I recognise this is a bit tongue and cheek, but I would like to share how crazy helpful things like this can be. A few times in my life now I’ve used beeminder.com (something similar to what’s described here) to build or crack habits.
One difference services like beeminder offer, compared to what’s described here, is the daily accountability aspect, which enables (healthy) habit formation. I think the daily aspect it’s nearly as important as the accountability aspect, as it very quickly becomes about protecting your “streak”.
If this is one step towards building an EA habit formation program, I’m 100% on board. I could very much imagine getting EAs to follow through ideas with actions to be high impact, and worth someone’s time.
At least for me, I think daily accountability—and having to write a reflection if you fail to meet your goals—is a lot greater of an incentive than the threat of donating to PlayPumps a few months down the line.
I recognise this is a bit tongue and cheek, but I would like to share how crazy helpful things like this can be. A few times in my life now I’ve used beeminder.com (something similar to what’s described here) to build or crack habits.
One difference services like beeminder offer, compared to what’s described here, is the daily accountability aspect, which enables (healthy) habit formation. I think the daily aspect it’s nearly as important as the accountability aspect, as it very quickly becomes about protecting your “streak”.
If this is one step towards building an EA habit formation program, I’m 100% on board. I could very much imagine getting EAs to follow through ideas with actions to be high impact, and worth someone’s time.
At least for me, I think daily accountability—and having to write a reflection if you fail to meet your goals—is a lot greater of an incentive than the threat of donating to PlayPumps a few months down the line.