Setup a system to reward myself for checking things off a to-do list. It has caused me to actually maintain the to-do list accurately (it’s been nearly a week now—most to-do list things I’ve tried have only lasted a couple of days).
It works by using a Google Spreadsheet script to (with 50% probability) send me a text message saying “go get a candy” whenever I mark an X in a certain column in the spreadsheet. I actually do go get these candies immediately when I get this text message.
Yep, I intend to! I’m trying to further automate the system with an actual computer controlled candy dispenser, but that part isn’t built yet, and it’s not clear if it’s needed because it seems already to be working.
Setup a system to reward myself for checking things off a to-do list. It has caused me to actually maintain the to-do list accurately (it’s been nearly a week now—most to-do list things I’ve tried have only lasted a couple of days).
It works by using a Google Spreadsheet script to (with 50% probability) send me a text message saying “go get a candy” whenever I mark an X in a certain column in the spreadsheet. I actually do go get these candies immediately when I get this text message.
Could you post a quick update a month or two from now, preferably once you’ve been through a really intense work period?
Yep, I intend to! I’m trying to further automate the system with an actual computer controlled candy dispenser, but that part isn’t built yet, and it’s not clear if it’s needed because it seems already to be working.