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.FLYINGHEAD HABITUAL RESPONSE
.TITLE The habits of highly effective PalmPower readers
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.SUMMARY In the June 2002 issue of PalmPower, Heather McDaniel showed you how to create healthy daily habits and keep them on your Palm handheld. Since then, she has received a number of interesting responses from readers. In this article, she share some of them with you so that you might benefit from their stories as well.
.AUTHOR Heather McDaniel
In the June 2002 issue of PalmPower I wrote an article entitled, "Create healthy daily habits and keep them on your Palm handheld" at http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue200206/habit001.html. Over the past couple of months, I’ve received a number of interesting responses from readers. I thought it would be fun to share some of them with you here so you might benefit from their stories, as well.
.H1 Pastor’s companion
It was interesting to read your article in Palm Power Magazine concerning the use of the Palm handheld for setting good habits for the week.
I have had an interest in holistic health, and your idea of using a spreadsheet was very helpful. I used Documents To Go (at http://www.dataviz.com) on my Palm IIIxe and use the Sheet To Go format. I believe your suggestion about focusing on healthy habits works better than trying to concentrate on eliminating bad habits. My categories center on the whole person. I have tried to envision for myself what my ideal day would look like, although I realize that I can’t do everything each day. The system of using a spreadsheet enables me to look at the week at a glance and evaluate how I have done.
As a minister, I have had an interest in the use of technology for ministry. I have been working on the use of the Palm organizer as a pastor’s companion, noting how it can be used in ministry.
Your article was read from what I downloaded onto my Palm handheld using the AvantGo software (at http://www.avantgo.com).
Thank you for your contribution.
Marty Pauschke
.H1 Action principles
Nice article.
I’m still absorbing the 100 action principles from http://www.success.org in ebook form on my Palm handheld.
Cheers,
Dave Hodgkinson
.H1 Here’s to good health
Recently I received a Palm m515 for Father’s Day. I’m a life long exerciser, but I must continuously fight back my weight. I’m going to be 56 next month, and I consider myself to be in excellent health. I want to stay that way, and I’m going to give your solution a try. I’ll keep you posted.
Bob Player
.H1 Vitamin deficiency
Toward the end of your article you mention that, "Figure D also shows that I’ve been a good girl and have taken my vitamins every day."
Looking at "Figure D," the daily intake of vitamins you say you recorded as having taken does not appear anywhere in the example.
.H2 Heather responds
Thanks so much for pointing that out. I swear, I really did, and still do, take my vitamins every day.
.H1 BlueMoon tracks
Thanks very much for your article on tracking daily habits.
You might be interested in a software product called BlueMoon that integrates with the To Do application and tracks habits (or other things) and will give you a statistical analysis on how frequently you have done each thing. If you turn on the option to synchronize with the To Do application, you can check off the activity in the To Do application, and BlueMoon will both record the activity and add the next occurrence of the to-do item to the To Do database. BlueMoon can work with any To Do application replacement, such as ToDo PLUS (at http://handshigh.com), DateBk5 (at http://www.pimlicosoftware.com/datebk5.htm), Action Names (at http://www.iambic.com), etc.
You can find it at http://www.sgsw.com/BlueMoon/bluemoon.html.
I am not affiliated with Stormgate Software (the authors). I’m just a satisfied user.
Here is an excerpt from the BlueMoon Web site:
.QUOTE BlueMoon lets you keep track of when something occurred last and when it’s due again.
.QUOTE Unlike a repeating event on a calendar, BlueMoon events "float." They are relative to when they last occurred. This makes them great for keeping track of things that happen at some specified interval but that usually don’t happen on an exact day. You may want to remember to call a distant relative every couple of months, but you don’t call on an exact date, for instance.
.QUOTE Sometimes things occur and we want to keep a log of each and every occurrence, or at least a count of how many times something has happened. Examples of these types of things include tracking medical symptoms (for allergies perhaps) or having information showing when you did some required activities (instrument calibrations and checks, etc.).
Regards,
Bob Hughes
.H1 Fitness software
The following letter was actually written in response to an old article of mine called, "Keep in shape with Vivonic’s Fitness Planner," in the September 2000 issue of PalmPower at http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue200009/vivonic001.html, but since it involves exercise and that’s often a daily habit, I decided to include it here.
I am considering some fitness software and was reading your review of Vivonic’s Fitness Planner (at http://www.vivonic.com). I would like to ask you a few questions.
Your article was published in September of 2000. Are you still using it? Do you still like it? Has it improved in the last two years? Would you still recommend it?
There seem to be a couple competitors that look good, too. Have you looked at BalanceLog (at http://www.healthetech.com/corp/consumer/balancelog.jsp) or Diet & Exercise Assistant (at http://www.keyoe.com/DEA_Handheld.htm)?
Gregg Reavis
.H2 Heather responds
To be totally honest, I am not using Vivonic’s Fitness Planner any longer. It was great to use in order to begin to get myself in shape and eating better. Almost two years later, I’m still eating healthy and am in shape. I don’t need to rely on tools such as Vivonic to keep track of what I’m doing and how I’m doing it. It’s basically become second nature.
I would still recommend using Vivonic’s Fitness Planner to get you started. It was very user-friendly. I don’t know how much the software changed since I wrote the article.
I’m not too familiar with the other programs you mentioned. However, Heather Wardell reviewed BalanceLog in her article, "Lose those winter pounds with BalanceLog," in the May 2002 issue of PalmPower at http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue200205/balancelog001.html.
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Another option is to download demo versions of the programs, try each of them out for a few days, and decide which program best fits your needs.
I hope this helps. Let me know how you do! If you have any more questions, please let me know.
Much aloha,
Heather
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.H1 Product availability and resources
For the article, "Create healthy daily habits and keep them on your Palm handheld," by Heather McDaniel in the June 2002 issue of PalmPower, visit http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue200206/habit001.html.
For more information on Documents To Go, visit http://www.dataviz.com.
For more information on AvantGo, visit http://www.avantgo.com.
For more information on Success.org, visit http://www.success.org.
For more information on ToDo PLUS, visit http://handshigh.com.
For more information on DateBk5, visit http://www.pimlicosoftware.com/datebk5.htm.
For more information on Action Names, visit http://www.iambic.com.
For more information on BlueMoon, visit http://www.sgsw.com/BlueMoon/bluemoon.html.
For the article, "Keep in shape with Vivonic’s Fitness Planner," by Heather McDaniel in the September 2000 issue of PalmPower, visit http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue200009/vivonic001.html.
For more information on BalanceLog, visit http://www.healthetech.com/corp/consumer/balancelog.jsp.
For more information on Diet & Exercise Assistant, visit http://www.keyoe.com/DEA_Handheld.htm.
For the article, "Lose those winter pounds with BalanceLog," by Heather Wardell in the May 2002 issue of PalmPower, visit http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue200205/balancelog001.html.
For more information on Palm handhelds, visit http://www.palm.com.
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