What Habits Are For

Habits exist to make consistency visible.

The product does not need to be clever to be useful. It needs to answer:

• what repeats
• how often it was actually done
• where the pattern is strong
• where it is decaying

The Design Principle

A good habit system should reduce ambiguity, not create guilt theater.

That is why the important outputs are simple:

• recent completion history
• streaks
• expected cadence
• percent completion over a window

What Success Looks Like

Habits succeed when they make behavior easier to inspect honestly. Once the pattern is visible, improvement becomes possible.