[DanBC]

This is a list of mostly nice advice.

Some people aren't going to be able to maintain lots of change all at once. And inability to maintain it all creates feelings of hopelessness or despair or similar.

It's important to remember that you don't have to change everything now. Just do one thing this month, and stick at it. When you've got that one thing working and maintainable you can change something else.

There are some nice motivational subReddits.

There's probably a niche in the market for a service that pairs or groups people who want to achieve change so that they can motivate each other - virtual motivational cards and voice messages etc.

[prawn]

We built an app around this exact line of thinking about amounts of change, and sticking at things. Its core is:

  - don't try to change too much at once
  - if failing, adjust rather than abandon

http://streaksapp.com/

We intentionally limit the number of daily tasks to six. And if you're continually nailing or failing a task, the app suggests you tweak your target.

I've managed to go from staying up late (working on projects when I'm fading) to knocking off tasks from 5-7am before the family wakes up (when I'm fresh and motivated). I leave less-essential tasks like watching movies for late at night when I'm getting distracted or tired.

When we started beta testing, I kept failing to find 30 minutes/day to read a book. I changed to 10 minutes which felt paltry, but it was something I managed to stick with and started making progress on my pile of unfinished books.