Forfeit: Habit Contracts

I have struggled with getting up for the longest time, it is nearly impossible for me to hold myself accountable when getting out of bed but Forfeit has changed that. I work from home and I’m self-employed, so the longer it takes me to start my day, the more money I lose. With Forfeit, I have set it up so that way it charges my bank account if I don’t get out of bed and submit a picture of myself brushing my teeth before 9 AM. For once in my life, there’s a genuine consequence for my procrastination. This app has motivated me more than I have ever been motivated, and my life is genuinely improving from it. My only comment is that it was incredibly hard for me to figure out how to set up the option where they pull money from your bank account if you don’t do your task. The app doesn’t outwardly say it anywhere (unless I just wasn’t looking in the right places) I ended up having to reach out to support, but I figured it out before they got back to me. You need to go to their website online to add payment information. Once I found out how to do everything it was genuinely very easy to navigate. I also would like to comment that support got back to me rather quickly for this being a smaller business, which is really appreciated! Unless you pay for a subscription, you can only have one task at a time, but that’s not an issue for me. You don’t have to have some sort of subscription to even use the app, which is awesome!

Nothing has held me accountable to sticking to my habits each week like this app does! I’ve stayed consistent with more than 3 goals for over a month now, whereas before I struggled to stick to something for just two weeks. Knowing I’ve got money (and my pride) on the line with each forfeit gets me up and doing the task I set. I think it’s well worth the money and the creators actually listen to their users and implement changes when needed. I’m looking forward to the progress I continue to make!

I am a huge fan of Forfeit and have been using it for a couple of years now. Bar none, the absolute best app for behavior change. Most people over index on the carrot and completely forget about the stick. This makes real behavior, change, easy and fun.