Start your reading log
It starts today with a tiny version: read 1 page. Tick each day you read; add pages if you like.
Adds it to the habit tracker in this browser, starting today. Your habits are not sent anywhere.
Print a reading log
Monthly reading log
Month:
| Habit | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Total |
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Tick a box each day you do the habit. Count the ticks in Total.
Made with the free tools at HabitsTime. Nothing you wrote was sent anywhere.
| Title | Finished on |
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Prints on one landscape page, Letter or A4. To keep a copy as a file, pick the PDF option in the print window.
How this reading log counts
Days read, then pages
The main number is your total days read. Every day you tick adds one, and a missed day never takes one away. Pages are optional: add them on a day you ticked, and the log adds them up as “Pages logged”.
A tiny version for busy days
The log starts with a tiny version: read 1 page. On a day when that is all you manage, it still counts as a day read.
After a missed day
In a UCL study of people forming a new daily habit, missing a single day did not materially affect habit formation. It looked at single missed days, not longer breaks. After two or more missed days, the log shows a card to pick it up again, smaller if needed.
Books finished
Add a book with its title and the date you finished it. There are no ratings and no reading goals to hit. The printed log lists your 10 most recent books, or leaves 10 empty rows on a blank sheet.
What happens to what you type
Your log, pages and book titles are saved in this browser only and are never sent anywhere. The log is one habit in your habit tracker, so it counts toward the 3 habits you can track at once.
Related tools
- Habit tracker: your reading log next to up to 2 other habits
- Habits to track: more reading and learning habits, each with a tiny version
- Study planner: plan and log study sessions by subject
- Printable habit tracker: a sheet for several habits at once
If you need help now
These tools are for everyday habits. They are not a crisis service. If you are struggling or don't feel safe, you can contact:
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US): call or text 988, or chat online. Free and confidential, 24/7.
Emergency services (911)
US: call 911 if you or someone you know is in immediate harm or danger.
Samaritans
Samaritans (UK and Ireland): call 116 123, free, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Emergency services (999 or A&E) · NHS 111, mental health option
UK: call 999 or go to A&E if someone's life is at risk or you can't keep yourself or someone else safe. For urgent help that isn't an emergency, call 111 and choose the mental health option (NHS).
Elsewhere, call your local emergency number.
Sources
- Lally P, van Jaarsveld CHM, Potts HWW, Wardle J (2010). How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world. European Journal of Social Psychology 40:998–1009. doi:10.1002/ejsp.674
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. 988lifeline.org
- Contact Us. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. 988lifeline.org
- Contact a Samaritan. Samaritans. samaritans.org
- Where to get urgent help for mental health. NHS. nhs.uk