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Illinois App, Daily Wellness Rings How-To
Use the Daily Wellness Rings feature to help motivate you to create a habit.
Feature Requirements
- Privacy Level: Level 1 or Higher (Settings > My App Privacy Settings > Manage and Understand Your Privacy)
- NetID Sign-In: Not Required
- Profile Setting: Any (Profile > Who Are You)
Using Wellness Rings
- Tap Today’s Rings to view your habits for the day.
- Tap Accomplishments to view habits you have engaged in over the last 14 days.
- Tap Create New Ring to create a ring from a list of preset options or a custom ring. You can create a maximum of four rings. Ring options are:
- Hobby: Things you like to do in your free time.
- Movement: Physical activities that get your body moving.
- Mindfulness: Mental exercises that help you focus and improve your mood.
- Custom: Any other habits you would like to work on.
Creating a Ring
- Tap Create New Ring.
- Choose a ring type from the list of preset rings or tap Custom to start with blank fields. Tap Next.
- Enter a name for the ring in the Ring Name field.
- Tap on any colored circle to assign a color to the ring.
- Enter a number in the Quantity field. This number represents how many times you would like to engage in this habit each day.
- Enter a term in the Unit field that represents how you will measure this habit.
Example 1: Create a ring named Drink Water. The Unit for this habit may be glasses, bottles, or liters. The Quantity is the number of times you would like to drink a glass, bottle, or liter of water each day.
Example 2: Create a ring named Walk. The Unit for this habit may be steps, blocks, miles, or minutes. The Quantity is the number of steps, blocks, miles, or minutes you would like to walk each day.
Completing a Ring
- Tap the plus button ⊕ every time you engage in a habit. This activates the ring and adds one occurrence of the habit to a counter. Tap the minus button ⊖ to decrease the counter number.
- Each time you tap the plus button to record your activity for a habit, a segment of the ring will appear. When you reach the quantity you had set for the ring, the ring will close and confetti will shower.
- The app will track your activity over two weeks. Tap Accomplishments to view this activity.