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How is this any different from written daily routines, to do lists, and journals, all of which have been around for centuries/millennia?
by zhdc1 6y ago
How is this any different from written daily routines, to do lists, and journals, all of which have been around for centuries/millennia?
- ycombinete 6y agoI agree, I think your parent is confusing symptoms for causes.
- xmprt 6y agoI'm still not sure if it's a bad thing but it's definitely different. When I use a journal/list/daily routine, I feel like I'm in control but when I use an app I feel like I'm giving that up to someone/something else. When I miss a goal that I wrote in a journal then I'm only letting myself down but when I'm using an app I feel worse about messing up. I don't know how justified those feelings are but at a certain point I think it's worth sitting down and asking whether the app makes you feel worse about the mistakes than the mistakes themselves.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoDoes that make the app better or worse, extrinsic motivation seems better. That's one reason to use an app, I thought; some pseudo-accountability.