16)
  10. A class or a sport with friends (8)

Mind (10)

  1. Meditate for 5 minutes (1)
  2. Write three things you’re grateful for (1)
  3. Journal for 10 minutes (4)
  4. 10 minutes outside in daylight (1)
  5. A walk with no phone and no podcast (4)
  6. Name one thing that went well today (1)
  7. Breathing exercise when stressed (1)
  8. A screen-free hour before bed (4)
  9. Therapy homework (8)
  10. One thing just for fun (1)

Morning routine (8)

  1. Up at your alarm, no snooze (4)
  2. Make the bed (1)
  3. Glass of water first thing (1)
  4. No phone for the first 30 minutes (4)
  5. Plan the day’s top three tasks (1)
  6. Get dressed before you sit down to work (1)
  7. Morning stretch or walk (4)
  8. A proper breakfast (1)

Evening routine (8)

  1. Tidy the kitchen before bed (4)
  2. Lay out tomorrow’s clothes (1)
  3. Phone charging outside the bedroom (4)
  4. Read in bed instead of scrolling (4)
  5. Skincare (1)
  6. Check tomorrow’s calendar (1)
  7. Ten-minute reset of the living room (1)
  8. Lights out on time (4)

Home (10)

  1. Dishes done (4)
  2. A load of laundry (4)
  3. Vacuum one room (4)
  4. Clean the bathroom (8)
  5. Water the plants (1)
  6. Take the bins out (1)
  7. Declutter one drawer or shelf (4)
  8. Change the sheets (8)
  9. The weekly food shop (8)
  10. Clean out the fridge (16)

For chores, a weekly chart works better than a monthly grid: try our free chore chart with rewards.

Money (10)

  1. Log today’s spending (1)
  2. No-spend day (4)
  3. Check your bank balance (1)
  4. Move money into savings (4)
  5. Make coffee at home instead of buying it (1)
  6. Cancel one subscription you don’t use (8)
  7. Sell one thing you don’t need (8)
  8. Pay a bill on the day it arrives (1)
  9. Weekly budget review (4)
  10. Wait 48 hours before any non-essential buy (4)

Learning (10)

  1. Read 10 pages (4)
  2. Language practice for 15 minutes (4)
  3. Practice an instrument (4)
  4. Watch one lecture or tutorial (4)
  5. Write 300 words (8)
  6. Review flashcards (1)
  7. Draw or sketch for 15 minutes (4)
  8. Finish a chapter of a course (8)
  9. Learn one new recipe (8)
  10. Finish a book (16)

Work and study (8)

  1. Inbox to zero (4)
  2. One 25-minute focus session (4)
  3. Two hours of deep work (8)
  4. Start the hardest task first (4)
  5. Clear the desk at the end of the day (1)
  6. Study session for an exam (8)
  7. Update the to-do list (1)
  8. Ship one thing on a side project (8)

People (7)

  1. Text a friend (1)
  2. Call a family member (4)
  3. Dinner with no phones at the table (4)
  4. A date night (8)
  5. Write a thank-you note (4)
  6. Play with the kids for 20 minutes, no screens (4)
  7. Meet a friend in person (8)

Screen time (7)

  1. Under 2 hours of social media (4)
  2. No phone during meals (1)
  3. No news after 8 pm (1)
  4. Delete one distracting app for the week (8)
  5. One screen-free evening (8)
  6. Grayscale screen all day (4)
  7. Unfollow five accounts that make you feel worse (4)

Picking your first three

Look down the list and mark everything you’d like to be doing. Then pick:

  • One you already do sometimes. It gives you early ticks and a streak to protect.
  • One you really want. This is the reason you’re tracking at all.
  • One that’s easy. Making the bed or a glass of water. On a bad day it keeps the chain going.

Give the hard one the most coins. Then decide what the coins buy: a menu of rewards with a price each, from a coffee out at 15 to something bigger at a few hundred. If you need ideas, here are 70 ways to reward yourself.

Track it on paper or on your phone

On paper: our free printable habit tracker makes a monthly grid with a goal and a reward for each habit, and the 30-day challenge tracker is good for one habit at a time.

On your phone: Habit Rewards is a habit tracker built around these coin values. Each habit pays coins by difficulty (1, 4, 8 or 16), on the days you pick or a set number of times a week. You set your own rewards with a coin price and claim them once your balance covers it. It keeps your streaks and reminds you when a habit is due.

Creating a habit in Habit Rewards: name, schedule, reminders and the coins it pays

You can start from the sample habits in the app or write your own. It’s free on iPhone and Android.

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