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by cybervegan 2667 days ago
So... what's this for? I mean, I know what progress bars are for per se but I can't see any mention of a way to tie the meter to something concrete other than time - and we already have clocks and calendars for that. I must be missing something...
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It is just for time. I find this sort of thing along with motivation posters and the like - to be superfluous and for people who lack discipline. You shouldn't have to motivate yourself by looking at a poster - if that's the case then you're fixing the symptom and not the deeper mental root cause. Don't get me wrong, if this dashboard plugged into a task list or something concrete with goal, it would be useful.
I lack discipline, and this sort of stuff doesn't help me at all, so it's not for people who lack discipline. It is for people who are motivated by this sort of stuff, whether they are disciplined or not. Whatever works, works.