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Re:Write Code Every Day by antjanus on Thursday April 10, 2014 @04:25PM (#7569460)
[HabitRPG](http://habitrpg.com) is totally awesome for this, a great motivator. You can setup "Dailies" so that when you're done writing your daily 500 words, you just check it off. Or set it up as a habit and give yourself a "+" whenever you get a new chapter done.

I use it all the time for just these purposes.

Re:Write Code Every Day by jmnicolas on Thursday April 10, 2014 @04:41PM (#7569559)
Yup as silly as it looks like, HabitRPG is helping me a lot to fight procrastination.
Re:Write Code Every Day by bvi on Thursday April 10, 2014 @05:18PM (#7569795)
This is brilliant. Thanks!

Are there any other similar apps out there?

Re:Write Code Every Day by wpietri on Thursday April 10, 2014 @09:03PM (#7570680)
For Android, I like Habit Streak Pro [1]. You give a list of things you want to maintain a daily streak on, and then it asks you at the same time every day how you did.

My longest recent streak was a 5+ month one on sticking to a restricted diet. The power of that was amazing; any time I considered straying I'd feel like I would be throwing away months of work. (I finally broke the chain on day 3 of the flu; I was miserable and wanted comfort food.)

My tips: Have it ask you the daily questions first thing in the morning, so you start your day with a reminder of your streak. And try to keep the number of goals very low, 1-3. More than that and I find it too hard to build good habits.

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.amimetic.ha...

Re:Write Code Every Day by jacalata on Thursday April 10, 2014 @05:34PM (#7569875)
Depends what you're looking for exactly - I use http://www.joesgoals.com/ to track multiple goals, which is a more complex variant on http://dontbreakthechain.com/.
Re:Write Code Every Day by ww520 on Thursday April 10, 2014 @10:53PM (#7570993)
Re:Write Code Every Day by MarkTee on Friday April 11, 2014 @01:05AM (#7571308)
I like the simplicity of chains.cc. The only downside is that there isn't an Android app.

https://chains.cc/

Re:Write Code Every Day by eli on Thursday April 10, 2014 @07:23PM (#7570327)
You can use RescueTime to automatically track how you're doing against goals you can configure like "spend at least 1 hour in Sublime Text"
Re:Write Code Every Day by welder on Friday April 11, 2014 @11:14AM (#7573330)
Re:Write Code Every Day by searine on Thursday April 10, 2014 @06:11PM (#7570033)
I use an app called goalstreaks.

Far more minimalist. Just a calendar and mark, but I can set reminders and view my overall progress.

Re:Write Code Every Day by krallja on Saturday April 12, 2014 @12:33AM (#7576984)
If you need more motivation than the other apps, you can try beeminder.com which will fine you (!) if you don't achieve your goals.
Re:Write Code Every Day by lkd on Thursday April 10, 2014 @06:49PM (#7570207)
My favorite is 42 Goals.