Assignment #5: Making Your Multivitamin a More Noticeable Part of you Day

1) I do like the idea of positive reinforcement and encouragement in taking vitamins daily. All the ideas are good and positive in remembering to take your vitamins or remember that you are running low. Out of all the ideas I like the 3rd one, a vitamin in each slot so you can look at it and make sure you have to take it for the day or check to see if you already have taken it. In the past I have had this same issue trying to remember if I took my pills before bed and then I either skip because I am worried I will take too much. I also like the flip magnet idea, but it could get confusing if I have missed a day and then I would wonder where I was in my cycle. The bottle idea is good for remembering to buy new pills and nice for giving verbal encouragement, but for a strong minded person it is just silly and childish and does not really let you know or make you remember to take your vitamin.

2) The idea of being reminded to take my vitamins is important in my life. I am always on the go with work, coming home at different hours or being on the go or going on field trips. Having an option to carry something around with me or have it placed somewhere near something that is a routine for me would be very handy and would remind me to take my vitamins as well as make sure I have not taken too many or not any for that day.

3) So the idea for these bottle and containers are great, but I feel I need something more technologically advanced. How about designing an app on your smartphone that shows you what you have taken for the day and how it is improving your body and health? It could also set up a daily alarm for you to be reminded to take your vitamin or the app can send a pop up on your phone to remind you to take it. It could also be programmed so you can remember to take your vitamins with you on work trips or journeys. I would like to also have the app have graphs and workout routines that you can programme so that you can monitor your health and workout routines so it can tell you if you might need a boost or extra amount of powder or vitamin in your body to help you through your day. Great for reminding you during the day or in the morning to take your vitamins. You could also have messages sent to you or pop up telling you how great you are doing taking your vitamins. Finally you could also have some kind of reward incentives for taking your vitamins 7 days in a row, maybe put into an online sweepstakes or perhaps a few bottle of vitamins if you take them for 3 months in a row. Or it could be a personal reward that lets you eat your favorite desert after doing it for 30 days, the sky is limitless! I would call this app Remind-a-day or Healthy daily living app.

4) I believe by using my new app and taking my vitamins daily I would see an improvement physically in my health as well as getting the most of of my nutrients. By making sure I am getting the right amount at the right time, I would see more muscle growth as well as more energy, instead of sporadic bursts of energy I would see a good level of energy at the right times of the day and not just in bursts. This way I can control when I want my extra amounts of energy.

5) It would make me happy and it would give me me more peace of mind knowing that I am getting the best out of my vitamins and not just taking them and hoping that they will work.

6) My routine would change for good in a good way in that it would allow me to take my vitamins at the correct times of the day and the correct amount. It would allow me to make sure my times are correct during my workouts and that I am getting the right amount of energy at the correct times I need it during the day but setting the app to tell me when I need to take my vitamins depending on when I will be working out or having days when I need more energy.

7) It would make me think more highly of the one a day brand if they came up with this app and that they really cared about me using their product correctly. It would also let me think that they are a brand that is changing with the times and becoming more technologically advanced in helping their customers get the best out of their brand by helping them with their routine in taking the vitamins. It would make me think that they understand my daily struggle to take vitamins at the right time and in the right amount and would also that they understand that the world is changing and that we need to embrace technology to help us out when it comes to taking daily vitamins.

That is it for me! Thanks for having me take part!