Impulse: Mindful Tracking for Android

11 things about Impulse: Mindful Tracking

1. But you can also dial in a time from the clock selector (choosing AM or PM appropriately) and then day from the top day selector for a time in the last week to record previous instances of an impulse.

2. What I did with smoking was carry around a little piece of paper and pencil, and make tally marks each time I had the urge to smoke.

3. You can also remove all recordings for this colour (if for example you want to change to tracking something else or are making a fresh start).

4. For each kind of desire (and you might only want to track one, that is fine) choose a colour (from the five at the bottom).

5. Once I had that awareness, I was able to watch the urge rise and fade away, without needing to act on it.

6. "I learned this when I wanted to quit smoking — often I'd just give in to the urge to smoke, without knowing why.

7. The same was true of changing my old unhealthy eating habits, or starting the running habit, or waking up early.

8. Tap on edit to explicitly name your Impulse and to customise the on record message.

9. Rationalization and urges get in the way of all habit change, but we often don't even realize it's going on.

10. Impluse provides a way of quickly tracking all kinds of desires (or impulses).

11. I was able to listen to the rationalizations, without believing them, and recognize them for the lies they were.