A chef pauses at the pass, looking out toward the city at the end of service.

Career and Mind

Seven-Day Micro-Habit Tracker

Choose one action small enough to survive a hard shift. Run the experiment for seven days.

Do not add a second habit during the seven-day run. Adjust the design, not your self-respect.

A printable field tool. Read it here, or print this page / save it as a PDF to keep at your station.

Design the habit

  • My existing cue is:
  • My action (under two minutes) is:
  • I will make it easier by:

Run the seven days

  • Day 1 — Done / Missed / Changed
  • Day 2 — Done / Missed / Changed
  • Day 3 — Done / Missed / Changed
  • Day 4 — Done / Missed / Changed
  • Day 5 — Done / Missed / Changed
  • Day 6 — Done / Missed / Changed
  • Day 7 — Done / Missed / Changed

Review

  • What the misses taught me:

Be honest, brief and specific. This worksheet supports a conversation or operating routine; it does not replace medical, legal, safety or human-resources advice.

Every dollar Kanned Heat Kitchen makes goes back into the mission — educating chefs, building better gear, and pushing the industry to take care of the people who feed it.

Go to The Body & Mind →