lvlup v2. A re-imagined app, procrastination and re-launch on Product Hunt

It's been a while since my last post here and a lot has changed since then. My last post (31 March 2020) was about how I hit 3k users in 1 month with no marketing, which was a great success for me at the time. But after that COVID got worse, we had to switch to working from home, we couldn't get out and life got pretty lazy. I had stopped working on lvlup and improving it, and all I did was play video games and binge on Netflix. And while I was doing that I realized that the app I'd created doesn't really do what it was supposed to do and I lost motivation even more. From time to time I would get some bursts of motivation, which helped me re-imagine the idea of the app and do it properly this time. But it was again followed by long periods of just doing nothing...

Until the beginning of summer this year. As things started to ease out with COVID and we could be free again, my will and motivation to do stuff, to create stuff, came back. And I've decided to redo the app, but do it properly this time. I did a lot of research on the subject of habits and a lot of the things in the new version are based on the 'Atomic Habits' book, which is a must-read if you haven't already.

Fast forward to today, the v2 of the app - 'lvlup: habits & journal' - is now live. It includes a redesigned habit-building system, improved gamification, a journaling feature for self-reflection and many more improvements to help you actually build long-lasting habits.

It is also re-launched on Product Hunt, go check it out and I am looking forward to getting your feedback on it.