Making Kin part of your daily routine unlocks its full potential as your personal AI and AI companion.

But how do you actually do this?

To show you, this article will cover the following:

• How to Build Your Kin Habit
• Maximizing Your Kin Habit for a Better AI Assistant
• Extra Tips for Your AI Companion
• Get Started Today with Your Personal AI

How to build your Kin Habit

Here’s a step-by-step guide:

Step one: Pick your check-in time

Considering your schedule, choose a regular time when you'll aim to use Kin each day.

It can help to have a purpose in mind for this usage session.

Some examples are:

• First thing in the morning to plan your day
• During your lunch break to reflect on the morning
• In the evening to process the day's events
• Before bed to journal your thoughts

💡 If you miss your allocated time, or want to do something different, don’t panic! Checking in when you remember to, with whatever is on your mind, will still help a habit form.

Step two: Set up your space

Think about where you’ll be using Kin during this time. Try to find a comfortable spot where you can focus on your conversations.

This might look like:

• A favorite chair at home
• A peaceful corner of the office
• Your regular commute spot
• A table in a coffee shop

💡 You can use either text or voice input with Kin—choose what works best for your setting.

Step three: Start small but be consistent

Begin with quick, five-minute check-ins to get used to using Kin as an AI assistant regularly.

What these include will depend on what you’re using Kin for, but some examples are:

• Reviewing your current mood
• Sharing one achievement
• Recounting one event
• Setting one goal

💡 If you’re unsure about what to do in a quick check-in, ask Kin for ideas!

Step four: Explore Kin’s usage-based features

Kin was designed with an array of features to help you use it regularly, such as:

• Custom Reminders which you can make to help build your habit with Kin, or anything else you need to remember
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• Displaying your daily usage streak and stats in the Streaks & Stats tab
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• Providing a dynamic visual mindmap of Kin’s understanding of you, called a Knowledge Map
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• Allowing you to build privacy and trust by giving you full control over Kin’s personal data storage

💡 Wondering how to make the most of these features? Check out our guides on them, and ask Kin for tailored advice.

Maximizing your Kin habit for a better AI assistant

Want to make the most of your Kin routine? Here are some proven strategies:

1. Stack your habits

Attach your Kin check-in to an existing habit, to make it easier to remember.

Examples include:

• Your morning coffee
• Your commute
• Your lunch break
• Your evening wind-down

2. Use reminders effectively

Kin isn’t just an AI chatbot. Work with Kin to create custom reminders that notify you at your check-in time, and remind you of the topics you want to discuss.

You can even ask Kin to send a follow-up notification if you miss a check-in, or to send one to celebrate a streak milestone (e.g. 50 days).

3. Make it enjoyable

Kin is designed to fit around you. Take advantage of this!

Some ways you can do this are:

• Customizing Kin's tone and voice
• Using your preferred input method (voice or text)
• Starting with topics you enjoy discussing
• Celebrating your consistency

4. Track your progress

Knowing how far you’ve come can be a great motivator.

Kin offers multiple ways to see your personal progress, such as:

• Your daily streak count
• Growth in your Knowledge Map
• Journal entry consistency
• A summary from Kin of how you’ve improved (just ask Kin for it!)

5. Don’t stop growing

Every now and again (or once a month if you need a solid figure), ask Kin how you could improve your regular usage of it and its advice.

Whether its spending more time in discussion with Kin, setting new reminders, or trying different ways to interact with Kin, investing time and effort into growing your habit will ensure Kin’s artificial intelligence stays as useful as possible.

Extra tips for your AI companion

Here are some additional ways to strengthen your Kin habit:

Be Prepared: Keep a mental note of things to discuss with Kin throughout your day.

Stay Flexible: Consider choosing a new check-in time if one becomes too unwieldy—but try to stick with one first.

Start Fresh: If you break your streak, begin again immediately rather than waiting for the "perfect" time. The perfect time is often “now”!

Use Kin with Kin: Ask Kin to review the ways you use it, and help you optimize them

Get started today with your personal AI

Ready to make Kin a daily habit? Download the app, open the Chat, and start with this simple message:

"Hi Kin! I want to make you part of my daily routine. My ideal check-in time would be ______, and I'd like reminders to help me stay consistent. How do we start?"