Guides
Small habits, explained in plain words
30 short reads on routines, streaks and the small habits people actually keep. Plain words, no hacks.
Habits
Habit stacking explainedAttach a new habit to one you already have, and you skip the hardest part, which is remembering. Here is how to stack habits without overdoing it.4 min readHow to pick your first five habitsFive is the Free limit, and also about the right number. A way to choose habits that fit a real week, with examples from the templates.3 min readThe two-minute ruleShrink any habit until the first version takes two minutes. It feels too small. That is the point. How to use the rule and when to grow out of it.4 min readWeekly habits vs daily habitsNot everything should be daily. When to use a times-per-week schedule, how its streak is counted, and which habits suit which rhythm.4 min readWhen to archive a habitArchiving keeps the history, freezes the streak and clears the slot. The signs a habit is finished, how it differs from pause and delete, and letting go.4 min read
Streaks
Backfilling honestlyYou can edit past days in SweepTech. Here is when you should, when you should not, and why a true record is worth more than a tidy one.4 min readHabits for people who travel a lotVacation mode, the timezone banner, skips with a Travel reason, and a short list of habits that survive airports. Keeping streaks honest on the road.4 min readHow streaks work in SweepTechFreezes, vacation mode, skips, the 03:00 day boundary, Clean Sweeps and the Sweep streak. How SweepTech counts, in plain words.4 min readWhat to do after you miss a dayA missed day is a neutral event. Here is what actually happened to your streak, what a freeze or skip can do, and how to pick it back up today.4 min read
Routines
A realistic gym routineThree sessions a week, a routine you can run from your phone, and a streak that counts weeks instead of days. The gym habit for people with jobs.4 min readEvening wind-down routinesThe last hour of the day sets up the first hour of the next one. A short wind-down routine, step by step, and how to run it without thinking.4 min readHow to build a morning routineA morning routine that survives real mornings. Pick a few small steps, put them in order, and run them from one screen.4 min readThe Sunday resetOne afternoon routine that closes the week and opens the next. Laundry, a 20-minute tidy, a rough meal plan, a short review and three priorities.4 min read
Focus
How to track readingPages or minutes, a count habit or a timer, and why 20 pages a day is the number that works. Reading as a habit, without turning books into chores.4 min readPhone-free first hourAn hour each morning before the phone. How to make it stick with a Check habit, a charger in another room, and something better to do with the time.4 min readPlan tomorrow tonightThree things, written down before bed, and the morning starts itself. A two-minute evening habit that does more than most morning routines.4 min read
Home
Mind
Digital detox hourOne screen-free hour in the evening, tracked with a timer. How to pick the hour, what to do with it, and how to keep it without resenting it.4 min readGratitude in one lineOne good thing, one line, every evening. A tiny habit that fits inside a check-in and quietly changes what you remember about your weeks.3 min readJournaling without pressureOne line a day is a journal. How to keep a writing habit that fits in the check-in itself, without blank pages, prompts or guilt.4 min read
Social
Keeping habits with a partnerPartner mode is a private Circle of two with shared habits and a shared streak. How to set it up, what your partner sees, and how to nudge without nagging.4 min readSmall friend groups and accountabilityCircles are private groups of up to eight. No feed of strangers, no chat, just check-ins, reactions and preset nudges. How to run one that helps.4 min read
Creative
A creative habit, write 300 wordsThree hundred words a day, tracked as a count habit, before the inbox opens. How to build a daily writing habit that does not depend on inspiration.4 min readLearning a language in 15 minutes a dayFifteen minutes, every day, tracked with a timer. Why daily beats weekend binges for languages, and how to keep the streak going through dull weeks.4 min readPracticing an instrument dailyTwenty minutes a day with a timer, the instrument out of its case, and a streak that survives the weeks when practice is boring. How to keep playing.4 min read
Style & Care
A hydration habit without the naggingTrack glasses with one tap, keep the reminders to one, and stop treating a water bottle like a boss. A calm way to run the Hydrate habit.4 min readA skincare routine as a habit stackCleanser, moisturizer, SPF, in that order, as a checklist habit stacked onto brushing your teeth. Consistency and taste, not a chore.4 min read
Using SweepTech
Habit tracking on iPhone and Android as a PWASweepTech installs from the browser with no app store. Install steps for iOS, Android and desktop, how offline works, and the iPhone notification caveat.4 min readMonthly review with InsightsFifteen minutes with the heatmap, the weekly chart and the per-habit stats. What to look for, what to change, and what Free and Pro each show.4 min readUsing time-of-day sectionsMorning, Afternoon, Evening and Anytime. How the Today screen groups habits, when to use each section, and how reminders and the 03:00 day fit in.4 min read