What we’d like to do within our lives is
work hard to form the GOOD habits and work even harder to remove our BAD
habits! When there is ANY way, we can
help ourselves in doing this, we are usually eager to make it work to our
advantage. So in today’s electronic society what is the first thing that comes
to our minds? There’s an app for
that. It’s become a running joke; however,
there’s an app for everything today.
Well, there usually is! So, is
there an app for habits? No!
There are a lot of apps for habits.
I’m
going to give you a few of them to consider, but the truth be told you may be
able to find many others that better suit your particular circumstances, so don’t
hesitate to do a GOOGLE search for “habit apps” and see what you are able to
locate. I’d also like to mention that I AM
NOT recommending a specific app for your use, merely providing some information
for you to consider. Also, if any of the
apps have fees or charges for their use, I DO NOT receive any
type of compensation for recommending their use. So, let’s get into my listing:
HabitBull (http://www.habitbull.com/ )
is a free flexible reminder program that lets you develop good habits. (There is a Premium in-app purchase available
according to some of their comments in their FAQ section, but I couldn’t find pricing.)
Habits require repetition and HabitBull
provides the reminder to keep you on the track to develop the habit of your
choice.
If you want to walk for three days in the week, HabitBull lets you set reminders on selected days. If you want to read a certain number of pages from a publication or book for half an hour each day, you can record your accomplishments in minutes rather than Yes/No answers. The app creates trends, graphs and tracks your process to create that habit. HabitBull reminds you that it takes 66 days to create a habit and gives you a progress bar.
Productive
(https://productiveapp.io/ ) Productive
separates the new habit creation into three categories, morning and evening and
whenever. It’s selective as to which it
shows when, meaning that it shows the AM reminders before noon only and the PM
reminders afternoon, also exclusively. This app
is designed to force the user into incorporating the habit into their daily
schedule as opposed to saving up or getting it over with early. Their information states it is “free and easy
to use,” then further down their home page is a button that says “Try free for
7 days” so it looks like it might be a subscription offer.
Strides (https://www.stridesapp.com/ ) If you’re after a significant goal like losing weight, saving
money reading a large number of books, then you should look at Strides. This
app looks at the total time to complete any task and breaks it down into
milestones that are measurable, trackable. It creates weekly and monthly goals
to keep you on track. You can build the
perfect daily routine. The app is free,
but they do accept donations if you’d like to provide support.
Streaks (https://streaksapp.com/ ) (currently Android-only).
Streaks is an app to help you develop
fitness goals. The plus of this app is that it hooks in nicely with Apple’s
Health app. It tracks steps, measures heart rate, distance and more. It’s
simple, handling only six habits at a time, and has a very easy-to-understand graphics display. There is a
small fee for this app. At the time of
my writing it was $4.99.
Habitica (https://habitica.com/static/home
) This app is free and for the iPhone, Android, or
web. Habitica takes good habits and converts them into something fun. It
converts them into a video game you can play with friends. You can earn badges
and battle monsters and hold each other accountable. If either of you fails to complete the reminder, you’re both
penalized. You can use advanced aspects
of the “game” and join group plans with monthly subscriptions.
Coach.me. (https://www.coach.me/ ) This app has plans to
coach you through the process of forming athletic habits and training. You can
see videos and even contact live coaches for hire. The core aspect of this app is a capable
habit tracker that lets you check off your habits as you do them. The real value, however, lies in the
community and coaching aspects of the app even though you may pay from $25 per
week and up for live coaches.
Beeminder
(https://www.beeminder.com/ ) If you really want to “put your money where
your mouth is” you might want to check-out beeminder. If you fail to do a habit, the app will
charge your credit card (and the amount they charge will increase each time you
fail). This won’t be motivating for
everyone. But if you’re the sort of person who performs best when the stakes
are high, you’ll love Beeminder. And in addition to the financial incentives,
Beeminder will also show you a huge amount of data about your habits.
These are only a few of the ways that you
may be able to use the present technology to your advantage when trying to
eliminate BAD habits and create a new pattern of forming GOOD
habits. However, whatever the method you
choose in your quest to improve your personal lifestyle and become the better
person you know you can be, never forget that you have an inherent enemy who is
always trying to make you fail in your efforts.
This enemy is YOU, because we’re only human!
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
"Your habits define who you are."
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