> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: /help/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Track habits and build streaks > Set when a habit happens and how much counts, check it off day by day, and read your streak and stats. Covers 3 times a week, skip and fail. A habit is something you want to do again and again, like practicing a language every morning or going to the gym three times a week. You decide when it happens and how much counts, then check it off on the days you do it. Heym keeps the history and turns it into a streak, a completion rate and a calendar. This page covers creating habits, schedules and targets, checking them off, the stats, and archiving or deleting. ![The Habits page for the week of November 2 to 8, with habits grouped under their life areas. Each habit has a square for every day of the week, checked on the days it was done, and a progress bar for the week](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/habits/habits-list.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=c61b89e9a48af655400e994ca63f7f56) The Habits page shows one week at a time ## Create a habit **1. Open Habits** Click **Habits** under **My Life** in the sidebar, or press **G** then **H**. **2. Click New habit** Click **New habit** at the top right. The new habit opens in a window. **3. Name it** Type a name in place of **New habit**. To add detail, point at the space above the name and click **Add description**. Click the icon to change it or its color. In the color list, turn on **Inherit color** to use the color of the goal or life area the habit is aligned to. **4. Link it to what it serves** On the right, click **Alignment** and choose a goal or a life area. A new habit repeats every day and counts as done with one check-in a day (**1 / day**). Change that with **Target** and **Schedule**, described below. To change a habit later, click its name on the **Habits** page to open its window. You can also add a habit from a goal's or life area's page: click **Add habit** in its **Habits** section. The habit is linked to that goal or area for you. ![The window for the habit Portuguese practice. At the top, Wednesday, Nov 4 with a checked square and the label Done. Below, four boxes: Current streak 15, Completion rate 83%, Perfect weeks 6, Skipped (30d) 5, then a Progress chart for the week. On the right: Alignment, Target 1 / day, Schedule Every day, 8:15 AM, and Reminders](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/habits/habit-window.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=8f3516f969e9d1ee2be6149da4c91d90) A habit's window: today's check-in, stats and history on the left, settings on the right ## Choose how much counts Click **Target** in the habit's window to set what a successful day, week, month or year looks like. ![The Target menu with the rows Target 1, Unit type Count, Period Day, and an Enter value switch turned off](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/habits/target-menu.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=c5b03be8b1d02b65b1100addb0e8412f) | Option | What it does | | - | - | | **Target** | How many or how much, such as 1, 8 or 10000. | | **Unit type** | **Count**, **Calories**, **Distance**, **Time**, **Water**, **Steps**, **Pages**, **Chapters**, or **Custom** for your own unit (up to 20 characters). | | **Unit** | Appears for types with more than one unit: **Distance** (km, mi), **Time** (hours, minutes, seconds) and **Water** (ml, oz, glasses). | | **Period** | **Day**, **Week**, **Month** or **Year**: the stretch of time the target covers. | | **Max per day** | How much one day can add to a weekly, monthly or yearly target. Appears only for **Count** habits with **Enter value** turned off. Choose **1×** to **10×**, or **No limit**. | | **Enter value** | When it's on, checking the habit off asks you for a number, such as 30 pages, instead of adding 1. | ### A few times a week, month or year For "gym 3 times a week", set **Target** to 3 and **Period** to **Week**. The habit then counts any 3 days in the week, and it reads **3× / week**. When you switch a **Count** habit from **Day** to a longer period, **Max per day** starts at **1×**, so each check-in has to be on a different day. Choose a higher number, or **No limit**, if one day may count more than once. ![The Target menu for a habit set to 3× / week: Target 3, Unit type Count, Period Week, Max per day 1×, and the Enter value switch](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/habits/weekly-target.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=f5c496c3132a2c04b8191228a6b65b44) 3 times a week: Max per day 1× means three different days ## Set when it happens Click **Schedule** to choose the habit's days and time. ![The Schedule menu showing a start date of Jun 7, 2026 in a calendar, then Start time 8:15 AM, Duration 20 min, Time zone Denver, an Include end date switch, Repeat Every day and Clear. Next to it, the Repeat options Daily, Weekly Sunday, Monthly 7th, Yearly Jun 7th, Every weekday Mon to Fri, and Custom](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/habits/repeat-menu.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=d24370c64f5b6980e2916470dbd0a4cc) The Schedule menu, with the Repeat options open * **The date and calendar**: the day the habit starts. **Include end date** adds a last day. * **Start time** and **Duration**, such as 8:15 AM for 20 minutes. A habit with a time sits at that time on the [calendar](/help/calendar.md). * **Time zone**: keep a city, or choose **Floating** to follow your local time. * **Repeat**: **Daily**, **Weekly**, **Monthly**, **Yearly**, **Every weekday** or **Custom**. Weekly, Monthly and Yearly follow the start date's weekday or date. **Custom** repeats every few days, weeks, months or years, on the weekdays or dates you choose. It works as for tasks (see [Repeating tasks](/help/repeating-tasks.md)), without the **Based on** and **Ends** options. > [!NOTE] > > **Repeat** appears only when the target's period is **Day**. A habit with a weekly, monthly or yearly target can be done on any day of the period, so it has no repeat rule. ## Check off a habit On the **Habits** page, each habit has a square for every day it's scheduled. Days it isn't scheduled show just the letter and can't be checked off. Click a day's square: * **Yes or no habits** (the default **1 / day**): one click marks the day done. Click again to undo it. * **Count habits**: each click adds 1. On a weekly, monthly or yearly habit, once a day reaches its **Max per day**, the next click clears it. To clear a day's count, right-click the square and choose **Reset progress**. * **Enter value** turned on: a small box asks for the amount.