Today’s motivating factor wasn’t getting a badge. The motivating factor was this nostalgic moment that last year I did this. It was an awesome feeling… Not only do I feel great about my run, but I am thankful that these tools exist and help remind me that I can do it, that sometimes in life the motivating factor can be just as simple as… me.

— Musings of a Digital Nerd: A Motivating Factor, Nostalgia

Love this post by one of our awesome users. A lot of people ask “why would I ever want to look into the past?”, and this! This is one of the reasons why.

Humans have a naturally short memory and distort the past in different and interesting ways. Simply being reminded where you were ago, and thinking about what you can/have accomplished, and how far you come can be very powerful