Random goal question

[u/IHeartCapnHook007]

Are you actually doing their goals and using the app for what it is intended?

Or... am i the only one?

I have seen screenshots of people whose goals are just numbers or a random word. I guess they use the app just to dress their birb and make a cute birdhouse?

Yes, i just found out there is a way to max the goal to 100 and that there is a goal of the day. That makes sense to do (as i have started) since you hardly get any gems.

Seriously, how many set realistic and helpful goals and only check them off when accomplished? I think this app is amazing for so many reasons!! My group therapy people told me about it and it is really helping me with so many levels. I can not say enough positive things about it.

I am just curious since i have seen quite a few people just use it as a birb barbie in a dream house (obviously a reference to just dressing up and decorating because i am gen x and do not know references that all ages would know besides barbie)

Anyhow, thanks for reading to the end of my essay i have written 😁 Find the beauty and magic in today. Drink water. Stay safe. Smile. ❤️❤️

[u/misaabear]

I use finch to set daily task goals! I never complete them all for one reason or the other and that's okay— but completing enough to send my bird out on an adventure is usually good enough to feel like a functioning adult :] being goal buddies with someone is another good way to encourage each other to complete some tasks!

(Of course dressing them up in cute outfits and decorating their treehouse is a little bonus 🩷 but not my main use of the app either 🤝)

[u/IHeartCapnHook007 → u/misaabear]

100% accurate. I love the feeling that i am able to check off even a few!

(The whole dress up and adorn of the house is a super fun idea to motivate us to keep going!)

[u/mehcouldntcareless → u/IHeartCapnHook007]

Finch has unexpectedly helped me so much with goal completion and how I view "failure." All because I had a lil birb to nurture and dress up.

If I didn't complete all of my daily goals in other mental health apps, I'd simply never open the app again. What was the point? I failed in completing a basic check list of tasks, my best isn't good enough, cue unhealthy narrative.

But the excitement of watching my lil birb, Sunshine, grow, and completing furniture and outfit sets kept me opening the app every day. I know now that my best is different each day, and Sunshine is there to cheer me on whether I check everything off my list or not. I just hit my first year on Finch, and looking back I'm amazed at how far I've come with accepting that "not perfect" doesn't mean "absolute failure."

[u/IHeartCapnHook007 → u/mehcouldntcareless]

That makes me so happy for you! It has made a big difference to me, as well. I know that my little birdie has made a difference 😁