I used the app “HabitRPG” on my phone. It’s an app where you basically set a series of tasks you want to do every day or every week, and it basically “gamifies” them; a little RPG character earns experience and gold when you do the task and check it off and loses hitpoints if you don’t.
Overall I’d give it about a +5. I used it for about two months when I was starting a new job, and I think it did help me create good habits for my new situation, although I can’t say for sure since I don’t have a control or a baseline to compare it to. After about 2 months I felt like I didn’t need it anymore and stopped, and the good habits more or less persisted. Downside is probably that it’s a little time consuming and can itself be a distraction sometimes, and you still need some degree of self motivation for it to work.
I used the app “HabitRPG” on my phone. It’s an app where you basically set a series of tasks you want to do every day or every week, and it basically “gamifies” them; a little RPG character earns experience and gold when you do the task and check it off and loses hitpoints if you don’t.
https://habitica.com/static/front
Overall I’d give it about a +5. I used it for about two months when I was starting a new job, and I think it did help me create good habits for my new situation, although I can’t say for sure since I don’t have a control or a baseline to compare it to. After about 2 months I felt like I didn’t need it anymore and stopped, and the good habits more or less persisted. Downside is probably that it’s a little time consuming and can itself be a distraction sometimes, and you still need some degree of self motivation for it to work.