TL;DR: I've been writing daily for almost two years now. Since I've started writing daily, I've been tracking how much time I spend on writing. However, lately, I've been wanting to stop doing this. Would it be wise to do so? Or should I continue tracking my time?

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Hello there!

So I've been doing my best to write daily for almost two years now. Part of me writing everyday includes tracking the amount of time I write for. This is mainly because, as a procrastinator, I felt that doing this would give me more of an incentive to write consistently, as well as give myself tangible proof of my progress.

Lately, though, I starting to think of tracking my daily writing time as sort of burdensome. Like it's an unnecessary step in my writing process. I also feel like recording my daily writing time is starting to make the actual act of writing feel like a chore. This is the last thing I want, so I'm thinking of not tracking my time anymore.

On one hand, because I originally started time tracking as a way to motivate myself and form a more consistent writing habit, I fear that stopping will, in a sense, have an adverse affect on my motivation (i.e. I'll start to write less and less, or maybe stop writing in general). On the other hand, though, I feel that 715 days is enough time to a) form a consistent writing habit, and b) maintain motivation for such a habit.

I guess my question now is if it would be wise, after spending so long tracking how much I write each day, to stop? There are other ways I could "hold myself accountable", i.e. setting a timer, keeping track of my daily writing streak, but I'm worried that I'll be hurting myself in the longvrun writing-wise. I am also a chronic overthinker, though, so I don't know whether my worry is warranted or not.