How many commitments should I track in today?

2–4 is the practical sweet spot. Enough to cover your most important recurring behaviors, few enough that you actually hold each one accountable every day.

What happens to a commitment streak if I miss a day entirely?

If you don't open today on a given day, no status is logged for that day. The streak displays based on days you actively reviewed your commitments.

Can I set different commitments for different days of the week?

Commitments in today are daily by default. Day-specific scheduling is on the roadmap. For now, the workaround is to name commitments with context ('workday: exercise at lunch').

Are commitment streaks visible across multiple weeks?

The weekly rollup surface shows commitment streak data across the last 7 days. Longer history is stored and will be surfaced in future views.

Track daily commitments and build streaks that actually mean something

today's commitment tracker lets you carry a few recurring promises through your day. Keep them, break them honestly, and watch your follow-through rate over time.

Commitments versus tasks: why the distinction matters

A task is something you intend to finish once. A commitment is a recurring promise you make to yourself — 'I will write for 30 minutes before opening email,' 'I will not schedule meetings before 10am,' 'I will close my laptop by 7pm.' Tasks live in project management tools. Commitments belong somewhere you check daily. today treats commitments as first-class daily objects: you enter a handful, mark each as kept or broken, and the streak counter updates silently. There's no alarm, no nudge, no notification. The count is just there, waiting for you to be honest with it.

How commitment streaks build real habits

Behavioral research on habit formation (Lally et al., 2010) found that habits form through consistent repetition in stable contexts, not through motivation or intention alone. Streak tracking creates the stable context: every morning the same commitments appear, and every evening you answer for them. What makes today's streak system distinct is the 'broke' status — you're not penalized for naming a break, you're rewarded for naming it honestly. That distinction matters because it shifts the psychological frame from shame to accuracy. A commitment marked 'broke' is information. Pretending you kept it when you didn't is noise.

The right number of commitments to track

Most people try to track too many commitments and end up marking all of them as kept whether they were or not. today doesn't enforce a limit, but the design nudges toward restraint — the commitment strip is narrow and stacks vertically, so five commitments already feels like a full list. The target is 2–4 commitments that connect directly to your current priorities. If every commitment relates to a single outcome (a project, a health goal, a creative practice), the list stays coherent and the streaks stay meaningful. More than six commitments is almost always a sign you're tracking intentions rather than behavior.

Commitment tracking vs. habit tracker apps

Dedicated habit trackers like Streaks or Habitica optimize for volume — dozens of habits, complex scheduling, rewards. today is the opposite: commitments are embedded in the daily planning flow, not a separate app you open and close. They appear in context, alongside your time blocks and focus sessions, which is where they have leverage. Seeing your commitment to write for 30 minutes sitting next to your 9am block makes it more likely you'll create a block for it. The integration is the feature — commitments that live inside your daily plan get honored far more often than commitments that live in a separate app.

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