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Why I Started Tracking My Life.

Adrian Markel
3 min readFeb 23, 2024

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Have you ever scrolled through TikTok for hours, and felt completely hollow when you stopped?

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All scrolling through social media for hours did for me was make me feel hollow and useless. My life felt like a mess with no routine, and I had made no progress in two whole years…

The Physical Notebook

It’s crazy to say out loud, but a notebook has been the most influential possession in the past five years of my life.

It’s almost like the notebook forced mindfulness into me, which was lost through constant digital shuffle.

I track everything here ranging from :

  1. Daily activities
  2. Habits (both good and bad)
  3. Thoughts
  4. Caffeine consumption…

How I Set Up My Life Tracker

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I start each month by dedicating a page to outline my 5 specific goals for that month. These goals include:

  • Reading a set number of books to master a skill
  • A new diet
  • A better gym routine

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Adrian Markel
Adrian Markel

Written by Adrian Markel

I am interested in AI, Food, and Lifestyle.

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