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Re: Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow

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Post by rawoke083600 »

hoanhan101 wrote: post #20
rawoke083600 wrote: post #18

Looks good. Tried to signup for "the trial", but after verifying my address and logging in. It seems I HAVE to subscribe to "trial" it ? Is this correct ?

Correct. Subscription comes with 7-day trial.

So I HAVE to subscribe to "TRIAL" ? - (I have already SIGNED-UP")

Re: Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow

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Post by jmnicolas »

I envy people that can freely share their thoughts / dreams / wishes on some random VM in some random cloud.

I don't even trust my connected devices since the amount of telemetry going on guarantees that everything I type will end up on some random VM in some random cloud.

Re: Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow

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Post by aeonflux »

hoanhan101 wrote: post #20
rawoke083600 wrote: post #18

Looks good. Tried to signup for "the trial", but after verifying my address and logging in. It seems I HAVE to subscribe to "trial" it ? Is this correct ?

Correct. Subscription comes with 7-day trial.

I think you are loosing a lot of potential customers by forcing everyone to commit up front.

Re: Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow

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Post by toyg »

politicus1000 wrote: post #27
toyg wrote: post #25

$10 a month for yet another streak-focused app I’ll drop in two weeks... sorry, pass. I can see why the trial is 7 days though.

What is a streak-focused application?

This thing where you are supposed to take satisfaction from looking at a "chain" of repeated tasks on your calendar and feeling so bad for "breaking" the streak that you'll keep doing it. There are quite a few out there.

The effect on me is typically to increase my self-loathing when inevitably the chain breaks, and the feeling of "oh no, doing it all again will take so long!" discourages from picking myself up.

Re: Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow

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Post by huhtenberg »

politicus1000 wrote: post #27
toyg wrote: post #25

$10 a month for yet another streak-focused app I’ll drop in two weeks... sorry, pass. I can see why the trial is 7 days though.

What is a streak-focused application?

Also known as the "Don't break the chain" technique.

Re: Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow

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Post by francis-io »

jmnicolas wrote: post #32

I envy people that can freely share their thoughts / dreams / wishes on some random VM in some random cloud. I don't even trust my connected devices since the amount of telemetry going on guarantees that everything I type will end up on some random VM in some random cloud.

Buy a small NUC and run some docker containers. You might end up sinking 100 hours into it, but I have the same concerns and self hosting (with some cloud backups, but encrypted) is the solution for me.

https://github.com/htpcBeginner/docker-traefik

Re: Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow

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Post by dimovich »

I have a feeling a better way to follow through your goals is to decouple tasks from the time it takes to do them. Divide your time in blocks, one tasks per block. The time doesn't depend on the task, and the task doesn't depend on which block you choose to do it. For me, 3 blocks per day is optimum.

Re: Show HN: A simple way to set goals you actually follow

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Post by PaulKeeble »

francis-io wrote: post #38
jmnicolas wrote: post #32

I envy people that can freely share their thoughts / dreams / wishes on some random VM in some random cloud. I don't even trust my connected devices since the amount of telemetry going on guarantees that everything I type will end up on some random VM in some random cloud.

Buy a small NUC and run some docker containers. You might end up sinking 100 hours into it, but I have the same concerns and self hosting (with some cloud backups, but encrypted) is the solution for me. https://github.com/htpcBeginner/docker-traefik

What software would you run to do this? I have been looking for a good habit/exercise tracker for a while and currently use Habitica. It is free(ish) but also does a poor job in surfacing what you did and history but has a good habit and daily model. I haven't yet found a good piece of software like it that is self hosted.
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