I am excited to use Habitca to gamify my life!
Here's some notes on my own experience using it.
Ride along with what I've learned, since we master what we teach...
First off, I am fascinated by the idea of gamifying my life. While you gain points for task completed, be penalized for tasks you don't is key!
Consisting of thing that:
require effort
that we need to be reminded of.
areas we need to create routines
part of bigger plan.
aspects that can be measured & tracked
where we feel out of balance Take on amazing quests with friends or on your own. Battle monsters, create Challenges, and help yourself stay accountable through Parties. Begin by reading the introduction:
https://habitica.com/static/overview Step 1: Enter Tasks Habitica is nothing without real-world goals, so enter a few tasks. You can add more later as you think of them! All tasks can be added by clicking the green "Create" button.
Set up To-Dos: Enter tasks you do once or rarely in the To-Dos column, one at a time. You can click on the tasks to edit them and add checklists, due dates, and more!
Set up Dailies: Enter activities you need to do daily or on a particular day of the week, month, or year in the Dailies column. Click task to edit when it will be due and/or set a start date. You can also make it due on a repeating basis, for example, every 3 days. Set up Habits: Enter habits you want to establish in the Habits column. You can edit the Habit to change it to just a good habit heavy_plus_sign or a bad habit heavy_minus_sign Set up Rewards: In addition to the in-game Rewards offered, add activities or treats which you want to use as a motivation to the Rewards column. It's important to give yourself a break or allow some indulgence in moderation! If you need inspiration for which tasks to add, you can look at the wiki's pages on Sample Habits, Sample Dailies, Sample To-Dos, and Sample Rewards.
Now, start tackling your goals from the list! As you complete tasks and check them off in Habitica, you will gain Experience, which helps you level up, and Gold, which allows you to purchase Rewards. If you fall into bad habits or miss your Dailies, you will lose Health. In that way, the Habitica Experience and Health bars serve as a fun indicator of your progress toward your goals. You'll start seeing your real life improve as your character advances in the game. Step 3: Customize and Explore Habitica Once you're familiar with the basics, you can get even more out of Habitica with these nifty features:
Organize your tasks with tags (edit a task to add them).
Customize your avatar by clicking the user icon in the upper-right corner.
Buy your Equipment under Rewards or from the Shops, and change it under Inventory > Equipment.
Connect with other users via the Tavern.
Starting at Level 3, hatch Pets by collecting eggs and hatching potions. Feed them to create Mounts.
At level 10: Choose a particular class and then use class-specific skills (levels 11 to 14).
Form a party with your friends (by clicking Party in the navigation bar) to stay accountable and earn a Quest scroll.
Defeat monsters and collect objects on quests (you will be given a quest at level 15). Your habitca dashboard consists of:
Tasks
Inventory (Level 3 and higher)
Shops
Party
Guilds
Groups
Challenges You begin at level 1.
Tasks are the main pulse of your role. Everything else is optional.
Habits Actions that you want to reward or discourage and that you don't do on a regular schedule. Examples: take a stretching break (positive) or chew your nails (negative).
Dailies Actions you want to do once a day or on certain days of the week. At the end of each day, you will take damage for uncompleted Dailies. Examples: Go to bed on time (every day) or do laundry (every Saturday).
To-Dos One-time or infrequent activities. Examples: Send dad a birthday card or pick up package at post office.
Rewards Treats, indulgences, and other rewards. You can purchase these with the gold you get for completing tasks. Rewards can be in-game (e.g., better armor) or real-life (e.g., buying a new book). Available in-game Rewards will automatically be added to the Rewards section, and real-life Rewards can manually be added.
[Adapting Habitica for ADHD]((http://habitica.wikia.com/wiki/Adapting_Habitica_for_ADHD)
Every small step of progress is worth something. Every time you complete a task and receive the XP, gold and drops, you deserve the rewards you receive for sticking with the plan you've created. A Adapting Habitica for Anxiety and Depression Adapting Habitica for Autism Adapting Habitica for Passive-Aggressive Behavior B Behavioral Science Behind Habitica Books that can help Burnout C Cheating Creating a Unique Experience D User:Daringheart/sandbox Do Your Hardest Task First E Establishing Your Tasks G Gamification Gamifying Your Lists GTD with Habitica Guild Creation and Maintenance Tips H Habitica Planner K Keeping Parties Motivated N Naming Your Tasks O Obstacles P Perfect Day Pomodoro R Routines S Self-Imposed Challenges Sites that can help SMART Goal Setting T Task Type Choice: Habit, Daily, or To-Do The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People The Habit Loop U Use That Snooze Using Habitica for Schoolwork
Challenges (not goals)
Check out the list of challenges here. Examples:
30 Day Money Cleanse Ideas:
10k Sprint
Ukulele 5-day bootcamp
Explained: Summary Could your finances use a check-up? Join this challenge to get your money stuff in ship-shape in only 30 days! Split into 4 weeks of steps, the 30 Day Money Cleanse will help you to meet your money goals and make gold a useful tool in your inventory. Challenge Description Join the 2,807+ Habiticians who have gone on the Money Cleanse! Much like your physical health, your financial health needs a check-up every once in a while. That's why we're going to do a 30-Day Money Cleanse! From Personal Capital, adapted into this Habitica challenge (with permission) by PoorerThanYou.com, a personal finance blog for broke millennials. Are you meeting your money goals? Or do you feel like you have to choose between your priorities? Whether you’re saving for a home or planning to retire soon, it’s possible to achieve your goals with just a bit of awareness and careful planning. During this challenge, we’ll teach you how to invigorate your finances in 4 parts and invite you to take 1 simple step each day for 30 days. Each task in this challenge is designed to be completed in order, 1 per day. However, you may batch together several tasks into one day or otherwise tackle them at your own pace, so long as you are done with the whole cleanse before the deadline, you'll be eligible to win the gem prize! A winner will be selected from those who have completed the 30-day cleanse on Saturday, June 30th, 2018!
This challenge is sponsored by PoorerThanYou.com, a personal finance blog for broke millennials. As such, this challenge contains affiliate links, where I may receive compensation if you click a link and take an action. Products or services are linked and recommended regardless of their affiliate status. There is no additional cost to you for visiting these services via the affiliate links. This sponsorship is what makes the generous gem prize on this challenge possible!
Quests
Quests are story-based missions in which a party either fights a boss or collects items. Quests are initiated when a user invites their party to a quest and begins once all members have responded to the invite. The quest contributor or group leader can override this, beginning or canceling a quest at their discretion. To start a quest, players need a quest scroll. Most quests can only be purchased at the Quest Shop with gold or gems, though some quests are obtained for free when a player creates an account, invites their party to a quest, reaches a Daily Check-In Incentive milestone, or completes a quest in a quest line. Once obtained, quests are stored in a player's item inventory. A quest progresses as party members complete tasks (both Dailies and To-Dos) and perform good Habits. In boss quests, party members can also take damage from uncompleted Dailies. A quest ends when the party drains the boss of health or finds all items, at which point participating party members receive a Reward. These may include gold, experience, equipment, pets, mounts, food, eggs, hatching potions, or other quests. Rewards on completion are not dependent on the size of the party, and every party member who has begun the quest will receive the same rewards no matter the size of their individual contribution. Quests can be an important motivational tool. They provide a long-term, in-game goal that encourages players to log in and complete tasks every day. Quests increase accountability: In boss quests, a player's missed Dailies cause additional damage to themselves and party members. Quests provide positive reinforcement, in that completed Dailies, To-Dos, and good Habits increase boss damage or collection item drop chance. Players are therefore penalized for missing Dailies, yet also rewarded for completing them. Many quests also reward players with food, eggs, and hatching potions, which otherwise are mostly received as random drops. This allows players to hatch pets and raise them into mounts faster. Last, quests give access to exclusive equipment other than the standard class equipment. These pieces can be worn as a costume or equipped to boost a player's stats. There are many strategies among parties for how best to win quests. Bigger parties may have an easier time completing certain quests, but as the number of players participating in the quest increases, the risk of being damaged by another player's missed Dailies in a boss battle increases as well. Currently, there is a limit of 30 players to a party, but it has been reported that having more than about a dozen players in one party might create browser performance problems. It is recommended that your party have no less than four members in order to make quests achievable and to maintain a high level of accountability.
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