I love the concept of gamifying real life challenges. I especially love all the science to back it up. I just wish the UI had the feel of a game. It currently is as exciting as checking things off a to do list. You get to see yourself “level up” but the levels seem arbitrary. What if you were an avatar moving through and exploring a world with different terrains/cities, etc. You could still have the same customization of making it your own journey by utilizing menus and choices as you go. When you complete a power up your avatar could get items, you could encounter “bad guys” on screen, have an option to select which of your bad guys it is, and then “battle” them (it could be a really basic animation, nothing fancy). You could select your quest and travel to different parts of the world either to complete it or when you complete it. Maybe this wouldn’t appeal to everyone, but for me, when it’s tough to get motivated, any little thing to make it more fun helps. Thanks!

Hello,

I would really like the ability to create my own powerpacks! That way I can keep from being overwhelmed from a bunch of my own quests but have quests unlock as I complete the prerequisite ones.

Depending it would also be nice to be able to share personal powerpacks and/or quests with allies (i.e., they can accept to also do a quest you're doing, and see the description, etc.). Ally quests could also be really cool, as in, you don't receive the benefits of completing the quest until you have both clicked the "I did this!" button.

Sharing powerpacks with the community could be cool too! (with kind of approval to share your powerpack with anyone who asks, i.e., someone with ADHD makes an ADHD specific powerpack, and then someone can request to download it)

The intro to your book contrasts ptsd with post traumatic growth and asks the question, "what makes the difference between buckling under extreme stress and flourishing because of it?"

Your answer is, essentially, a positive outlook. This suggests that ptsd can be avoided through having the right mindset.

Ptsd is a physiological reaction to extreme stress. You might as well suggest that diabetes or brain damage can be avoided with the right mindset.

While a positive outlook can make it easier to live with ptsd, and to achieve post traumatic growth, the suggestion that it will fix or prevent ptsd is inaccurate and stigmatizing for those struggling with post traumatic stress.

I think it would be very beneficial to be able to organize powerups into categories based on how many points you get for each of them. I would like to be able to make some power ups worth more points, as some take more time than others.

I have been using Superbetter for a while now, and it has really helped me get my life together as I've been recovering from depression.
I currently have 32 power ups. I don't do any of them consistently enough to delete them or merge them, partly because when I see all of them, I get over whelmed. My goal everyday is to do 10 power ups.
Some of my power ups take 30 seconds, and others take up to an hour, and its discouraging that I get 2 points for all the power ups, as its hard for me to feel accomplished. (My depression causes me to have a very weak sense of accomplishment, so points is what I use to measure how well I’ve done)
Also, because it is over whelming for me to see all 32 of my power ups, I think it would be beneficial to be able to organize them by the amount of points they are. There could be three categories: 2 point power ups, 5 point power ups, and 10 point power ups. It would be beneficial if there was an option to hide the power ups under each category and click on the title to see them, so people aren’t over whelmed.

I had prepared myself a big list of goals for the upcoming year only a week before I stumbled on a link to Jane's Ted Talk for SuperBetter. My resignation toward checking off another year's worth of tedious goals was erased once I started playing the game. I have not felt this supported or uplifted in years -- what was once a tiresome, boring exercise in goal setting has become a fun, playful, engaging hour or two a day practice for me.The game has helped me to like achieving again, and is helping me overcome my frustration over making a life transition, chart a new career path, and reinvent myself. Thank you for anticipating my needs, reading my mind, and landing in my lap at the very moment that I did not know I needed help.

I was surprised to find that there was a limited drop-down list of what one's publicly displayed "challenge" is--what it is we're getting SuperBetter at or from. Not on this list is work-life balance, relationships, parenting, mental wellness, overcoming isolation or anything really remotely like the challenges I was actually hoping to overcome through your program. If we can fill in our own epic goal, why not our own challenge? It seems needlessly narrow to provide a pre-set list that your users then find themselves not identifying with or wanting to use. Why provide a barrier to participation as part of the sign-up experience?