We are obsessed with "daily streaks". But how do you track the irregular maintenance of life?

As builders, we love tracking daily metrics: MRR, GitHub commits, daily workouts, Inbox Zero. Standard habit trackers are incredibly optimized for this gamification.

But lately, I've realized my "mental RAM" gets completely eaten up by the irregular tasks. The stuff you only need to do every few weeks or months:

• Changing the AC filter

• Watering specific houseplants

• Following up with that one dormant enterprise lead

• Taking as-needed medication

• Taking a full day away from the screen

If you put these into a standard habit tracker, you inevitably break a "streak" and get a giant red calendar of guilt for a task you were only supposed to do every 21 days anyway.

I got so frustrated by this gap in productivity software that I ended up building my own "anti-habit" iOS tracker just to calculate the intervals for me.

But I’m super curious how the rest of you handle this mental load.

What is your current system for irregular chores?

A chaotic Notion database?

A massive Apple Reminders list?

Scheduled Google Calendar events?

Pure brain power and hoping for the best?

Would love to hear your setups!