Need a Lift?

Does anyone else need a lift?  And no, not a face lift or a lift to the Walmarts.  Do you say that—can I get a lift?  I wonder if that’s regional or what.  I don’t say it so I’m curious.  I don’t saw Walmarts either but I think it’s funny to read it that way.  Anyway.  A lift.  Do you need one?  Just a general, let’s make life just a teensy bit better kind of lift.  I do. 

And I’ve realized more and more this week how big of a difference the little things make. 

Getting up early. 

Going to bed on time.

Flossing. 

Taking your medication. 

Reading. 

Drinking more water.

Stretching. 

Being grateful. 

All these habits add up to a positive, consistent, healthy, productive life.  And some of us need a little help.  Yes?  I mean, seriously, if you are drinking 8 glasses of water AND flossing AND getting up early every single day, we need to have a conversation.  One in which you might feel some pain.

I got in on a Beta Release of a new iPhone app called, wait for it….Lift.  Lift’s tagline is “unlock your potential”.  Basically, Lift just gamifies all these little, daily, sometimes-annoying but necessary tasks that make your life better.

It’s a simple app but could be very powerful for some people.

You just add the tasks you want help remembering to do.

Then each day, you get to click a huge button that turns green after you’ve done it.

OK, so I’m silly and easily pleased and love checkmarks so this helps me.  You also get to see a summary of what you’ve done in green.

Now listen.  It seems like it might be worthless but I have gotten out of my bed, gone to floss my teeth just so I can click that little button.

I know, it’s probably sad that I need motivation like this but at the end of the day (literally), it really helped.

I think it would be even better if I had more friends!  You can “like” someone’s check-in and see their comments.  I try to share what I’m grateful for or what I made for dinner.  I think it’s kind of inspiring.

Maybe it would give you a lift too? (pst, it’s free)