You don’t need (even if it’s fun to search for it) a new application to develop your discipline.
Go for this instead:
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Find your “why.”
I like to use a “mind map,” but you can also make a list.
- Take a blank sheet of paper.
- Write down the new habit you want to adopt.
- Draw lines from the center outwards.
- On each line, write down a reason why you want to change.
- Color the most important ones with your favorite color.
- Review it every morning.
Block out time in your schedule.
Life is a series of distractions (searching for an app) and emergencies (could you please help me with that) to manage. It’s easier to deal with them than to focus on our change. Block out time and move forward on your project.
Start small.
Taking on a 10K race when you haven’t run in five years is not a good idea. You’ll get hurt, and the next day you’ll be so sore you won’t go back. Prepare your outfit the night before and tell yourself you will alternate running and walking for 5 minutes.
Once you’re out the door, you may want to continue. Why not do 10 minutes.
Record your impressions in a journal.
It will develop your self-awareness and help you celebrate the small victories along the way and not give up when it gets more complicated. ( because it will)
So, of course, an app can help you, but it won’t do this essential work for you.
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