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Joe’s Goals Tips and Tricks

How to be an Original just put up a great post with some quick tips and tricks on how to use Joe’s Goals.
Some highlights:

Configuring your goals and habits
Using logbooks as dividers.
How to use bonus points for “perfect” days.
Sorting your goals.

The biggest benefit of using Joe’s Goals is the fact that you’re inclined to check in […]

How one lawyer uses Joe’s Goals

The surest way to be more productive, to be more consistent, and to accomplish what you’ve set for yourself is to track. Track, track, track. Track in detail. Track daily. Dieters know this, businesses know this, and Joe’s Goals users know this.
James Gross is a Lawyer and Joe’s Goals user who tracks his productivity daily. […]

Joe’s Goals helps user fight Migraines

Bradley knew his migraine headaches were bad. Bad enough to even send him to the emergency room on occasion. Then one day someone suggested he try bicycle riding. Getting his old bike out of the garage he started riding a mile every day. Gradually he worked himself into shape and noticed that his headaches were […]

Take the Writer’s Weight Loss Challenge

Deborah Ng of Freelance Writing Jobs and Writers Row fame has come up with a great idea. Why not have bloggers use Joe’s Goals to challenge each other to lose weight? The idea is pretty simple. Sign up for Joe’s Goals, create a couple of simple weight loss goals, create a badge, and place the […]

My new favorite goal: Bless Others

As the stress and chaos of the Holiday season bares down upon us I thought it was a fitting moment to tell you all about my new favorite goal. Inspired by another Joe’s Goals user I added a goal to my tracker to “Bless Others.” I don’t have that many checks yet, but I’m […]

8 uses for Joe’s Goals from real users

Thousands of people use Joe’s Goals to track tens of thousands of different goals. They are a lot more creative than I am so here are some quick ways that real users take advantage of the site.
Hope this gives you some ideas as you track your own goals.

Track your blogging habits and encourage yourself to […]

Weight Tracking and the High Cost of Being Overweight

According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, in 2003-2004, an estimated 66 percent of U.S. adults were overweight or obese, along with 17 percent of children and adolescents. The total annual cost of obesity was an estimated $117 billion in 2000.
J.D. has a great article up at Get Rich Slowly talking about the […]

In the news: Screencast for Logbook, Reviews, and more

So back when I launched Joe’s Goals I was really excited/blown away when someone put up a Screencast of my little baby application. Now the good people at Screeniac have done it again with a very good Screencast of the combined Joe’s Goals/Joe’s Logbook application. This is an excellent resource if you’ve been having touble […]