# The Scorekeeper habit type

You love watching it add up. A tick you can see, on a streak, a calendar or a chart, is a reason to come back.

## What a Scorekeeper is like

You like proof. A tick on a calendar, a number going up, a row of days with no gaps. Seeing it add up is half the reason you do it.

When you can't see it working, it's hard to care. A habit with nothing to show for it fades, even when it's doing you good.

### What trips you up

- Habits whose results take weeks to show.
- Keeping count in your head, where it gets lost.
- Counting only the big wins, so the small days feel like nothing.

## What helps

- **Track the doing.** Count the pages read, the walks taken, the glasses of water. That number grows from day one, long before any result shows.
- **Give it a number.** 10 pages, 20 minutes, 3 glasses. Then every day has a score, and [a habit tracker](https://www.cozyhabittracker.com/blog/how-to-use-a-habit-tracker) has something to count.
- **Look back each week.** A quick look at the week's ticks shows how far you've come. A [monthly habit tracker](https://www.cozyhabittracker.com/printables/monthly-habit-tracker) on paper works too.

## Habits that suit a Scorekeeper

- **Read 10 pages** (Every day, Evening): Ten pages a night, and the total keeps climbing.
- **Focus for 25 minutes** (Weekdays, Midday): One timer, one task. Count the blocks you finish.
- **Walk for 10 minutes** (Every day, Evening): Ten minutes after dinner. Track the minutes and watch them grow.
- **Practice a language** (Every day, Midday): A short lesson at lunch. A streak here feels very good.

Every habit here can be made in Cozy, with its sticker, its color and its days.

## What helps a Scorekeeper in Cozy.

Streaks, the calendar and charts. Every habit has a streak, a best streak, a calendar and charts. Count it a few times a day, or track an amount, like pages read or minutes walked.

## Questions

### Does tracking habits help?

If you're a Scorekeeper, often yes: a tick you can see is a reason to come back. Track the doing, like pages or minutes, rather than the result.

### What should a Scorekeeper track?

Things you can count each day: pages, minutes, glasses, steps of a routine. The number goes up even when the result is slow.

### What if my streak resets?

Your total doesn't. Count the days you did it this month, not only the days in a row.

## Not sure this is you?

Take the habit type quiz and find out in a minute. [What's your habit type?](https://www.cozyhabittracker.com/quizzes/habit-type)

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