Feature
Streaks without scorekeeping
A streak shows how many calendar days in a row contain at least one check-in. It can nudge you back to the wheel, but it does not measure honesty, insight, or progress. Miss a day and the count starts over. Your earlier entries stay put, and returning costs nothing.
How streaks works
A streak counts consecutive dates with a saved check-in. It does not rate the feeling, inspect the note, or reward extra entries on the same day. The count is deliberately narrow: it shows whether the habit continued from one date to the next and starts fresh after a gap.
The underlying record still comes from a Feelings Wheel check-in. The streak reads the dates attached to those records; it does not replace the words, context, or notes that make them worth keeping.
Counts dates, not effort
One saved check-in gives that date a place in the run. More entries on the same date can hold different feelings and context, but they do not make one day worth extra. The number changes when checked-in dates form an unbroken sequence, not when an entry is longer or more detailed.
Shows the break plainly
A missed date ends the current run, and the next check-in begins a new one. Nothing is deducted from the history you already made. The gap remains visible as part of that history, while the fresh count says only that you have returned today.
Leaves the judgment with you
The counter cannot tell whether checking in every day suits your life. Use it when continuity helps you remember, and disregard it when the number starts steering what or when you log. A truthful entry after a quiet week is more useful than an entry made only to protect a run.
How to use streaks
Keeping a streak requires no separate routine. Save a check-in, let its date join the sequence, read the updated count if it is useful, and come back normally after any gap. The process treats restarting as an expected state, because a missed day does not undo the check-ins already in your history.
If remembering is the difficult part, reminders on your schedule address the prompt directly. A reminder can ask whether you want to check in; a streak only describes what has already happened.
Make an ordinary check-in
Choose the feeling that fits and save it as you normally would. The streak does not require a special entry, a longer note, or a particular emotion. It starts with the record you wanted to make anyway, so there is no separate streak task to complete.
Let the date count
The saved date joins the current sequence when it follows the previous checked-in date. Additional entries that day remain useful records, but the day still occupies one place in the sequence. The counter describes consecutive dates rather than the volume of writing.
Read the number lightly
Notice the run when it helps you remember tomorrow's check-in. The number is not a grade for the week and does not say whether the entries were thoughtful. Its narrow job is to make continuity visible, then stay out of the way of what you actually recorded.
Return after a gap
Open the wheel and make the next honest entry. The new run begins from that date; the old check-ins do not disappear or lose meaning. There is no repair work to do, and no reason to recreate a day that you did not record at the time.
What streaks shows you
A sample four-date sequence shows the counter moving from one day to three, then beginning again after a gap. Every value is illustrative and belongs to an imagined personal history. The tiles are not adoption figures, averages, public rankings, or evidence that a longer run produces a better result.
Monday
1 day
illustrative: the first check-in in a new run
Tuesday
2 days
illustrative: a check-in on the next date
Wednesday
3 days
illustrative: three consecutive checked-in dates
After a gap
1 day
illustrative: a return starts a fresh run
Daily streak vs. Weekly check-in target
A daily streak rewards an unbroken sequence, while a weekly target allows space between check-ins. Both patterns can prompt a return, and both can become something to game. The better fit depends on whether daily continuity helps you remember or makes an ordinary missed day feel more important than it is.
| What changes | Daily streak | Weekly check-in target |
|---|---|---|
| The question answered | How many consecutive dates contain a check-in? | How many chosen check-in days happened this week? |
| A missed date | The current run ends; saved entries remain | The weekly count can continue until the week ends |
| Two entries in one day | The date still advances the run once | The date still contributes once to the weekly target |
| Returning after a gap | The next saved date begins a new run | The next saved date adds to that week's total |
| What it leaves out | The content and usefulness of each entry | The spacing between check-in days |
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Questions about streaks
How do check-in streaks work?
A streak is the number of consecutive calendar dates that contain at least one saved check-in. The first checked-in date starts the run, and a check-in on the next date extends it. Multiple entries can describe more of your day, but the date contributes only once to the streak.
What happens to my streak if I miss a day?
The current run ends, and the next saved check-in starts a fresh count. Your earlier entries remain in the history exactly where they belong. No points, notes, or records are taken away, so returning after the gap does not require repairing or recreating anything.
Does checking in twice on the same day extend a streak?
No. A streak counts checked-in dates, so two entries on one date still add one day to the sequence. Make the second entry when another feeling or context is worth recording, not to increase the counter. The detail belongs in your history even when the streak number stays unchanged.
Is breaking a tracking streak bad?
Breaking a streak costs nothing. The gap may show that daily tracking did not fit that part of your life, or simply that you forgot. Neither answer is a failure. Return when a check-in would be useful, and treat the new count as a date sequence rather than a verdict.
Can a feelings tracker streak work offline?
Yes. MyFeelings works offline, and the streak is calculated from check-ins you have already saved. You can save the day's feeling without a connection and let that date join the current run.
Start with one check-in
Thirty seconds, once a day. In two weeks you have a map of what actually moves you — and it works offline.