Resolutions, Confessions and the Perfect App for Me
Posted by Jennifer Burns on Wed, Dec 23, 2009
With 2010 creeping around the corner, I guess it is time to start thinking about those dreadful New Years Resolutions. Typically, I never follow through--however this year, I resolve to be different. Unfortunately, this resolution comes with a confession.
Ask anyone who knows me how they would describe me, and I guarantee they would say that I am responsible and dependable. However, I have a terrible habit that I even hid from my husband when we first dated. Now that we are married, the jigs up and it drives him crazy. I am notorious for getting parking tickets. I commute everyday via train and honestly, I forget to move my car on the appropriate alternate side parking day. “How many,” you ask? Enough that when I arrive at my car and I don’t see a ticket, I think there is something missing…like maybe someone stole the registration sticker off of my car.
In order to combat this bad habit, I will be committing to a New Years Resolution! I will be taking drastic measures here, but I think I am on the right track.
I resolve to take a different spin on wireless expense management and get myself a smartphone that will help me manage my ticket expenses!
Currently, there are thousands of applications for smartphones and already 1 Billion applications have been downloaded. There are applications that help users find recipes, manage your finances, track vital signs and even prevent you from drunk dialing. I figure if there is an app that will simulate the appearance of steam and condensation on my new phone, then I am positive there has got to be an application to help alleviate my tickets and their expenses. I need an app that essentially has some of the same features that we offer clients—reporting, tracking, and management capabilities. Setting alerts for myself simply aren’t enough. Been there. Done that. 
To be honest with you, my perfect app should probably send an electric shock to my hand when I pick it up in the morning reminding me to move my car. After two weeks of shocks, I am sure this good old fashioned form of classical conditioning will have cured of my habit - Cold turkey.
Until my app is developed, I will simply have to try to make a conscience effort to not get any tickets and infuriate my husband a little less:).
Happy Holidays everyone and good luck with your new years resolutions!
Feel free to leave me a comment. What’s your perfect app?
photo by _Teb