We’re yet another week into January, which means that more people have let go of plans to pursue their New Years resolutions. Last week we wrote about iPhone apps that can help your New Year’s resolution. There are plenty, and since most are not free you have added incentive to use them. Android users can download most of those apps, but they have one that can help even more. Fail Log is an app designed to rid you of the bad habits that prevent you from creating good ones.
When we try to break bad habits, we usually put too much pressure on ourselves. We must stop now, we tell ourselves, and then we scold ourselves when we slip. One slip leads to the next, because hey, you already slipped once so what the hell. The cycle continues, of course, until we abandon our efforts to kill this bad habit. And so we continue, unchanged.
Fail Log presents an alternative. Instead of beating up yourself every time you slip, you merely make a record of it in the app. There is really nothing to it. You set up the habit you want to change, and select it every time you slip. That’s it. Record and walk away. In the background, Fail Log compiles your data and shows it to you in many forms. It can be highly effective for people looking for insight into their own bad habits and behaviors.
After time you’ll see trends appear. What is your worst time for slipping? You can then work on a plan to curb slips at that specific time, with the hope that cutting out the heart will help kill the habit entirely. You can also see days that you slip more than others, so you can perhaps tie it to other events. The main idea: the more you know about your bad habits, the more direct action you can take to eradicate them.
Want to give it a try and see if it works? You can get Fail Log for free from Google Play. Once you’ve eradicated your bad habits, you can work on adding new, good ones. For that the developer, Amimetic, has Habit Streak Pro, which costs $2.99 but will repay itself many times over if you can successfully develop these new habits.
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