My name is Adriano Ferrari, a Physics Ph.D. student, and the founder of HabitShaper.com.
In this blog, you'll find research on shaping habits, product updates, and random articles on self-improvement.
When establishing a habit, I found that having short-term goals of “7 consecutive days” and then “14 consecutive days” really helped. Once those two milestones were reached, it became much easier to go on. So, for encouragement, I made these medals. Each consecutive day of following a habit adds a tiny bit to the medal. [...]
I had been thinking about and planning (i.e. “procrastinating”) writing a screenplay for months. I finally decided to make a habit of writing 500 words daily, starting at around 25 words/day. It’s been working like a charm for a month. I am now half-way through my screenplay!
HabitShaper is a Windows program that helps you develop good habits, and stop bad ones. You can develop the habit of exercising every day, or reading more. If you are trying to quit smoking, it’s the same system. Just decide what habits you want to create or remove, and HabitShaper does the planning for you, [...]
I added a logo I put together quickly with Painter & Photoshop. I kinda like it, since it implies the main feature of the HabitShaper software: S-curves (or “logistic curves“). I’ll leave it up for now, and get back to programming. Soon I’ll add some info on what HabitShaper actually is.
Ah, deadlines… I remember frantically scribbling the last lines of my calculus assignment, in class, minutes before the teacher went around collecting them. (on non-deadline days, I would usually be asleep by then). Or, when I was designing brochures freelance, I would always show up at the client’s office with bags under my eyes, and [...]
