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Habit checkboxes vs a richer Arc

Typical habit trackers stop at task completion — one habit, one checkbox, a streak. KriArc logs yes / no, number with a unit (like minutes or pages), and labels with multi-select options. Left: how you log. Right: Arc totals counted only from those activities — including examples that hit multiple life areas.

One habit → one checkbox → a streak

Task completion tells you whether you showed up — not what the session contained or which parts of life it shaped.

Activity → tags → life areas → Arc

One action can carry yes/no flags and numbers. Arc adds them up from what you actually logged.

Learning & reading

Habits: Read ✓ · Study ✓

One checkbox can’t tell fiction from an AI paper. KriArc keeps pages, topic, mood labels, and learning in the same log.

Learninglife area · yes / no
Readingyes / no
Pagesnumber · pages

Unit: pages

AIyes / no
Fictionyes / no
Moodlabels · 4 options

Options: Happy · Curious · Tired · Excited

  • Read a novel

    ReadingPages20 pagesFictionMoodlabelsHappyExcited
  • AI deep-dive

    LearningReadingPages10 pagesAIMoodlabelsCurious

From these 2 activities

Totals are counted from the activities on the left — yes/no hits, number sums, and label frequencies. Nothing invented.

2

Activities that counted

1/1

Life areas active

Learning

life area · yes / no

1 activity

Reading

yes / no

2 activities

Pages

Across 2 activities

30 pages

AI

yes / no

1 activity

Fiction

yes / no

1 activity

Mood

Selected on 2 activities

3 labels used

Curious · 1 activityExcited · 1 activityHappy · 1 activity
  • AI deep-diveLearning

Fitness & movement

Habits: Gym ✓ · Yoga ✓ · Push-ups ✓

Three habits, three checkboxes — and still no minutes or reps. Time is a numeric tag with unit minutes; intensity is labels you pick.

Healthlife area · yes / no
Gymyes / no
Yogayes / no
Push-upsnumber · reps

Unit: reps

Pull-upsnumber · reps

Unit: reps

Timenumber · min

Unit: min

Surya Shaktinumber · rounds

Unit: rounds

Intensitylabels · 3 options

Options: Easy · Moderate · Hard

  • Chest workout

    HealthGymPush-ups20 repsTime20 minIntensitylabelsHard
  • Surya Shakti

    HealthYogaTime30 minSurya Shakti18 roundsIntensitylabelsModerate

From these 2 activities

Totals are counted from the activities on the left — yes/no hits, number sums, and label frequencies. Nothing invented.

2

Activities that counted

1/1

Life areas active

Health

life area · yes / no

2 activities

Gym

yes / no

1 activity

Yoga

yes / no

1 activity

Push-ups

Across 1 activity

20 reps

Time

Across 2 activities

50 min

Surya Shakti

Across 1 activity

18 rounds

Intensity

Selected on 2 activities

2 labels used

Hard · 1 activityModerate · 1 activity
  • Chest workoutHealth
  • Surya ShaktiHealth

One session, two life areas

Habits: Run ✓ · Learn ✓ (two streaks, zero connection)

Habit apps split this into separate checkboxes. In KriArc one activity can hit Health and Learning together — Arc shows both life areas active.

Healthlife area · yes / no
Learninglife area · yes / no
Runyes / no
Podcastyes / no
Timenumber · min

Unit: min

Moodlabels · 4 options

Options: Happy · Energized · Focused · Tired

  • Morning run + podcast

    HealthLearningRunPodcastTime40 minMoodlabelsEnergizedFocused
  • Easy recovery walk

    HealthRunTime25 minMoodlabelsHappy

From these 2 activities

Totals are counted from the activities on the left — yes/no hits, number sums, and label frequencies. Nothing invented.

2

Activities that counted

2/2

Life areas active

Health

life area · yes / no

2 activities

Learning

life area · yes / no

1 activity

Run

yes / no

2 activities

Podcast

yes / no

1 activity

Time

Across 2 activities

65 min

Mood

Selected on 2 activities

3 labels used

Energized · 1 activityFocused · 1 activityHappy · 1 activity
  • Morning run + podcastHealthLearning
  • Easy recovery walkHealth

Deep work & meetings

Habits: Deep work ✓ · No meetings morning ✓

Focus minutes are a number tag with unit min. Context is labels — deep work vs meeting energy isn’t lost in a single checkbox.

Worklife area · yes / no
Deep workyes / no
Meetingyes / no
Focusnumber · min

Unit: min

Shippingyes / no
Energylabels · 4 options

Options: Sharp · Flat · Drained · Wired

  • Feature sprint

    WorkDeep workFocus90 minShippingEnergylabelsSharp
  • Client sync

    WorkMeetingFocus45 minEnergylabelsFlatWired

From these 2 activities

Totals are counted from the activities on the left — yes/no hits, number sums, and label frequencies. Nothing invented.

2

Activities that counted

1/1

Life areas active

Work

life area · yes / no

2 activities

Deep work

yes / no

1 activity

Meeting

yes / no

1 activity

Focus

Across 2 activities

135 min

Shipping

yes / no

1 activity

Energy

Selected on 2 activities

3 labels used

Flat · 1 activitySharp · 1 activityWired · 1 activity
  • Feature sprintWork
  • Client syncWork

Mind & stillness

Habits: Meditate ✓ · Journal ✓

Minutes are numeric. Mood labels capture how the session felt — not just that it happened.

Mindlife area · yes / no
Meditationyes / no
Journalyes / no
Minutesnumber · min

Unit: min

Walkyes / no
Moodlabels · 4 options

Options: Calm · Anxious · Clear · Heavy

  • Morning sit

    MindMeditationMinutes15 minMoodlabelsCalmClear
  • Evening journal walk

    MindJournalWalkMinutes25 minMoodlabelsHeavy

From these 2 activities

Totals are counted from the activities on the left — yes/no hits, number sums, and label frequencies. Nothing invented.

2

Activities that counted

1/1

Life areas active

Mind

life area · yes / no

2 activities

Meditation

yes / no

1 activity

Journal

yes / no

1 activity

Minutes

Across 2 activities

40 min

Walk

yes / no

1 activity

Mood

Selected on 2 activities

3 labels used

Calm · 1 activityClear · 1 activityHeavy · 1 activity
  • Morning sitMind
  • Evening journal walkMind

Relationships

Habits: Call family ✓ · Date night ✓

Time is minutes. Connection type is yes/no. How it felt is a labels tag — Meaningful alone isn’t the whole story.

Relationshipslife area · yes / no
Familyyes / no
Friendsyes / no
Partneryes / no
Timenumber · min

Unit: min

Vibelabels · 4 options

Options: Warm · Tense · Playful · Supportive

  • Call parents

    RelationshipsFamilyTime25 minVibelabelsWarmSupportive
  • Dinner together

    RelationshipsPartnerTime90 minVibelabelsPlayfulWarm

From these 2 activities

Totals are counted from the activities on the left — yes/no hits, number sums, and label frequencies. Nothing invented.

2

Activities that counted

1/1

Life areas active

Relationships

life area · yes / no

2 activities

Family

yes / no

1 activity

Partner

yes / no

1 activity

Time

Across 2 activities

115 min

Vibe

Selected on 2 activities

3 labels used

Warm · 2 activitiesPlayful · 1 activitySupportive · 1 activity
  • Call parentsRelationships
  • Dinner togetherRelationships

Health + relationships + creativity

Habits: Cook ✓ · Social ✓ · Create ✓

Three streaks for one evening. One activity can feed three life areas — Arc’s life-areas-active becomes 3/3 from real links.

Healthlife area · yes / no
Relationshipslife area · yes / no
Creativitylife area · yes / no
Cooked at homeyes / no
Had guestsyes / no
Timenumber · min

Unit: min

Moodlabels · 4 options

Options: Happy · Stressed · Proud · Tired

  • Dinner party + playlist

    HealthRelationshipsCreativityCooked at homeHad guestsTime180 minMoodlabelsHappyProudTired
  • Solo meal prep

    HealthCooked at homeTime45 minMoodlabelsProud

From these 2 activities

Totals are counted from the activities on the left — yes/no hits, number sums, and label frequencies. Nothing invented.

2

Activities that counted

3/3

Life areas active

Health

life area · yes / no

2 activities

Relationships

life area · yes / no

1 activity

Creativity

life area · yes / no

1 activity

Cooked at home

yes / no

2 activities

Had guests

yes / no

1 activity

Time

Across 2 activities

225 min

Mood

Selected on 2 activities

3 labels used

Proud · 2 activitiesHappy · 1 activityTired · 1 activity
  • Dinner party + playlistHealthRelationshipsCreativity
  • Solo meal prepHealth

Creative practice

Habits: Write ✓ · Practice instrument ✓

Words and minutes are number tags with units. Medium is labels — writing and music don’t need separate habit rows to coexist.

Creativitylife area · yes / no
Writingyes / no
Wordsnumber · words

Unit: words

Musicyes / no
Timenumber · min

Unit: min

Mediumlabels · 4 options

Options: Prose · Poetry · Guitar · Piano

  • Novel draft

    CreativityWritingWords800 wordsMediumlabelsProse
  • Guitar practice

    CreativityMusicTime30 minMediumlabelsGuitar

From these 2 activities

Totals are counted from the activities on the left — yes/no hits, number sums, and label frequencies. Nothing invented.

2

Activities that counted

1/1

Life areas active

Creativity

life area · yes / no

2 activities

Writing

yes / no

1 activity

Words

Across 1 activity

800 words

Music

yes / no

1 activity

Time

Across 1 activity

30 min

Medium

Selected on 2 activities

2 labels used

Guitar · 1 activityProse · 1 activity
  • Novel draftCreativity
  • Guitar practiceCreativity

Language learning

Habits: Duolingo ✓ · Anki ✓

Cards and minutes are numbers. Mode is labels — flashcards vs conversation, counted honestly.

Learninglife area · yes / no
Languageyes / no
Ankinumber · cards

Unit: cards

Conversationyes / no
Timenumber · min

Unit: min

Modelabels · 4 options

Options: Flashcards · Listening · Speaking · Reading

  • Anki reviews

    LearningLanguageAnki40 cardsTime12 minModelabelsFlashcards
  • Language exchange

    LearningLanguageConversationTime30 minModelabelsSpeakingListening

From these 2 activities

Totals are counted from the activities on the left — yes/no hits, number sums, and label frequencies. Nothing invented.

2

Activities that counted

1/1

Life areas active

Learning

life area · yes / no

2 activities

Language

yes / no

2 activities

Anki

Across 1 activity

40 cards

Conversation

yes / no

1 activity

Time

Across 2 activities

42 min

Mode

Selected on 2 activities

3 labels used

Flashcards · 1 activityListening · 1 activitySpeaking · 1 activity
  • Anki reviewsLearning
  • Language exchangeLearning

Money habits

Habits: No spend ✓ · Log expenses ✓

Yes/no for behaviors. Channel is labels — where the money decision happened without inventing a second habit list.

Financelife area · yes / no
No spendyes / no
Cooked at homeyes / no
Reviewed budgetyes / no
Logged expenseyes / no
Channellabels · 4 options

Options: Home · Out · Online · Subscription

  • Home-cooked weeknight

    FinanceNo spendCooked at homeChannellabelsHome
  • Sunday money check

    FinanceReviewed budgetLogged expenseChannellabelsOnlineSubscription

From these 2 activities

Totals are counted from the activities on the left — yes/no hits, number sums, and label frequencies. Nothing invented.

2

Activities that counted

1/1

Life areas active

Finance

life area · yes / no

2 activities

No spend

yes / no

1 activity

Cooked at home

yes / no

1 activity

Reviewed budget

yes / no

1 activity

Logged expense

yes / no

1 activity

Channel

Selected on 2 activities

3 labels used

Home · 1 activityOnline · 1 activitySubscription · 1 activity
  • Home-cooked weeknightFinance
  • Sunday money checkFinance

Same model. Your life. Honest totals.

Shape tags around what you already care about. Log real activities. Arc only reflects what those activities linked and measured — so the picture stays trustworthy.