About Streak Calendar
Inspired by Jerry Seinfeld's legendary "Don't Break the Chain" method, Streak Calendar is designed to help you build better habits and conquer procrastination. By making consistency fun and rewarding, it turns daily habit tracking into a simple, motivating experience.
What It Is
Streak Calendar is an open source productivity tool that combines habit tracking, task timing, and progress visualization. It supports multiple calendars and habits, allowing you to customize your approach to personal growth. Featuring an activity grid similar to GitHub's contribution tracker, it offers a clear view of your achievements over time.
Features
- Visual Habit Tracking
Mark daily accomplishments with X's and keep your streak alive
- Multi-Habit Support
Create multiple calendars and assign habits to each
- Customizable Themes
Personalize each calendar with a unique color theme
- Timed Tasks
Use the built-in timer to track task durations and mark them complete
- Activity Grid
See your annual progress in a grid layout inspired by GitHub's contribution tracker
- Flexible Habit Duration
Set custom durations for habits to match your needs
- Responsive Design
Fully responsive UI that works seamlessly on mobile, tablet, and desktop
- Dark/Light Mode
Built-in theme support for comfortable viewing in any lighting
- Internationalization
Support for multiple languages and locales
- Open Source
A tool built for the community, by the community
Open Source Project
Streak Calendar is open source to encourage transparency and collaboration. Contributions and innovations from users are welcome, helping to continuously improve the tool and make it even more effective for everyone.
Hi, I'm Ilya Aizenberg, the creator of Streak Calendar. This project combines my passion for productivity and tech to offer a simple yet powerful tool for personal growth. I hope you find it as valuable as I do.
The Seinfeld Strategy
The story behind this method comes from Brad Isaac, a young comedian who met Jerry Seinfeld backstage and asked for advice. Seinfeld told him that to be a better comic, he needed to create better jokes - and the way to create better jokes was to write every day.
He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page and hang it on a prominent wall. The next step was to get a big red magic marker. He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to put a big red X over that day. After a few days you'll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You'll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job is to not break the chain.
The Seinfeld Strategy works because it shifts focus from individual performances to the process itself. Instead of worrying about how inspired you are or how brilliant your work is that day, you simply focus on showing up and not breaking the chain. This consistency is what separates top performers from everyone else.
Why It Works
The Seinfeld Strategy works because it shifts focus from individual performances to the process itself. Instead of worrying about how inspired you are or how brilliant your work is that day, you simply focus on showing up and not breaking the chain. This consistency is what separates top performers from everyone else.
Key Principles:
- Choose a meaningful but sustainable daily task
- Focus on the process, not the results
- Build the chain one day at a time
- Never break the chain
Content adapted from James Clear's article on the Seinfeld Strategy