ProgressMAKR

Why ProgressMAKR?

We all have many things to do and learn throughout our life. As a web developer, I have to keep up with many new technologies and advances in the field for my career, and I like learning new things as my hobbies. But, usually I start learning one thing and a few days later forget about it, and move on to another, so most cases I do not stick with my initial commitments. I find hard to keep the momentum going. Also, the issue is when I try to learn something quickly, I usually forget it quickly - so, only regular practice and spaced repetition help what I have learnt stick in my head.

Or sometimes I become obsessive about work, learning, or doing one thing, and neglecting other things in life in the meantime. I spend most of my day, sitting in front of my computer, doing my work in the day and happily my hobby projects in the evening. But, then I sometimes feel I need to 'get life'.

Recently I rejoined my local gym, after I had stopped going there for a few months, thinking that this time I will not quit after a few times. Maybe it is not only me that this happens?

I have a family and enjoy spending time with them while also choirs need to be done. Often I find hard to balance between my learning activities and family while maintaining my own wellbeing and self-care.

I need to come up with a solution to this problem.

How

I started to keep track of my learning activities on a piece of paper - a tally chart of learning activities. I would try to time-box each activity, short and sweet, but on a regular basis, so that I will not try to learn one thing very quickly but several things step by step, consistently, in a balanced way, over a longer period of time.

I realised that this tally system may also be used for getting rid of any negative behaviours and forming positive behaviours in general - whether it is about quitting something unhealthy, doing choirs, spending time with family, or taking care of oneself, doing some physical exercises and meditations, etc.

The only problem is I have a messy handwriting, and the list gets bigger and messier on a piece of paper. It can easily get lost..

I also thought, "Other people must also have similar issues as me. What if a community of people share and support the progress (tips and struggles) of their learning activities and objectives with each other? Then, the person will not feel alone in his or her progress journey.".

What - My Solution

I need a web app!

I started to build this web app almost one year ago, spending a lot of my time in the evening after work and weekends. Ironically, I have been spending too much time in this project over other things in life. But, finally I built this I will use this to keep track of my activities and goals and hopefully balance my life.

Over time I will add more features to this app. I will post some progress here.

You can sign up free for all the current features - You can keep track of your activities and goals as well as your wellbeing privately or share the progress with others in Progress Posts page.

What's Next?

I am going to add more improvements and features in coming weeks.

Planned features:

• github-like calendar heatmap to each Post - Done!
• Image resizer before uploading. - Automatic resizer done!
• add list view for wellbeing records - basic one done!
• aggregate wellbeing graph by week, month, etc.
• Spider Chart for Categories - filter by Day, Week, Month, etc.
• Display streaks for each progress item.
• General Styling and User Interface Improvements.