# Life **URL:** https://forum.beeminder.com/c/life/46.md [Latest](https://forum.beeminder.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.beeminder.com/categories.md) --- ## [About the Life category](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/about-the-life-category/1931)
**Author:** [@philip](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/philip)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/about-the-life-category/1931 "2016-02-29T01:32:32Z")
For kvetching, kvelling, and kibitzing. Share your stories! Get moral support! Offer advice! Below is how the Life category got started: I think many of us love these posts, so it’ll be good to gather them all in one … --- ## [Scarabaea's beeminder journal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/scarabaeas-beeminder-journal/11894)
**Author:** [@scarabaea](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/scarabaea)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/scarabaeas-beeminder-journal/11894 "2026-10-11T09:16:31Z")
I found others’ beeminder journals interesting and inspiring to follow, so I thought I might start my own as well. I also hope that imposed regular check-ins will help against goal staleness. Since my life has been quite… --- ## [Clare's Beeminder Journal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/clares-beeminder-journal/11849)
**Author:** [@claredragonfly](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/claredragonfly)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/clares-beeminder-journal/11849 "2026-10-10T15:56:32Z")
I’ve been enjoying reading other people’s Beeminder journals, so I thought it was time to start one of my own! A little background on my life: I’m the mom of a 6-year-old; I work and my husband stays at home. Right now … --- ## [Gratitude journaling together](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/gratitude-journaling-together/6558)
**Author:** [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Replies:** 4715\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/gratitude-journaling-together/6558 "2026-10-08T13:31:23Z")
Somewhat prompted by oulfis’ post, somewhat by my own intention to do some gratitude journalling, and mostly by finding @dreev’s old gratitude entries on that thread fun and fascinating, I thought we could maybe crowdsou… --- ## [Gmzamz’s Beeminder journal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/gmzamz-s-beeminder-journal/12565)
**Author:** [@gmzamz](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/gmzamz)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/gmzamz-s-beeminder-journal/12565 "2026-09-19T05:57:50Z")
I figure I’ll give this whole public Beeminder journal a try. My only guarantee is that I do it for at least 2 months, after that I’ll think on whether it helped and may or may not continue. I try to only do automatic da… --- ## [Keegs' beeminder journal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/keegs-beeminder-journal/12461)
**Author:** [@koneida](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/koneida)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/keegs-beeminder-journal/12461 "2026-09-08T20:26:23Z")
Keegs’ beeminder journal: Hi! I introduced myself over in the other introductory thread. New stuff: nocomputer: I mark this as +1 if I woke up with no computer in my room. I have a newish habit of keeping my non-wor… --- ## [To Beemind or Not To Beemind Journal by experientiallearner](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/to-beemind-or-not-to-beemind-journal-by-experientiallearner/10845)
**Author:** [@experientiallearner](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/experientiallearner)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/to-beemind-or-not-to-beemind-journal-by-experientiallearner/10845 "2026-09-01T03:21:56Z")
I’ve been reading the journals here and the blog posts. And I’ve also been hesitant in creating a journal, therefore, this journal. I’ve been reading @byorgey 's posts on the Beeminder blog and his own blog. Especiall… --- ## [Somewhat cured of Akrasia after ~2 years?](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/somewhat-cured-of-akrasia-after-2-years/11606)
**Author:** [@sheik](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/sheik)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/somewhat-cured-of-akrasia-after-2-years/11606 "2026-08-21T17:27:54Z")
This is a small update about how I went from turbonerd to normal nerd in my ~2 years using Beeminder. I think something clicked for real, so much that I am going to pause most of my goals. I thought I’d share it instead… --- ## [First Impressions of Comma 4 Self Driving System](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/first-impressions-of-comma-4-self-driving-system/12823)
**Author:** [@emeraldnext](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/emeraldnext)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/first-impressions-of-comma-4-self-driving-system/12823 "2026-08-14T10:32:34Z")
Inspired by AGI Friday self driving tesla reports. I previously had the Comma 2 “developer kit” which shipped a cheap smartphone stripped of a battery and strapped to a 3D printed case. You would mount this dead center … --- ## [Folkjam's Beeminder Journal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/folkjams-beeminder-journal/12798)
**Author:** [@folkjam](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/folkjam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/folkjams-beeminder-journal/12798 "2026-08-13T07:37:02Z")
Hello! I might post about what I’ve been doing in Beeminder here. Lately I’ve been figuring out a bunch of mad hacks to fix up my sleep schedule without having to enforce strict wake up times every day or letting me slee… --- ## [aad's Calendialing Topic (Until Returns Diminish)](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/aads-calendialing-topic-until-returns-diminish/12658)
**Author:** [@aad](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/aad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/aads-calendialing-topic-until-returns-diminish/12658 "2026-05-01T20:59:28Z")
This is my 2nd or 3rd attempt at calendialish journalling. Intentionally cryptic motivation: I found reason to reevaluate whether to adjust my relationship with Beeminder. This thread will serve that purpose, I hope! Pl… --- ## [the cocoapunch diaries](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/the-cocoapunch-diaries/12731)
**Author:** [@cocoapunch](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/cocoapunch)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/the-cocoapunch-diaries/12731 "2026-03-29T18:04:38Z")
Hi, I’m cocoapunch. I’m been on a big self-improvement journey over the past few years - working on my physical and mental health, pushing out of some comfort zones, challenging myself more at work, and in general trying… --- ## [Work / Life dashboard & firefox addon](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/work-life-dashboard-firefox-addon/12708)
**Author:** [@bee](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/bee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/work-life-dashboard-firefox-addon/12708 "2026-01-31T06:50:23Z")
So I wrote this post back in 2019 about how I use tags to make myself a separate work and life dashboards for my Beeminders. Danny mentioned my dashboard stuff in a recent beemail, so I thought I’d dip back in and elabor… --- ## [Getting out and making friends](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/getting-out-and-making-friends/12524)
**Author:** [@sheik](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/sheik)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/getting-out-and-making-friends/12524 "2026-01-03T01:11:26Z")
Hello there, I want to go out and meet with people and there are a few events in my city. However, I keep postponing it. I just feel like I should work, I feel tired, I should instead spend the evening with my gf, etc.… --- ## [Calendial Commenting Copycat](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/calendial-commenting-copycat/10280)
**Author:** [@poisson](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/poisson)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/calendial-commenting-copycat/10280 "2025-11-29T04:32:59Z")
As explained on Discord, I recently felt like most of my beeminder goals have become disasters and scheduled them to archive. I decided that to try to prevent this from happening in the future I should do as Ceph does a… --- ## [Simple Life Hacks](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/simple-life-hacks/12549)
**Author:** [@sheik](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/sheik)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/simple-life-hacks/12549 "2025-11-23T10:28:23Z")
This is just a little thread about life hacks I’ll start, feel free to add yours :slight\_smile: Drinking water before sleeping I always slept quite badly, and felt not good in the daytime. Turns out I just need to load… --- ## [Halflight - beeminder journal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/halflight-beeminder-journal/12446)
**Author:** [@halflight89](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/halflight89)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/halflight-beeminder-journal/12446 "2025-09-30T08:01:36Z")
I’ve been testing the waters for a few weeks now, and thought it might help me to keep a journal of my findings.All my goals have a cap on $5 for now, I’m already motivated by merely the thought of derailing. My initial… --- ## [Beeminder down commiseration/accountability/showing off thread](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminder-down-commiseration-accountability-showing-off-thread/12486)
**Author:** [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminder-down-commiseration-accountability-showing-off-thread/12486 "2025-07-27T17:01:54Z")
Anybody else feeling bereft? :joy: I noticed the downtime almost immediately, because I’d wanted to check my dashboard for anything due today. Fortunately, I try not to have anything due over weekends, so my main problem… --- ## [Calendial-Concomitant Continuous Commenting](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/calendial-concomitant-continuous-commenting/10227)
**Author:** [@rperce](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/rperce)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/calendial-concomitant-continuous-commenting/10227 "2025-07-25T03:40:03Z")
I have\[bmndr\] a calendial\[blog\] goal that I ostensibly go through every week to check all my goals rates, breaks, fine print, &c. — generally just keep my dashboard tidy and good to go. But I’ve noticed that I’ve kind of… --- ## [Do not beemind outcomes, but don't beemind time input either: beeminding nudges](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/do-not-beemind-outcomes-but-dont-beemind-time-input-either-beeminding-nudges/10716)
**Author:** [@sheik](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/sheik)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/do-not-beemind-outcomes-but-dont-beemind-time-input-either-beeminding-nudges/10716 "2025-06-19T21:55:33Z")
It is common knowledge among Beeminder aficionados that one should prefer to beemind inputs rather than outputs. This seems logical. There’s no point in beeminding revenue since, in most case, it is either highly volati… --- ## [It worked (so far)!](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/it-worked-so-far/12430)
**Author:** [@hgarg](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/hgarg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/it-worked-so-far/12430 "2025-06-16T22:27:39Z")
Tried too many goals, including meditation and yoga. One that improved my overall well-being was the 0/1 goal of morning walks outside the house. Helped me also cut down on my addiction which was the other 0/1 goal. Mayb… --- ## [☀️ A Journal on Beecoming Happy](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/a-journal-on-beecoming-happy/11035)
**Author:** [@sheik](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/sheik)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/a-journal-on-beecoming-happy/11035 "2025-06-13T19:45:27Z")
I focus too much on meta outcomes rather than day-to-day feel good In this journal, I will find out how to make my life consistently feel good --- ## [Kyle's Beeminder Journal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/kyles-beeminder-journal/12316)
**Author:** [@kyle](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/kyle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/kyles-beeminder-journal/12316 "2025-06-04T04:16:49Z")
At the end of 2024 I started using Beeminder consistently for the first time, though I didn’t know it would be consistent at the time of course! After some trials in the past I had known about the platform but it never r… --- ## [Beeminding the process of getting engaged](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-the-process-of-getting-engaged/12375)
**Author:** [@lambo](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/lambo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-the-process-of-getting-engaged/12375 "2025-05-30T18:34:46Z")
I thought this would be fun to share. This is an image of a nebuminding goal called “ringthing” that I used to navigate the process of buying a ring, arranging a vacation, and writing a proposal speech. I’ve been ju… --- ## [Try to start back up and stay with Beeminder](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/try-to-start-back-up-and-stay-with-beeminder/12290)
**Author:** [@linux535](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/linux535)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/try-to-start-back-up-and-stay-with-beeminder/12290 "2025-05-30T04:43:34Z")
Long time since last post. Haven’t been doing great. Was kind of keeping up okay with goals till around end of February (besides sickness issue discussed below). Then a major negative event happened in my life that was u… --- ## [Shandog’s Sporadic Journal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/shandog-s-sporadic-journal/12291)
**Author:** [@shandog](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shandog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/shandog-s-sporadic-journal/12291 "2025-04-17T14:01:23Z")
After reading a bunch of other people’s journals, it made me want to write my own as well. However, my brain was telling me “but you’ll post two entries and then stop!” or “it wont be as good as other people’s and no one… --- ## [2025 Beeminder Journal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/2025-beeminder-journal/12088)
**Author:** [@linux535](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/linux535)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/2025-beeminder-journal/12088 "2025-04-16T01:54:10Z")
I tried to do a forum goal a couple of months ago. Epically failed on it. Took a break from Beeminder but going to try and start back up again. Goal for this thread is two updates per week. --- ## [Clive's intermittent chess improvement journal](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/clives-intermittent-chess-improvement-journal/12275)
**Author:** [@clivemeister](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/clivemeister)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/clives-intermittent-chess-improvement-journal/12275 "2025-04-11T13:26:37Z")
So, what’s the sitch? Well, I’m what they call an “adult improver” in chess, and I feel seriously in need of an improvement boost! Which is to say, I’ve returned to chess after an absence of many years, and I’m trying… --- ## [beeminding in balance (a journal)](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-in-balance-a-journal/12070)
**Author:** [@aeternalis](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/aeternalis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-in-balance-a-journal/12070 "2025-02-02T02:58:57Z")
hi, i’m aeternalis and i’m an akratic. So, I certainly have aspects of the type bee personality, and I find Beeminder an incredibly powerful tool (for the graphs, chunking, and motivational design as much as for the har… --- ## [Sleep vs productivity](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/sleep-vs-productivity/12176)
**Author:** [@mbork](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/mbork)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/sleep-vs-productivity/12176 "2025-01-20T19:12:21Z")
Hi all, here’s my fresh blog post: Marcin Borkowski: 2025-01-20 Sleep versus productivity. TL;DR: I ran a simple statistical analysis of my sleep data vs some quantification of my productivity. The correlation is almos… [Next page](https://forum.beeminder.com/c/life/46.md?page=1)