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24 alternatives to Punish Me

Punish yourself 👿 if you don't follow through 💸

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Punish Me launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Postpone▲113

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    Set a habit and a price. If you fail, you pay.

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    Hi HN, It's super hard to quit addicting apps. Existing solutions are non-binding, and therefore, require constant self-discipline and vigilance to be effective. Which is ironic, considering the problem we are trying to solve, is a lack of self-discipline. There exists a physical solution to this problem, in the form of a time-locked safe[1]. It’s effective for reducing app usage, but it's cumbersome and inconvenient. Fundamentally, what these lock-boxes do is impose a real-world cost on breaking your commitment. It’s not impossible to break your commitment, but it would require destroying…

    2023 · discipline.io · its alternatives →

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    Give yourself permission to do nothing once in awhile.

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    A public deadline forces you to stop being precious.

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    The most motivating way to get shit done.

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    When we were kids, adults were always setting boundaries and keeping us on task. We thought this was annoying and relished the day when we'd grow up and get to do whatever we want. And here we are with that freedom only to find it's not that simple. We try to stay off our phones but we keep picking it up in the bedroom costing us our sleep and making us late. We need to break through task paralysis but we end up waiting until the last minute instead. Now we realize how privileged we were to have someone on the outside keeping us in check. We try to solve the problem by beating ourselves up,…

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