New goal road dial

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I won’t start a new topic, but here’s a brief summary of what it takes to make an infrequently triggering cron-job style goal these days:

  1. Click “New Goal” (https://www.beeminder.com/new)
  2. Click “Next”
  3. Type goalname.
  4. Retype goalname with underscores.
  5. Look for “yearly” in “Commit to per” dropdown.
  6. Type 0 in “Commit to” box.
  7. Retype 0.1 in “Commit to” box.
  8. Type units into “Commit to” box.
  9. Select pledge cap.
  10. Type a number (e.g. 90) in “Start with” box.
  11. Retype 0 in “Start with” box.
  12. Click “Pledge $5”
  13. Click “Update”
  14. Click settings
  15. Retype goalname with spaces/capital letters/hyphens
  16. Change rate units to yearly.
  17. (Optional: Change pledge cap to 2430).
  18. Click “Save Changes”
  19. Type the yearly rate you wanted into road dial.
  20. Click “Dial-it-in”
  21. Type “1” into data entry and hit “Submit”.
  22. Click “Retoratchet” tab
  23. Type the number of days you want until derail
  24. Click “Retroratchet” button
  25. Wait up to 24 hours to get the “Reminding you about $GOALNAME” email so your goal will become integery.
  26. Now your goal is up and running.
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