At the end of January, I came across a video of a guy who implemented a tool in his life that allows him to remember every day of his life. I got interested and decided to test this tool on myself. Spoiler: it works 😳

What's the idea?
Every day before bed, I fill out a diary in the following order:
1. Color the date with one of the colors (green - good day emotionally, orange - average, red - bad)
2. Describe the key events of the day in a few sentences
3. Put ✅ or ❌ depending on whether I completed the habit today (for me, it's morning exercise)

And then magic happens
When I go back to a random day and reread the key events, I immediately remember that day. My problem was that out of a whole month, I remembered at most a couple of days. Now, I remember up to 95% of all my days. Thanks to this, I see that my life is actually really rich and interesting!

The habit tracker also helps me. It turns out that the very fact of whether I check the box in the evening affects my motivation to do exercises. Moreover, the tracker on my phone didn't motivate me that way.

The coolest thing is that this whole habit takes 1-2 minutes a day, so it's easy to maintain and not give up. So I sincerely recommend this tool to you too — use it to your health 🙌

My channel: Ilya Kramnik