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Commit
Two weeks ago I added a new app to my iPhone after reading about it on one of my favourite tech blogs. Commit is a very simple program that allows you to keep track of things that you want to do every day.
You simply complete the phrase: “I will *blank* every day. Remind me at *blank o’clock* just in case I forget.” And then, every day, at whichever time you chose, you get a notification reminder asking you: “Did you *blank* Today?” Over time, the app reminds you how many consecutive days you have completed the daily task and if you miss a day you automatically reset to zero.
Already, I am finding it amazing how difficult it is to do a few simple things every day. Over the past 14 days I have only managed to do one of the eight tasks that I have chosen to remind myself about every day without missing a single day. Even something as simple as “Did you Tweet today?” was missed because I got distracted and it was after midnight by the time I noticed.
It was surprisingly motivating to hit double digits on reminding myself to take a picture every day, and it made me feel surprisingly bad when I neglected to read to my son on one of the days this past week. The app really takes your intentions and makes you pay attention to whether or not something is really happening or not.
A prime example is that one of my eight daily tasks is “Did you eat healthy today”. My score over 14 days is zero. I think that I am trying to eat well and be conscious of my choices, but my actions don’t agree with my intentions. Now I’m left with the tough reality that I’m not doing what I mean to do and I need to pull up my socks and pay attention.
I watched a short (3 minute) TED talk recently: Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 Days that really got me thinking about how this app could really help to put the suggestions of Mr. Cutts into practice. I like the idea of having a new and different challenge each month. I’m trying to decide what my first challenge should be.
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