[2] Initial UI Planning

Warning: I am not a UI/UX designer. I haven’t learnt anything formally, so my method of designing interfaces is essentially: Make sure I can figure out how to use it fairly intuitively Make it not look like an eyesore Design 0.1: Paper Sketch As I am not very familiar with design software, I decided to go with my most comfortable design medium: pen and paper. Here’s my initial design. (Pardon the illegible handwriting) I hope that got the message across....

January 26, 2024 2 min Harvey Lim

[1] Goals

When I tried to use habit trackers, they actually worked for the first couple weeks. However, I soon noticed a few shortcomings with some habit trackers: Gamifying habit tracking doesn’t seem to work for me, as it abstracts away the actual habit a bit too far away. If my goal is to play a game, doing the habit itself feels like a chore. I want my habit tracker to be very in-touch with reality....

January 26, 2024 4 min Harvey Lim