I’ll be honest… I’m not the most hard working person out there.
Ok, who I am kidding?… I haven’t worked much unless there’s a project that I’m really pasionate about.
I’ve probably been the biggest procrastinator out there. Or at least that’s what I felt many times in my life.
Things like:
“I’ll just watch this one TikTok video” … 1 hour later … “WTH?! 🤦♂️🫢😳”
Or even things like:
“Let me watch this quick YouTube tutorial. That’s productive time, right?” … 2 hours later … “No… it was NOT productive at all!”
You get the point. I’m a procrastinator.
Or should I say, I used to be a procrastinator? Because I discovered a solution!
The solution?
I built an app to track the hours I’m working on my projects! And I made it fun!
How it started
January is usually the time we all set goals for the new year and one of my goals was to build a new working habit. I wanted to be more productive and focused.
So, I’ve been working on a new app that helped me with my procrastination issue.
It’s a gamified time-tracking app that I’ve been using to go from 15-20 mins of focused work per day to working over 240 minutes! All within one week of launching the MVP of the app!
And not just work, but focused-work! Whenever I turn the timer on, I’m in the zone!
I built the app while using the app to track my time (kinda meta, I know 😄), and I also wrote articles and did some marketing for it.
Being a gamer myself, I’ve also added features to gamify the app and make it more engaging.
Features like:
- A public timeline to see who’s working on which project
- A leaderboard to see who’s the most active on the platform (I am currently #1 - haha! 😏)
- A GitHub-like grid which shows your progress. Each square lights up depending on whether you work more or less.
And this is just the first phase of the project. I want to gamify it even more!
I’m thinking about adding:
- Badges
- Streaks
- Goals
- Todos
- And maybe even rewards (if I can figure out how to do it properly 🤔)
Also, as I’ve shared the project online and asked for feedback - btw, thanks to all the early testers 💜 - I managed to get a lot of great ideas to improve the app and…
I got 2 lifetime sales! 🥳
Will continue to work on the app in the following weeks, while documenting my journey on the blog.
So stay tuned if you want to find out more!
Cya! 👋