01-03-2008, 01:42 AM
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It's a long story, but suffice to say that I originally had the above post in another thread, but I've since made that post into it's own thread to keep the thread it was originally in on-topic.
Kaspian and Tobias have already responded to this post in another thread (thanks, guys!). I quoted both of their posts below.
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Originally Posted by Bruce Achterberg  What I'm interested in, however, is what you (ie. Steve + the other people participating in the 30 day trials) use to manage your trials. Ie. What documents do you use, if any?
To be a bit more specific, do you just use a paper calendar and cross it off as you go? Do you use certain software? Do you just wing it and remember what day you started on and what day you will finish? Do you keep any logs, and if so, what type of data do you record and what format do you use? | Bruce,
I've been using a spreadsheet with the days of the week in the first column and days of the month in the second column. Each goal has its own column after that. For goals that can be measured with a simple, "Yes, I did it," or "No, I didn't," 1 is yes, and 0 is no. At the bottom of the column, I can tally the number of yeses at the end of the month. Some of the goals I set were time-based—things like, "Do 4 hours of yard work per week." For that kind of goal, I recorded the number of hours spent per day rounded to the nearest quarter-hour.
| Tobias Zimpel said: Quote: Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Achterberg Hey guys,What do you use?
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What I'm interested in, however, is what you (ie. Steve + the other people participating in the 30 day trials) use to manage your trials. Ie. What documents do you use, if any? | I just put together a notes template on my PDA, that has 30 "bubbles" on top that I mark off every day:
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I think you get the idea. Under that, there is a detailed description on what I want to do, what I consider a success, the benefits of reaching my goals, and maybe some additional reward that I put up if the "natural" benefits of success are not enough to motivate me.
However, a friend of mine uses Click Here to Rename Your Seinfeldian Chain | smarterfitter.com to visualize his success and motivate himself to follow through on it. It follows basically the same principle, but is more visually appealing that a .txt on a 3-inch display :-)
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