Board Thread:The Wiki Tavern/@comment-25385-20150814144225/@comment-25385-20150814174904

Thanks for responding. Yes, I understand the basic formula. That's how I was able to calculate the numbers I posted. What I want is to be able to control how quickly a habit returns to yellow.

Here's an example:  I have a habit for watering my houseplants. My goal is to do it 2 or 3 times a week, but I don't really care what days I do it on. I definitely don't need to do it more than once a day. Every day when I look at my habit list for the first time, it's marked as yellow. It doesn't matter if I've been doing it every day or if I've been ignoring them for a month. If I could set it to drop by, say, 15% each day instead of 50%, the colors would give me a better indication of whether I'm meeting my expectations for that habit.

Yes, I know I could try to do dailies instead, but I don't like the way it locks me into a specific schedule. My plants will be fine if I water them on Wednesday morning instead of Tuesday evening.

Anyway, I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but I thought it would be interesting to share for anyone else who wonders why they can't get a task to stay green for more than a day.