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Why Habit Tracking Apps Can Break Your Habits

I use a productivity app to track my habits and I spend more time updating the app than actually doing the habits I'm supposed to be tracking.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The documentation of behavior becomes more compelling than the behavior itself, creating recursive distraction.

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