2012년 1월 19일 목요일

Top 10 Sites or Apps for Keeping New Years Resolutions

Top 10 Sites or Apps for Keeping New Years Resolutions: news_years_resolutions_MG.jpgOn New Year's Day, my strongest resolution is often to avoid champagne for the next few years. Why do we start with fresh goals on a day when most of us can barely manage to raise our voices above a whisper?

Making New Year's resolutions is fun, but staying committed can be anything but. These are a few sites and apps that will help keep you on track to success, at least until you reestablish your taste for champagne.







1. 43Things is a site that lets you track goals and resolutions, a maximum of 43, and see what others are up to as well. Each goal has its own page where you can compare your progress to others who are trying to accomplish the same thing and read tips from those who've had success before you.









2. Habitforge is an excellent resource for goals that revolve around habit formation. If you want to do something consistently -- run every day, take vitamins, floss -- Habitforge sends you a daily email to remind you of your personal motivation, counts down days before you reach your goal, and shows you your track record.









3. Teuxdeux is a simple to do list in calendar format. It lets you cross off completed items and carries over unfinished tasks. It even offers a section to let you record goals for "someday." Use it to outline the specific steps you'll take toward each goal, and to set deadlines for yourself.









4. 42 Goals offers lots of options for customizing how you track your objectives. Use their icons, tracking boards, and templates to create a personalized check-in and analysis system.









5. Rescuetime helps you make more time for what's important to you by tracking how much time you waste on the stuff that's not. Spoiler alert: It's a lot.








6. Daytum helps you track granular information in aesthetically pleasing ways. It makes customizable charts to offer inspiration and gives users a personal dashboard that helps you collect and display the metrics you choose.









7. StickK Set a goal, choose how much you're willing to wager, and if you don't succeed the money goes to a charity you choose. You can also choose a referee and a cheering section to throw some peer pressure into the game.









8. Lose It! helps you meet weight and diet goals by tracking your food intake and the calories you're burning through exercise.









9. Mint helps you build your nest egg by tracking income, savings, and investments. You can also opt in to alerts that let you know if you exceed spending limits or if your credit needs extra attention.









10. Path aims to strengthen ties amongst friends by offering insight into their daily lives. You and your circle update with comments, photos, music, and location. You can even indicate your bedtime and alert folks when you wake up. It's a surprisingly effective way to bring long-distance friends and family into proximity.




What are your resolutions for this year? What tools do you use to keep on track?




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Maggie Mason is the author of No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog, publisher of Mighty Mighty Media, and a Twitter power user (@Maggie). Her personal blog, Mighty Girl was recently nominated for a SxSW Lifetime Achievement Award, and she was named one of Silicon Valley's Top 50 Influencers by Now Public.

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