Days in Ink

Monthly habit tracker & journal

Days in Ink

One spread a month.
One line a day.

A pen-and-paper habit tracker and journal. Track your habits in three inks, graph your sleep, and keep one memorable moment from every day.

Undated · A5 · 5 mm grid

An open Days in Ink journal. On the left, a memorable moment for every day of October; on the right, a habit grid with X marks in black, blue and red, and a sleep line.
An example month, filled in.

One month, four parts

Set up a two-page spread at the start of each month. It takes about ten minutes, and the pages do the rest.

  1. 01

    Memorable moments

    One line for every day: the one thing you want to remember, good or bad.

  2. 02

    Habits in three inks

    Write your habits across the top and mark an X on each day you do them. The ink tells you what kind of habit it is.

  3. 03

    Sleep at a glance

    Put a dot at the hours you slept and join the dots. Your sleep score goes in the column beside it.

  4. 04

    Goals and a journal

    Three goals for the month, then half a page a day that ends with three things you're grateful for.

Close-up of the habit page: habit names written upwards, coloured key squares, X marks for each day, and the sleep graph with its scores.

Three inks, one glance

A small square under each habit name sorts your habits into three groups, so a month of X marks shows you what is working.

  • Black. Non-negotiables: the habits you do every day.
  • Blue. Habits you're building. Aim for them; missing one is fine.
  • Red. Habits to cut back, like anything that hurts your sleep.
The goals page with three goals, and a journal page with two half-page entries, each ending with three things the writer is grateful for.

Two minutes every morning

  1. Weigh in and write today's weight.
  2. Write yesterday's memorable moment.
  3. Mark an X for each habit you did yesterday.
  4. Plot last night's sleep and its score.

At night, write half a page in the journal: how the day went, and three things you're grateful for.

Choose your edition

Both are undated, so you can start any month.

The month spread from the printable PDF.

Printable PDF

  • Print at home, as many months as you like
  • A5 pages, plus A4 and US Letter sheets with each month's spread on one page
  • Colour and black-and-white versions
  • Also works in GoodNotes and other PDF apps
The Days in Ink paperback cover.

A5 paperback

  • Three months, 64 pages, black-and-white on a 5 mm grid
  • A how-to page and a page for your name and start date
  • Printed and shipped by Amazon in the US, UK, Europe and other countries
  • An India edition is on the way

Questions

Is it dated?

No. You write the month at the top, so you can start any time and skip a month without wasting pages.

What do I need?

A pen, ideally three colours: black, blue and red.

Can I use it on an iPad?

Yes. Open the printable PDF in GoodNotes, Notability or any app that lets you write on PDFs.

Do I need a sleep tracker?

No. Plot the hours you think you slept, and give the night your own score out of 10.

Can I change my habits?

Every month. The habit names are blank, so you write in the ones you're working on.

Something else?

Write to hello@daysinink.com.