Pastor's companion
It was interesting to read your article in Palm Power Magazine concerning the use of the Palm handheld for setting good habits for the week.

I have had an interest in holistic health, and your idea of using a spreadsheet was very helpful. I used Documents To Go (at http://www.dataviz.com) on my Palm IIIxe and use the Sheet To Go format. I believe your suggestion about focusing on healthy habits works better than trying to concentrate on eliminating bad habits. My categories center on the whole person. I have tried to envision for myself what my ideal day would look like, although I realize that I can't do everything each day. The system of using a spreadsheet enables me to look at the week at a glance and evaluate how I have done.

As a minister, I have had an interest in the use of technology for ministry. I have been working on the use of the Palm organizer as a pastor's companion, noting how it can be used in ministry.

Your article was read from what I downloaded onto my Palm handheld using the AvantGo software (at http://www.avantgo.com).

Thank you for your contribution.

Marty Pauschke

Action principles
Nice article.

I'm still absorbing the 100 action principles from http://www.success.org in ebook form on my Palm handheld.

Cheers, Dave Hodgkinson

Here's to good health
Recently I received a Palm m515 for Father's Day. I'm a life long exerciser, but I must continuously fight back my weight. I'm going to be 56 next month, and I consider myself to be in excellent health. I want to stay that way, and I'm going to give your solution a try. I'll keep you posted.

Bob Player

Vitamin deficiency
Toward the end of your article you mention that, "Figure D also shows that I've been a good girl and have taken my vitamins every day."

Looking at "Figure D," the daily intake of vitamins you say you recorded as having taken does not appear anywhere in the example.

Heather responds
Thanks so much for pointing that out. I swear, I really did, and still do, take my vitamins every day.

BlueMoon tracks
Thanks very much for your article on tracking daily habits.

You might be interested in a software product called BlueMoon that integrates with the To Do application and tracks habits (or other things) and will give you a statistical analysis on how frequently you have done each thing. If you turn on the option to synchronize with the To Do application, you can check off the activity in the To Do application, and BlueMoon will both record the activity and add the next occurrence of the to-do item to the To Do database. BlueMoon can work with any To Do application replacement, such as ToDo PLUS (at http://handshigh.com), DateBk5 (at http://www.pimlicosoftware.com/datebk5.htm), Action Names (at http://www.iambic.com), etc.