habit trafficlighting as a visual motivator

Betty · Post by **Betty** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:49 am

For the past two months I've had fewer failures, and, in part, I think it's the new way I deal with the habitcal.

On the first day of the month I mark all Fridays and Saturdays yellow. Then I figure out what the NWS days are (This month it's my daughter's birthday) and I mark those yellow too. Then, immediately, I mark all the other days green.

It looks so pretty I just don't want to mess it up. Plus, I only have to spend time on my habitcal if I have a failure.

Betty

Post by **reinhard** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:05 pm

Great idea! Time efficient AND motivating.

Might try that myself...

Reinhard

blueskighs · Post by **blueskighs** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:07 pm

Betty,

that is interesting way to do it! maybe will think about that!

Blueskighs

kccc · Post by **kccc** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:49 pm

I really like that idea, so much so that I immediately went to my HabitCal to implement it.

Then I realized that it works really, really well for No-S, but not for my exercise habitcal or my project one . They are both more erratic in terms of when the yellow days fall, because my rule of thumb is just "five days out of seven" and I put the yellow days wherever my life needs a little breathing room. (Keeping the "5 of 7" rule just keeps me from getting lazy and taking tons of yellow days. I really think about "do I want a pass today, or do I want to save it for later, because it looks as if the end of the week will be busier..." )

Still, I really like it. I think I'll do it on the No-S one, just because it makes me plan my NWS more thoughtfully.

iggy · Post by **iggy** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:33 pm

Fantastic idea! It suggests a motto: "Success is my default mode."

tgp157 · Post by **tgp157** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:10 pm

iggy wrote:"Success is my default mode."

I like that!!!