I stopped tracking for a while and don't know where to restart

Restart with today, not with the gap. Open the tracker, log one thing you did today, and leave the missing days empty. In EasyRoutine your routines, activities and old logs are exactly where you left them, so there is nothing to rebuild.

Why restarting feels harder than starting

Coming back to a tracker after a break means facing the gap: two weeks, two months of empty days. It is tempting to treat that as a verdict and either fill it in, delete everything and start fresh, or keep putting the restart off until a "good" day like a Monday or the first of the month.

None of that is needed. The gap is just a record of a period when you were not tracking. It does not have to be fixed before today can count.

What not to do

  • Do not back-fill from memory. Guessed logs for days you cannot remember make the record less useful, not more. Only add a past log when you are sure, for example yesterday's walk.
  • Do not delete and rebuild. A clean slate feels good for a day, but you lose the history that shows what used to work.
  • Do not restart everything at once. Coming back to all eight habits on day one is how the last break started.
  • Do not wait for Monday. The best restart day is the day you open the app.

A restart in three steps

  1. Look before you change anything. Scroll back to the weeks before the break. Which activities were logged most? Those are your restart habits.
  2. Pick one or two and log them today. Even a small version counts. One log is a restart.
  3. Tidy up after a week, not before. Once you are logging again, archive the activities you no longer do and add anything new.

If the break came from holidays or travel, getting back into your routine after the holidays has a two-week restart plan.

What EasyRoutine kept while you were away

Nothing in EasyRoutine expires or resets when you stop using it:

  • Routines and activities are unchanged, with their photos and colors.
  • Every log from before the break is still in the calendar, with its notes and flags.
  • The Completed total on the Profile tab still counts all of them.

Only the Day streak will be back at zero, because it counts days in a row with a log. Your next log starts it again at 1. The rest of the record is untouched, and the empty stretch simply shows as days without dots in the month view.

EasyRoutine month view of a Habits routine with regular dots, a stretch of empty days in the middle, then dots again in the last few days
The gap stays empty; the restart shows right after it

If you used schedules

With Premium scheduling, planned activities you did not log during the break show as faded entries on those days. They are not marked as failed and do not need clearing. If the old plan was part of why you stopped, give it a lighter version with a start date from today, so the calendar fits the week you have now. Re-planning a schedule shows how.

If your Premium ended during the break, your schedules are still there; only editing them is locked. Logging, the photo scan and the calendar are free either way.

Coming back on a new phone

If you also changed phones during the break, install the app and sign in with the same email address you used before. Everything comes back from your account. If the app opens empty, you probably signed in with a different address; see routines empty after sign-in.

Common questions

Are my old logs still there after weeks without opening the app?

Yes. Logs, routines and activities stay in your account until you delete them yourself.

Should I fill in the days I missed?

Only for things you are sure you did. Leaving the gap empty keeps the record honest.

Do I need to delete my routines and start over?

No. Log today in the routines you have, and archive activities you no longer do once you are back into it.

How do I restart my Day streak?

Log any activity. The streak starts again at 1 with that log and grows from there.

Keep reading

Back into your routine after the holidays
A two-week plan for easing back in.
Missed a day and lost your streak?
What resets, what stays and how to restart.
Upset when your routine changes?
Keep a smaller version going through disrupted weeks.

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