04/15/2023 Day 33
Hello fellow pollen collectors,
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Cleaned out both cars, spent time with wife.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A (Did not say yesterday on my out of format post)
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
3 HR 22 Mins
Rule Changes:
N/A
Other Items:
Got the cars all cleaned today. Feels nice to get stuff done.
For my iphone I have actually changed it a little bit. I have it put a value of 2 instead of 1 now. This forces me to go back and change it after every app use that is in what I call the distraction list. If I forget to well it stays a 2 and I get one less app open. I could technically setup a individual shortcut automation for each app so it auto put the app name but that would be a lot of individual items.
For desktop ones I am mainly leaving as is unless I actually do have a valid reason for opening an app since it is over all nice and automated (most of the time my more less needed searches are on my computer). If there was a valid use and I forgot to mark it or dont remember it just counts as an app loss. Also I am not nearly as worried about over use of my desktop since I actually have to walk to it and it is not with me everywhere. But in any case it is nice to have a system in place to prevent overuse on it too. Though makes me wonder what else I could do with python scripts for Beeminder automation.
04/16/2023 Day 34
Greetings, esteemed apian compatriots! (GPTâs idea for greeting and I love it)
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Been under weather but read a ton of BEEMINDER blog posts. I think I might be addicted. Also good thing BEEMINDER does not count against screen time.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A did not have anything planned
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Above is where you can see latest screen time stats.
Rule Changes:
N/A
Other Items:
Read a bunch of BEEMINDER blog posts. Feel crappy but still in a good mood.
04/17/2023 Day 35
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Took a walk with wife helped clean up house some.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A did not have anything planned
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Above is where you can see latest screen time stats.
Rule Changes:
N/A
Other Items:
Had great day.
04/18/2023 Day 36
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Mowed the lawn going to spend time with my wife.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A did not have anything planned
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Above is where you can see latest screen time stats.
Rule Changes:
N/A
Other Items:
Got a lot done today its another bee blitz day. Though with doing lawn the bee blitz is just now finally done. Been a good day.
04/19/2023 Day 37
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Today I am using a buffer day. So not sure yet honestly.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A did not have anything planned
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Above is where you can see latest screen time stats.
Rule Changes:
N/A
Other Items:
I am tired so using a buffer day and gonna chill. Got all my beeminder goals done. Would have been a bee blitz but going to derail on a do less goal (non-public) so it is not a bee blitz day.
04/20/2023 Day 38
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
No used a buffer day
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Even though I used a buffer day I was maybe on Reddit for like 15 minutes? I also watched one tv episode. Besides that I spent two hours gaming with friends.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A did not have anything planned
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Above is where you can see latest screen time stats.
Rule Changes:
N/A
Other Items:
Trying a new diet called the sardine diet. Basically for lunches I can only eat sardines or vegetables or fruit. Thatâs the only rules. Itâs a weird diet I came up with something nothing else has worked thus far. Why not try this?
04/21/2023 Day 39
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Well I got confused I thought I had another buffer day today. But I was wrong so goanna derail but thatâs okay. Though honestly havenât went crazy with phone usage. Currently under 2 hours still at the current time. I feel like this really shows how much I have improved when I have the option to browse reddit or whatever but dont go crazy shows an actual behavior change.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A did not have anything planned
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Above is where you can see latest screen time stats.
Rule Changes:
N/A
Other Items:
Not much else to say things going pretty good.
04/22/2023 Day 40
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
no got confused thought I had buffer day. To be clear not a Beeminder glitch or anything I just was not paying attention.
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Worked out for over two hours. Got a ton of yard work done.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A did not have anything planned
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Above is where you can see latest screen time stats.
Rule Changes:
N/A
Other Items:
Super tired 
almost forgot to post.
04/23/2023 Day 41
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
I would say yes. I watched and listened to a lot of YNAB videos. However that was to better use my budget so I would count it as a how to thing. I also dramatically altered my budget with new categories and category groups. I now have a category for every birthday and major holiday sorted my date. So learned a lot so again I would say it falls under how too making it allowed. But let me know if you think differently.
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Bought plants with wife and cooked dinner for tomorrow.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A did not have anything planned
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Other Items:
I have created some goals to force me to stick with YNAB rules. I am now only budgeting my current money and not putting expected income. Thatâs actually a goal now that must be marked nearly every day. Also I added a goal to require me to make sure a budget category is funded enough before purchasing and if not that I find where to pull it from first. Though to help enforce I created a shortcut tied to a focus mode.
The focus mode (called shopping mode) auto activates at stores I designated in the settings based on location. It auto turns off when I leave. it reminds me to check my dedicated category checking accounts and that if they donât have enough I canât just transfer from main and call it a day. I MUST FIGURE OUT WHAT CATEGORY I AM GOING TO PULL FROM. As I had developed a habit of pulling from my main checking and worrying about where it would come from later (far as category).
Below is the background that is at once activated along with notifications. Also what apps show up on home screen in the focus mode. I have odd colors chosen to make sure there is no possible way I wonât notice/remember.
04/24/2023 Day 42
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Plan on talking with my wife and maybe watching a movie.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
N/A did not have anything planned
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Other Items:
I had GPT help me create a Powershell script to help me schedule breaks on goals. As I have a lot of goals so would be a pain to try and enter data for 60ish goals. All it does is emulate key presses. First I must check all goals for having a break. I then tab to where it states âSafety Bufferâ after I have started the script (gives my 15 seconds). Then it does the following:
I plan on using the API sometime to make it more automated but that is still a work in progress and my calendialing required me to plan some days off today for the next two weeks. So hence the easy simple script as I knew it would work and it is simple so I knew it would be fairly quick to get up and running.
04/25/2023 Day 43
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
I have done some cleaning and cooking today. Will do some more.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yes
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Other Items:
Doing good but tired today. I ratcheted several goals today to force me to do some more stuff today. First time I have really done that.
04/26/2023 Day 44
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Took a three mile walk. Talked with wife will probably watch a movie with wife.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yes
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Other Items:
My wife now is going to be using Beeminder. She has a goal for checking YNAB and our bank app. As it has always been where I am the numbers and budget person. Which I donât mind but I do want her to have a basic idea of what is going on financially.
Far as basic budget amounts and checking accounts balances. For the goal to be complete she has to ask me a question from YNAB such as âWhat is in the electric categoryâ and then a question about our checking balances. Once she does that it is complete.
I talked to her today about the idea and she thought it was a good idea. Though I do not expect her to become a power user itâs cool she is giving it a try. She technically used for a bit awhile back in 2020 but a lot was going on at the time so it didnât really stick.
04/27/2023 Day 45
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Did some goals was raining so didnt walk outside much today. Going to work on learning more about beeminder and YNAB APIâs tonight. Though already pretty late so probably wont make much progress.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yes
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Other Items:
Not much to say did a bee blitz today feel pretty tired. Excited to test out more stuff with Beeminder API and to try to start using YNAB API. Also my screen time has been doing really good.
04/28/2023 Day 46
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
No
What I did instead or plan on doing:
N/A
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yes
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Other Items:
Using a buffer day, has been a pretty good day.
04/29/2023 Day 47
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
No
What I did instead or plan on doing:
I have walked five miles today. Did a bee blitz and I am going to go a coffee date with my wife and play uno.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yes
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Other Items:
Been a great day 
04/30/2023 Day 48
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Spent s a lot of time with family today. Been a good day.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yes
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Other Items:
The coffee date went really good. Also itâs is nice and cheap Will definitely be doing it again. My wifeâs YNAB goal has been going good thus far. She is sticking to one for now (which is great for starting out) but seems open to the idea of possibly making more in the future.
05/01/2023 Day 49
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
No used buffer no more buffer days left.
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Home alone so not sure what I will do instead. As I already completed goals for day. Maybe a nap?
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yes
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
Other Items:
Not much to say things are going good.
05/02/2023 Day 50
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Today I read more of my joy of accounting book. Going to spend evening with wife.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yes
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
05/03/2023 Day 51
Greetings, busy bees
Did I follow rules yesterday?:
Yes
What I did instead or plan on doing:
Spent time with family.
Did I do what I planned yesterday?:
Yes
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time Report Prior Day:
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Other Items:
Been a good day was fairly busy today though. Closer to end of day got to spend time with family.
