I've noticed that the way my Fitbit Charge 2 displays my "Hourly Activity" metric can influence how much I try throughout the day to reach that goal. Let me try to explain.
My hourly activity starts at 9 am and ends at 5 pm. Between 9 am and 10 am, I get 250 steps, so my Fitbit displays 1/8 hours. I may get through two or three hours, and the tracker will show 2/8 or 3/8. But lets say in hour three I miss the 250 steps. At this point, I feel a bit discouraged to try for the rest of my steps because there's still such a huge portion of the day remaining.
Instead of showing the TOTAL hours of the day, I suggest you change the bottom number of the fraction to reflect how many possible active hours have passed. For example: 9 am to 10 am, I hit my goal, and the Fitbit would display 1/1. Second hour, I hit my goal and the tracker would display 2/2. Third hour I miss my goal, tracker displays 2/3. Fourth hour I miss my goal, tracker displays 2/4. Fifth hour I hit my goal, tracker displays 3/5.
By displaying the hours this way, I feel like it would encourage me to continue for the goal for longer throughout the day. There's a big difference between feeling like you're at 80-100% throughout most of the day instead of starting at 0% or 20% and building up throughout the day.
Hopefully this makes sense!
Moderator edit: Clarified subject
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