Daily Check-ins

Checking in (or "book-ending") means doing this:

1. Post a message committing to do a specific task during a specified period of time.




2. At the end of that period of time, post a message reporting on what you did.

This sounds simple-minded, but it's a surprisingly effective tool. It works for several reasons:

1. It makes you accountable.




2. It provides social support. People can cheer you on when you succeed, or encourage you try again when you don't. Plus it ameliorates the sense of loneliness and isolation that people can feel doing certain tasks, making them easier to do.