When you can look back and see how your baby steps have led to giant leaps, you can find\u00a0trends in your workflow, see areas\u00a0to improve, and even just congratulate yourself\u00a0on your achievements. This week’s Product Hunt<\/a> finds will help you do just that.<\/p>\n (Kick off the New Year with more tips\u00a0from our Weekly Roundup<\/a> series, including\u00a0products to help you\u00a0streamline your habits<\/a>, find inspiration<\/a>, and\u00a0get some peace of mind<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Most people are naturally competitive, so one of the things that motivates us most is the gamify method<\/a>. Just\u00a0by taking something we do everyday and making it a game, it becomes more fun.<\/p>\n Habit List<\/a> gamifies your goals and lets you track them in streaks of consistency. Next to each goal is a circle with a number showing the days in your streak in green, red or gray: green is good, red is bad, and gray is neutral, not make-or-break stuff.<\/p>\n By tracking how many days you\u2019ve gone running, for example, and easily seeing that number at a glance, you\u2019re less likely to break your streak for a silly reason like being\u00a0in the middle of a Downton Abbey <\/i>marathon<\/a>. (Although \u201csilly\u201d is relative, of course.) You can even view your streaks on a\u00a0calendar or a graph to see your success and completion rate for the month. And on a\u00a0daily basis, the app shows you your list of to-dos in order of priority and your amount of overall daily progress as a percentage.<\/p>\n Habit List’s\u00a0strength is in its clean design and ease of use. These factors, combined with the app’s\u00a0custom push notifications, make it a habit you\u2019ll get used to in no time.<\/p>\n You can <\/i>download Habit List<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>for free on iPhone.<\/i><\/p>\n Some of the most annoying to-dos are the monthly and annual ones. If you’re able to remember them at all, they sneak up on you in the midst of all your other daily tasks and end up getting delayed until your engine’s oil light has been on for weeks and your car guy gives you that look of total disappointment when you finally bring it in.<\/p>\n Upkeep<\/a> helps you keep track of those annoying tasks with reminders you can set in advance.<\/p>\n The app\u00a0comes pre-filled with hundreds of built-in tasks, which is perfect for remembering those things that you may not even realize you\u2019re forgetting, like changing your air filters or checking your tire pressure. The tasks are broken down into Home, Auto, and Personal categories, and some of them even have how-to videos.<\/p>\n The best time to set a reminder for these occasional tasks is the very moment you\u2019re doing them. So, if you just reversed the direction of all your fans for winter, set a reminder to change them back in the spring. Upkeep will pop up with a reminder when it\u2019s time to take care of your saved task with a set time and difficulty level for the job, so you can plan your time accordingly.<\/p>\n You can <\/i>download Upkeep<\/a><\/i>\u00a0for free on your iPhone. It\u2019s a $1.99 upgrade to include custom tasks.<\/i><\/p>\n The next time you\u2019re out to dinner or waiting in line somewhere, look around at how many people\u2019s faces are illuminated by the glow\u00a0of their phones. Sure, there are more and more apps out there bringing us new ways to connect and more reasons to be on our phones \u2014 heck, we\u2019ve talked about a lot of them just in the past few months of this column<\/a> \u2014 but if we pause for a moment of New Year reflection, I think we can all admit that we could afford a cut in our smartphone screen time for the sake of occasionally immersing ourselves in our surroundings. Not to get all Louis C.K.<\/a>, but a little boredom never killed anyone.<\/p>\n Moment<\/a> is an iPhone\/iPad app that lets you track your daily screen time by running in the background of your mobile device and measuring how much you\u2019re using it\u00a0in minutes. Some of us actually need to look at our phones more than others for work and other responsibilities, which is why you set your own limits, and your bar for the day fills up the more you use your phone or tablet.<\/p>\n You can set an alert to go off when you go over your limit, or even to just remind you when you\u2019ve used your device\u00a0for a set amount of time. That way you can avoid getting\u00a0caught in an accidental 15-minute Instagram scroll without noticing.<\/p>\n There\u2019s also a family function for you to track and set limits on your family\u2019s devices. Even better (for you, not your teenager), you can set up screen-free time when you want everyone to engage in a little face-to-face bonding.<\/p>\n Whether you want to spend this year\u00a0focusing more on work, family, or both, this is a non-invasive way to cut down time spent on your biggest distraction<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can <\/i>download this app<\/i><\/a> for free for your iPhone or iPad and get notified when it\u2019s available for <\/i>Android<\/i><\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n This is not to replace your day planner or your daily to-do list, but there\u2019s something so all-encompassing about looking at your entire year, right in front of you on one page, with this Year of Hustle calendar.<\/a><\/p>\n We won\u2019t get into the science of time right now, but it is a bit difficult for us mere humans to envision time beyond the seven-day week. We get caught up in our work life and our home life and catch ourselves saying things like, \u201cThis week went by so fast,\u201d or \u201cThis has been the longest month of my life.\u201d So much of how we perceive time is dictated by emotion, so it\u2019s nice to get a grip on long-term deadlines and upcoming events, all in one glance.<\/p>\n The idea came from the folks at Busy Building Things<\/a>, a motivational product design company. With an entire year on one poster, beginning-of-the-month deadlines won\u2019t sneak up on you with the next page. You can track your daily, weekly and monthly goals and see your progress all in one place. Also, you get to see your summer vacation all the time, which is bound\u00a0to give you some motivation even in the middle of a blustery winter.<\/p>\n Since it does hold your entire year, this poster is pretty large \u2014 36 by 24 inches. Each month is held entirely on one row with holidays and weekends marked and an icon showing you when Daylight Savings Time<\/a> starts and ends. Seeing months laid out it in a single row can make them feel kind of small, short even. But to be honest, it really shakes up typical calendars that are designed in accordance with the work week and can help you think about time (and what you can do with it) in a whole new way.<\/p>\n Honorable Mention: The Linear Calendar<\/a> from Unfiber puts your entire year on one narrow row of paper, so you can see your whole year on one timeline. Although it requires a lot of space, it\u2019s another fun way to view your year. Check out the free download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can <\/i>buy the Everyday Hustlin\u2019 Calendar<\/i><\/a> from <\/i>Busy Building Things<\/i><\/a> for $29. <\/i><\/p>\n Still in its early stages, Prioritab<\/a> is already an intuitive reminder of your daily, weekly, and monthly tasks. With each new tab you open in Google Chrome<\/a>, a graphic\u00a0pops up showing the tasks you\u2019ve listed and the percentage of the day and month that\u2019s already passed, in addition to the current\u00a0date and time.<\/p>\n Prioritab is\u00a0a little thing that you may forget you have until you pop open a new tab. It\u2019s great motivation to ditch those various slips of paper with your daily to-dos and instead put them in a place that lives where you may work already \u2014 the Internet.<\/p>\n You can <\/i>install Prioritab<\/i><\/a> for free on Chrome.<\/i><\/p>\n![\"Habit](\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/habitlist.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nHabit List<\/h2>\n
Manage and track your habits<\/h3>\n
![\"Upkeep\"](\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/upkeep.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nUpkeep<\/h2>\n
For those tasks you hate remembering<\/h3>\n
![\"Moment\"](\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/moment-app.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMoment<\/h2>\n
Manage time on your smartphone<\/h3>\n
![\"Hustlin](\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/hustlin-calendar.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h2>\nEveryday Hustlin\u2019 Calendar<\/h2>\n
The whole year on one page<\/h3>\n
![\"Prioritab\"](\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/prioritab.png\")
<\/a><\/h2>\nJust For Fun: Prioritab<\/h2>\n
Manage tasks in a new tab<\/h3>\n