Gamifying habits

What we’re working with

I’ve always struggled with getting things done. Not in a serious, potential depression way, but in the way that I imagine many people do. The alarm goes off in the morning earlier than you’d really like to wake up, so you stay in bed for a few more minutes. Usually that’s not a problem, but every so often you fall back asleep for an hour and suddenly you’re late for work, you’re in a rush, and the rest of your day is a little bit harder. That’s the sort of thing I’m talking about. It’s easy for this sort of difficulty to spread throughout your day. You can still function like a relatively normal person, but everything requires more willpower than you feel like it could or should.

I’ve also always been a gamer. Again, not in a serious, potential addiction way, but in the way that I imagine many people are. I grew up and went through school just as computers and...