How to Track Your Daily Routine with a Simple iPhone Calendar

Can I track your daily routine without a detailed diary?

You do not need to record your whole day. Pick something you want to keep track of, create a calendar for it and mark the dates when it happens. An evening tidy, a lunchtime walk or reading before bed can each have their own calendar. You can keep the activities that matter to you together without mixing up their records.

How could a calendar for your daily routine work in everyday life?

For example, create Evening Tidy and add an X after you have put things away for the night. On another calendar called Reading, mark the days you open your book. You might do both on Tuesday and only read on Thursday. Each calendar shows its own activity, so you can see what actually fitted into the week.

How do I use X Calendar to record your daily routine?

Set up Evening Tidy in X Calendar before your next entry. You only need the calendar name and the dates you choose to mark; the everyday record can stay much shorter than a written diary.

You can keep adding to Evening Tidy whenever you finish your evening tidy. If you forget to mark it straight away, return when you remember the actual date. There is no need to write a long explanation for the delay or fill dates you are unsure about. The aim is a calendar you can glance at and trust as a record of the days you entered.

• Create a calendar called Evening Tidy.
• After you finish your evening tidy, tap that date to add an X.
• Open Evening Tidy whenever you want to see the dates you have marked.

What can I see when I look back at your daily routine?

The benefit is having something clearer than a vague memory of a busy week. Open the calendar when you want to look back, and the marked dates are there. You can start with one routine and add another when there is something else worth remembering. Track anything. One X at a time.

A calendar is especially handy for a routine that happens in different parts of the day. A walk before work and one after dinner can both appear in Walking Days. If the timing itself matters, you could use Morning Walks instead. That small choice of name lets you keep the record as broad or specific as you need, without adding a lot of fields to every entry.

There is no need to write a nightly diary just to remember a completed tidy.