Giving me a reward to motivate me to Retroratchet!

[philip]

@hayder78

Please give me some incentive to Retroratchet. Make me feel happy doing it. I cannot lose my efforts and throw it in the sea. I know the whole system is just a trick to my self to make me work and that is the point which is achieved by the current Retroratchet system. But that color trick works and makes me feel that the safe days are my bank account. I suggest to make a rewarding trick for Retroratchet.

I stand by my reply in @chelsea’s thread. tl;dr: my reward is down-pledging.

I also love the idea of introducing a visible congratulatory signal that reflects how very very far above the goal line you have achieved. I don’t think that it should ‘bank’ the safe days or otherwise change the incentives of the yellow brick road. But retro-ratcheting is a brave and future-oriented thing to do, and so should be recognised.

Aside: I also use HabitRPG, and it’s surprisingly nice to dress up the little avatar and to make sure that he doesn’t die. I don’t make use of most of their ‘game’ mechanics, just the task/habit check lists. It’s a different way of tricking yourself that will work for some people on some habits.