Make the Grid Work for You

Fewer habits, more checkmarks

The tracker holds up to twelve habits, but behavioural research keeps pointing the other way: three to five habits per month is where consistency actually lives. A row of empty boxes is demoralising; a row of checkmarks is momentum. Start with the defaults, delete what you do not care about, and only add a row when an existing habit has survived a full month. The grid rewards honesty — a half-empty tracker you actually use beats a beautiful twelve-row fantasy every single time.

Dated for accountability, undated for flexibility

Choose a year and month and the header prints “Habit Tracker · November 2026” — perfect when the tracker lives next to your monthly calendar. Or tick “Undated” and the header becomes “Month ____” with the 31 day numbers kept: print a stack of twelve in January, grab one whenever a new habit starts, and never waste a page on a month you skipped. Day numbers beyond the current month simply stay unused.

Print it once, punch it right

As always: “Actual size / 100%” in the print dialog — “Fit to page” rescales the sheet and pushes punch marks off your rings. Ring sizes (A5, Personal, Personal Wide, A6, Pocket) get two groups of three marks 3.2 mm from the left edge; Happy Planner sizes get disc marks. Landscape orientation gives each day column noticeably more room on small sizes like Pocket and Personal — worth trying if your checkmarks keep overflowing their boxes. Run the Print Helper test page first if this is your first batch.

习惯越少，打勾越多

追踪器最多支持 12 个习惯，但行为研究一直指向相反的方向：每月 3 到 5 个习惯才是坚持率最高的区间。一整行空格子令人沮丧，一整行对勾才是动力。从默认示例开始，删掉你不在乎的，只有当某个习惯稳稳坚持满一个月后再加新行。这个格子奖励诚实——一张真正在用的半空追踪表，永远胜过一张漂亮的十二行幻想。

有日期求自律，无日期求灵活

选好年月，标题会印出「Habit Tracker · 2026年11月」——适合和月历并排使用。勾选「无日期」后标题变为「月份 ____」，并保留 1–31 的日号：一月时一口气打十二张，新习惯随时开始随时取用，跳过的月份也不浪费纸张。超出当月天数的日号格子空着即可。

一次打印，一次到位

老规矩：打印对话框选「实际尺寸 / 100%」——「适应页面」会缩放整张纸，让孔位偏离活页环。活页尺寸（A5、Personal、Personal Wide、A6、Pocket）的孔位标记在距左边缘 3.2mm 处，两组三孔；Happy Planner 尺寸则为圆盘孔位。Pocket、Personal 等小尺寸切换到横版后，每个日列会明显变宽——如果你的对勾总是画出格外，不妨试试。第一次批量打印前，建议先用打印助手的测试页校准。