I have played about with different ideas around motivation for a long time. I also tried to develop my own web apps to remind me of where I wanted to go. When I have time I keep adding to this http://www.mapourlives.com. A freebie sign up for anyone.
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In full time employment and running a 5-9 job as well trying to get to self employment.
Thanks for the feedback. The site is running on .NET 4, SQL Server 2008 back end and Amazon S3 for the image storage.
Good idea about the document - I will include it in site as HTML with links from the relevant section.
6.45: Wake up to alarm - press snooze 6.53: Wake up to alarm - press snooze 6.59: Wake up to alarm - press snooze 7.03: Get woken by the awful thought of hearing the alarm again. Check Blackberry for any interesting email/Facebook/tweets 7.05: Make my sons a warm milk and plonk them in front of morning TV for half an hour 7.10: Make cup of tea for wife and me 7.15: Iron shirt for day 7.20: Try to persuade son #1 (age 3) that Mummy will get him dressed because Daddy is running late again 7.22: Have shower while son #1 discusses with me what he will be wearing that day (football orientated) 7.30: Try to persuade son #1 (age 3) that Mummy will get him dressed because Daddy is running late again 7.32: Give in to son #1 who is too sweet and get him dressed 7.36: Get dressed at double speed because now running even more late 7.40: Raid cupboards for lunch 7.42: Kiss goodbyes 7.44: In car on way to work 8.15: Arrive at work, make toast/coffee, spend 30 mins on web to catch up with the stories of the day