In praise of HabitRPG

Sep 24, 2014 07:00

I am really liking HabitRPG. For those of you who don’t know, it gamifies the process of getting chores done. You put in habits you’re trying to reinforce, daily routines you want to get in, and items on your to do list, and it gives your avatar points when you complete them and takes away health when you fail to. When you’re doing well on a ( Read more... )

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mirrored_echo September 25 2014, 04:04:18 UTC
I've been using it for a while (level 34-now). It has its faults (when I first tried it I was kind of offended that the broad/male body type was the default, there's temptation to use in a really mean/unhealthy way (like, spamming a negative habit button every time you eat something if you're depressed about your body image.) I wish the RPG system was used a bit more creatively (rather than linear level-ups). However, I haven't found a general-purpose tool out there that's worked quite as well for motivation. So agreed ( ... )

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