I recently posted a discussion of the Charles Duhigg book The Power of Habit by Don. I love the idea of anything that can help us create good habits and kill the bad ones. I saw this review of the app Lift on Dot Complicated‘s newsletter this morning. Lift can be used as an iPhone app or on the web.
One main purpose of Lift is to help you form (or break) habits and meet goals. It has a simple design and user interface. You enter a the list of habits you want to form/stop. At the end of the day, you check off the ones you successfully completed/avoided. The app resets at midnight and keeps track of how many days per week or month you successfully achieve your goal. Don’t know what to target? There is a list of common habits/goals to choose from.
Lift “helps you achieve your goals big or small” in three steps:
- Set Goals – Browse the most popular habits or create your own.
- See Your Progress – They’ll give you a personalized report that tells you how you’re doing.
- Get Support – Friends keep you accountable and cheer you on.
There is a sharing component where you can “get support”. I have friends who share their myFitPal food diaries for this accountability and Daily Mile for running for cheers. I have too much sharing going on in my life. Liz Wassman from Dot Complicated suggested that “for [her], the satisfaction of checking off the habit every day was enough motivation to stick with it. It’s amazing that such a small action successfully works as motivation, but it does.”
Lift is available for iOS or online (free). What do you think? Would an app like this work for you?
Not to be too heavy here, but this week is National Suicide Prevention week and PostSecret is running its 15th fundraiser. Normally scandalous or mysterious, the post from September 7th has a postcard from a man on Father’s Day who indicated it would be his last as he was destroyed when his wife left him. His kids saw it and knew right away that it was him. They went to him and intervened and he sent a follow up card indicating that “time and family helped him heal his wounds and allowed [him] to see that there was more of life to live.”
PostSecret is doing a fundraiser to provide support for volunteer suicide hotlines and resources. The International Suicide Prevention Wiki is an open source worldwide directory of suicide prevention hotlines, online chat, text-lines and resources. This wiki was created and is maintained by the PostSecret community volunteers.
The “PostSecret” on the left is an important reminder to all of us that small acts of kindness do make a difference. So keep at it!
As usual, I have found many good deals so far this week:
- Who knew I had things in common with Jenny McCarthy? Check out her picks at Gilt City (new customers get an extra 25% off if you sign up with that link) this week. Monday included Mercury Method in Bucktown which I love! And Wednesday they will feature Prasino and the Roof@ The Wit. Thursday, they will add Nellcote and even more next week!
- Get an additional 20% off on great curated sales on apparel and items for home and kids from GILT with code MY20 (through end of day today, September 10th only.)
- Get 40% off at Banana Republic (online only) with code BRCLUE40 or 30% off at Gap (online only) with code GAPMORE (40% on purchases over $125).
- Get an extra 25% off on active wear and outdoor gear at Sierra Trading Post with code SGPLUS2513. Sign up for their newsletter and like them on Facebook for even more great deals.
- Today only, get Smarty Pants Gummy Vitamins for 35% off at Abe’s Market.
- You know I am a bit addicted to subscription boxes. Get 2 months free (pay shipping only) of new gluten free subscription box from Taste Guru with code 2FREE.
- Guilty Pleasure Alert! Living Social had 50% off on US Weekly!
- Get up to $50 off in coupons from Whole Foods with this link
- Sign up for Puritan’s Pride’s newsletter and get BOGO on a their vitamins.
- Download any audiobook for only $6.95 at Downpour.com—no membership required! Limited-time offer.
- Save up to $15 on Flights & Hotels at One Travel with Promo Code EOS.
- Lifebooker Loot has great deals on health, beauty, spa, fitness and more in major metros including Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, DC, NYC and more! Get an additional 20% off with the code AUTUMNLOOT.
Still Available:
- Need good hotel rates? Try TravelPony? They have brand name hotels in major metros at prices much lower than other travel websites. You can sign in with Facebook to get free access to these savings. Spread the word about TravelPony. (This is how they can offer such low rates.) Check out TravelPony
now! I did some searches! Looks good in NYC and Chicago!
- Check out great cash back deals on your favorite outdoor retailers from Active Junky: Backcountry.com (12% back), The Clymb (8% back), REI (5% back), Altrec (6% back) and many more!
- Get 15% off on Mizuno outlet orders with code MIZUNO15 or free shipping on orders over $75 at Mizuno USA with code SHIP75
- Get your first month of Bulubox, a subscription box for athletes, free with code FIRSTONUS.
- Get 20% off on activewear from Ellie.
- Chicago ladies (and gents), don’t forget you get $10 off your first service at Pretty Quick with code ericafinds through 11/1.
That’s all I have for now! Congratulations to guest poster, Kelly, she is an Ironman and the husband finished in the money at his race, too!
PS. Don’t forget to enter my Yet Another On the Go Snacks giveaway with snacks from Biena Foods and Popcorners (and a Graze box!) – LAST DAY and check out my Swirlgear giveaway, too!
