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              "plaintext": "The weekly spread always had some space at the bottom, so putting in habits to track there seemed logical.  In the above example, I wrote out the exercises my physiotherapist prescribed to rehab my foot and knee (that week does not look like I was consistent).  I never really stuck with this method, since I had to add the habits every week, and a weekly snapshot doesn't really show a meaningful trend."
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              "plaintext": "This tracker would sit next to my monthly log.  Taking supplements is something I would typically want to do twice a day, so I used hash marks to count them.  Mood was tracked on a scale of 1 to 10.  Weight is tracked in pounds.  Hot/cold contrast therapy is tracked in minutes spent in the sauna, and minutes either in a cold plunge or cold shower (that's most of the 'ones).  Everything else gets a check-mark or an 'X' for yes or no.  At the end of the month I can calculate totals or averages."
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