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I think tracking is great if it keeps you reading and not too hung up on the tracking. I'm not a tracker, but all for those who do, I encourage you. My sister was encouraged in a class in elementary school to track her reading and she has done so since 3rd grade (she is now in her 50s). I occasionally give her a 'blank book' to continue her lists. Occasionally she meets up with someone else who has a lifetime list and makes a new friend, even if they don't read the same things.
I personally am not much of a tracker although I started doing so with the Goodreads annual program as well as participating with the group here on Mobile Reads. As someone who completely lost the ability to read for 10 years due to health issues, it helps me to keep going when I'm having difficulties. I do mark books in Calibre as read so that I can focus on the TBR. I do reread about a dozen books a year either for comfort or the next book coming out in a series.
I don't concern myself with 'diversity'. I'm a genre reader and read for entertainment, so if it is in one of my genres, I'll get to it. Once a year or so, I read a nonfiction, usually a history.
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