Last Martian's checkin

Counting carbs/calories is a drag. Obsessive scale stepping is a recipe for despair. If you want to count something, "days on habit" is a much better metric. Checking off days on a calendar would do just fine, but if you do it here you get accountability and support. Here's how. Start a new topic in this forum called (say) "Your Name Daily Check In." Then every N day post a "reply" to that topic as to whether you stayed on habit. A simple "<font color="green">SUCCESS</font>" or "<font color="red">FAILURE</font>" (or your preferred euphemism if that's too harsh) is sufficient, but obviously you're welcome to write more if you want. On S-days just register that you're taking an S-day. You don't have to do this forever, just until you're confident you've built the habit. Feel free to check in weekly or monthly or sporadically instead of daily. Feel free also to track other habits besides No-s (I'm keeping this forum under No-s because that's what the vast majority are using it for). See also my <a href="/habitcal/">HabitCal</a> tool for another more formal (and perhaps complementary) way to track habits.

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Post by Last Martian » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:00 pm

Day -2 S-day

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Post by VintageGeek » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:50 pm

I like your avatar.
8-bit is still awesome.

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Post by Last Martian » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:30 am

Day -1 Sunday S-Day
Day 1 Monday Success
Day 2 Tuesday Success
Day 3 Wednesday Success
Day 4 Thursday Success
Day 5 Friday Success
Day 6 Saturday S-day
Day 7 Sunday S-day
Week One: Success

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Post by Last Martian » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:00 am

VintageGeek wrote:I like your avatar.
Thanks! :)

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Post by Last Martian » Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:13 am

Week Two: Success

Day 1 Monday Success
Day 2 Tuesday Success
Day 3 WednesdaySuccess
Day 4 Thursday Success
Day 5 Friday Success
Day 6 Saturday S-Day
Day 7 Sunday S-Day

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Post by Last Martian » Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:24 pm

Week Three:
Monday Success
Tuesday Success
Wednesday Success
Thursday Succes
Friday S-day
Saturday S-day
Sunday S-day
Week Three: Success

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Post by Last Martian » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:15 pm

Monday S-Day
Tuesday Success
Wednesday Success
Thursday Success
Friday Success
Saturday S-Day
Sunday S-Day

Week Four: Success

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Post by Last Martian » Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:01 am

Saturday was kind of excessive, even for an S-day. I'm cutting myself some slack since it's early days, but long-term that probably won't do. Also, kind of gross.

This week's goal: Exercise.

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Post by Last Martian » Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:08 am

Monday Success
Tuesday Failure
Wednesday Failure
Thursday Failure
Friday Failure
Saturday S-day
Sunday S-day

Well, I guess this is where the rubber meets the road. I promised myself not to use failures as an excuse to give up this time. So... well, so, I won't, and that's all there is to it.

...

Well, this wasn't exactly a successful week. :(

Ah, well.

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Post by Last Martian » Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:41 am

Monday Success
Tuesday Failure

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Post by Last Martian » Sun May 03, 2009 12:22 pm

Wednesday Failure
Thursday Failure
Friday Failure
Saturday S-day
Sunday S-day

Yeah, well... :oops:

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