A habit streak in Obsidian that skips weekends

Some habits are for workdays only. A plain streak then resets every Monday, because Saturday and Sunday were empty. One key fixes that: Friday joins up with Monday. A second one keeps a holiday week from ending the run.

1Tick the habit on workdays

One checkbox property for the habit, ticked in the daily note on the days you did it. Here it is deep_work.

---
deep_work: true
---

## 2026-09-14

For a day off, add a second property to that day's note. Any value counts except false, 0 or an empty one.

---
deep_work: false
vacation: true
---

## 2026-08-03

• 2026-09-14The note's name is its date. Anything after the date is fine: 2026-09-14 Monday counts too.
• WeekendsTick, untick or leave the box out. With days: weekdays Saturday and Sunday do not count either way.
• vacation: trueThe day needs a note to carry it. A workday with no note at all still ends the run.

2Count workdays in a row

Make a note for the tracker, say Workdays.md, and paste this block. It is the top row of the picture above.

```stats
columns: 3
items:
  - { label: Workdays in a row, source: Diary, field: deep_work, agg: current_streak, days: weekdays, skip_field: vacation, unit: days, icon: 💻 }
  - { label: With weekends, source: Diary, field: deep_work, agg: current_streak, unit: days }
  - { label: Best run of workdays, source: Diary, field: deep_work, agg: streak, days: weekdays, skip_field: vacation, unit: days }
```

• days: weekdaysSaturday and Sunday neither break the run nor add to it. Friday and Monday count as two days in a row.
• skip_field: vacationA day whose note sets vacation is skipped the same way. Works with days or on its own.
• current_streakThe run you are on now, counted back from today. Today never breaks it: until you tick today, it counts up to yesterday.
• streakThe longest run on record, by the same rules.

The middle card has neither key. It is there to show the difference: here, on a Monday it reads 1 at most, because Sunday was empty. Keep it next to the first card, or drop it.

3See the weeks

Paste this under the cards. Ticked days are blue, weekends stay empty, and a holiday is hatched.

```heatmap
source: Diary
field: deep_work
skip_field: vacation
color: blue
range: 91d
title: Deep work
```

range: 91d is the last thirteen weeks, ending today. Leave it out for a grid per calendar year. Hover a hatched cell and its tooltip says "day off".

The whole note

Both blocks in one piece, ready to paste into an empty note.

```stats
columns: 3
items:
  - { label: Workdays in a row, source: Diary, field: deep_work, agg: current_streak, days: weekdays, skip_field: vacation, unit: days, icon: 💻 }
  - { label: With weekends, source: Diary, field: deep_work, agg: current_streak, unit: days }
  - { label: Best run of workdays, source: Diary, field: deep_work, agg: streak, days: weekdays, skip_field: vacation, unit: days }
```

```heatmap
source: Diary
field: deep_work
skip_field: vacation
color: blue
range: 91d
title: Deep work
```

The same streak with Tracker or dataviewjs

Both read the same deep_work: true notes.

```tracker
searchType: frontmatter
searchTarget: deep_work
folder: Diary
summary:
    template: "Longest streak: {{maxStreak()}} days\nCurrent streak: {{currentStreak()}} days"
```

```dataviewjs
const done = new Set(dv.pages('"Diary"')
  .where(p => p.file.day && p.deep_work === true)
  .map(p => p.file.day.toISODate())
  .array());

let day = dv.luxon.DateTime.now().startOf("day");
if (!done.has(day.toISODate())) day = day.minus({ days: 1 });
let run = 0;
for (;;) {
  if (day.weekday >= 6) { day = day.minus({ days: 1 }); continue; }
  if (!done.has(day.toISODate())) break;
  run++;
  day = day.minus({ days: 1 });
}
dv.paragraph(`Workdays in a row: ${run}`);
```

Variations

```stats
items:
  - label: Workdays in a row
    source: Diary
    field: deep_work
    agg: current_streak
    days: weekdays
    skip_field: day_off
```

```stats
items:
  - label: Gym days in a row
    source: Diary
    field: gym
    agg: current_streak
    skip_field: rest
```

```stats
items:
  - label: 8000+ steps, workdays in a row
    source: Diary
    field: steps
    agg: current_streak
    at_least: 8000
    days: weekdays
```

```progress
items:
  - label: Twenty workdays in a row
    source: Diary
    field: deep_work
    agg: current_streak
    days: weekdays
    goal: 20
```

If a block shows an error

A block that cannot do what you asked says so, inside the note. The ones you are likely to see here:

• days expects all or weekdays. Something else was written, weekday or workdays for example. The card falls back to all until you fix it.
• at_least, at_most, days and skip_field only apply to agg: streak and agg: current_streak. The keys sit on a sum or count card, where they mean nothing.
• The run is shorter than you expected. A workday with no note, or with the box unticked, ends it. Holidays need a note with vacation set.

Related guides

A habit tracker without Dataview

Counts, streaks and a year of days from daily note checkboxes.

Two activities on one heatmap

Each in its own colour, on one year of days.

A weekly chart without Tracker

A number summed by week, with a goal line.