90 Days of no distractions (Need Accountability)

To be clear plan is to do this for rest of 90 day challenge.

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05/12/2023 Day 60
Greetings, pollen gathering apoideas.

Did I follow rules yesterday?:
No

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Followed old and new rules.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A

Loopholes Found:
None to report

Screen Time Report Prior Day:

Screen Time Goal

Other Items:
I was not expecting the dumb phone challenge to be that much different. However it has proven to seem to make me happier. I guess even small random searches we’re making me be in a worse mood. I felt a lot more free today. Barely made it on posting on time. Been busy day. Thankfully most of my goals are scheduled for a break the next two days :+1: I love how Beeminder is both flexible while still preventing flaking.

Also trying another diet thing called Wondr. Found out I can go through it for free via my health insurance. So why not? Anywho things been going good.

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05/13/2023 Day 61
Greetings, pollen gathering apoideas.

Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
My little nephew spent the night me and my wife’s house. Had a great time bonding with my nephew. Though I am super tired now.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A

Loopholes Found:
None to report

Screen Time Report Prior Day:

Screen Time Goal

Other Items:
Great day but super tired.

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I have went back and forth on weather to apply to iPad. I have decided to apply it to iPad. With one of exception being I can research on iPad but must be via RDP to desktop computer and only for a max of 32 minutes. As honestly the iPad is really just a bigger iPhone.

Also for the allow list I am adding kindle app for reading and audio book apps. Also an extra rule is Imay use any app if it is to complete a Beeminder goal or Taskrachet item. To be clear it must be DIRECTLY NEEDED. Also I must document via normal app opens goal.

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Email apps are allowed but will probably be limited in some way.

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05/14/2023 Day 62
Greetings, pollen gathering apoideas.

Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Had good Mother’s Day spent time with family.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A

Loopholes Found:
None to report

Screen Time Report Prior Day:

Screen Time Goal

Other Items:

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05/15/2023 Day 63
Greetings, pollen gathering apoideas.

Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Spent time with wife got bee goals done.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A

Loopholes Found:
None to report

Screen Time Report Prior Day:

Screen Time Goal

Other Items:
Need to work on laundry post.

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05/16/2023 Day 64
Greetings, pollen gathering apoideas.

Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Spent time with wife got bee goals done. Went on three mile walk.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A

Loopholes Found:
None to report

Screen Time Report Prior Day:

Screen Time Goal

Other Items:
Need to work on laundry post still. Also currently locked out of my Taskrachet account due to me mistyping the email address to switch it too.

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05/17/2023 Day 65
Greetings, pollen gathering apoideas.

Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Playing games with friends.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A

Loopholes Found:
None to report

Screen Time Report Prior Day:

Screen Time Goal

Other Items:

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05/18/2023 Day 66
Greetings fellow bees,

Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Cooked a really nice meal. Had a phone call with my mom. Going to start having more phone calls. Going to make it a goal. As this will be part of my replacement actions.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yep

Loopholes Found:
None to report

Screen Time Report Prior Day:

Screen Time Goal

Other Items:
It feels good to feel like I finally have a handle on my phone usage. Though I do not plan on ending any goals as I know I would quickly fall back into my old cycle. I might change the goals some but need something to keep me on track. I might think of ending goals after 365 days of success. Honestly this has made a very positive change in my life.

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05/19/2023 Day 67
Greetings fellow bees,

Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Spending time with family called a friend.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yep

Loopholes Found:
None to report

Screen Time Report Prior Day:

Screen Time Goal

Other Items:
Things have went good. Trying a new app called Freedom so I can easily block apps and such across all devices. Though I have been doing good I want to continue too so finding ways to ensure that.

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05/20/2023 Day 68
Greetings fellow bees,

Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Spending time with family at theme park.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yep

Loopholes Found:
None to report

Screen Time Report Prior Day:

Screen Time Goal

Other Items:
Went to theme park today had a good time :blush: also liking freedom app.

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05/21/2023 Day 69
Greetings fellow bees,

Notes From Today:
I am reformatting these posts to have what I feel is important near the top. So now I will start with notes from today which is what is replacing “Other Things”. I just listened the book “Digital Minimalism” by Cal Newport. I had listened to it a few years ago but decided to try and give it another go. I am glad I did as there were some important parts I feel I missed on the first run through. Here are some of the key take aways:

  1. Set specific times for phone usage. My wife has actually agreed to start doing this. We have created a new Beeminder goal that we are going to use the groupie feature on. It is also targeted at for television as we watch a lot of. We have limited to only certain times of the day. We are utlizing freedom.to for our computers and phones/tablets. We are using the wifi schedule for certain devices like our rokus that shuts off wifi to them if it is not in a given time. To be clear all my prior goal rules apply to me still.

  2. Focus on higher quality communication. It was recommended to put your main social media chats. As often you dont form real connections through chats. To be clear I have not removed just simply turned off instant notifications. I have scheduled summaries come to me each day and I check messages then. I checked and on average I would receive 110 message notifications per day. Which caused me to pick up my phone a ton even if not really using it as much. I am now trying to call people more and have an actual conversation.

  3. Dont be scared to leave your phone behind. It is kind of programmed into us that we need our phone all the time. But we really dont. I have not managed to get myself to leave it behind yet for say a walk nearby. But I do now sometimes turn it off for the walk. It actually feels quite freeing.

It has been a really good week. I look forward to see what else I can learn to live a better less distracted life.


Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Spending time with family at theme park.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yep

Loopholes Found:
None to report

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Forgot to post yesterday. Yesterday was good I worked in the garden with my dad :blush:. As per my rules it counts yesterday as if I used a buffer day.

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05/23/2023 Day 71
Greetings fellow bees,

Notes From Today:
Had a good but very busy day. Mowed half of my 2 acre lawn with a push mower because riding mower is down.

Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Mowing and house chores.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yep

Loopholes Found:
None to report

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05/24/2023 Day 72
Greetings fellow bees,

Notes From Today:
Today was good got a lot done at work in spite of distractions. Started on a new project I am excited about as it will make something way easier. My current estimate is 3-4 months to implement. I am excited I have almost made it 90 days.


Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Push mowing my two acre lawn ALMOST GOT IT ALL!!!

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yep

Loopholes Found:
None to report

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05/25/2023 Day 73
Greetings fellow bees,

Notes From Today:
Feeling under the weather today with dizziness issues. Though most Beeminder goals are shared with my wife or can be done laying down so should be able to complete them all today without the need to contact support.


Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
Just going to take it easy. Want to plant a flower bed tomorrow so going to rest up.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yep

Loopholes Found:
None to report

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05/26/2023 Day 74
Greetings fellow bees,

Notes From Today:
Doing a lot better, did not finish flower bed but helped a friend (with others helping) tear down an old messed up deck.


Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
I goanna have a fun day tomorrow.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yep

Loopholes Found:
None to report

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05/27/2023 Day 75
Greetings fellow bees,

Notes From Today:
Great day spent time with wife all day.


Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
I goanna have a fun day tomorrow.

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yep

Loopholes Found:
None to report

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05/28/2023 Day 76
Greetings fellow bees,

Notes From Today:
Spending night at brothers.


Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes

What I did instead or plan on doing:
I time with family

Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yep

Loopholes Found:
None to report

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