Oh, and another thing...
Another thing that I am grateful for is the existence of HabitRPG. It's a productivity and motivation tool structured as a classic 8-bit adventure game. You set up tasks and activities as either "habits", "daily" actions, or "to-do" items, and when you complete them, you gain experience and gold (which you can use for pre-made rewards or custom ones). If you miss a scheduled activity, or indulge a bad habit, you take "damage". You can also go on "quests", where your activities do "damage" to "monsters". Here's a screencap of the main page:
It may look frivolous, but it's helped me maintain my daily habits like nothing else has. Those of you who know me know that I have about zero discipline when it comes to sticking with something that's unpleasant in the short term, even though I know it will reap positive results in the long term. With HabitRPG, I'm sticking with it like I've never done before. It feels good.
Many thanks to kiltcheck for turning me on to this.
It may look frivolous, but it's helped me maintain my daily habits like nothing else has. Those of you who know me know that I have about zero discipline when it comes to sticking with something that's unpleasant in the short term, even though I know it will reap positive results in the long term. With HabitRPG, I'm sticking with it like I've never done before. It feels good.
Many thanks to kiltcheck for turning me on to this.