# Beeminding vacation time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Akrasia\ **Created:** [July 5, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-vacation-time/10431 "2022-07-05T14:05:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-vacation-time/10431/1 "2022-07-05T14:05:25Z")
Has anyone had goals related to taking time off of work? I’m interested in both do-more and do-less strategies. (I think maybe @shanaqui has done something around this?) Basically my therapist has recommended that I start working towards regularly taking time off from work, since now that I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD and am now treating it, all I want to do is work since it’s been so hard to work in the past, which could be a recipe for burnout if I don’t moderate myself. ---
**Author:** ![cgamer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@cgamer1](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/cgamer1)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-vacation-time/10431/2 "2022-07-05T14:25:16Z")
You can assume that you have a certain number of vacation days/hours that you want to take a year (e.g. 20). From there you can do a do more goal (e.g. take 1.5 days off a month). ---
**Author:** ![cgamer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@cgamer1](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/cgamer1)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-vacation-time/10431/3 "2022-07-05T14:26:33Z")
Also you can create a goal that says that you have to stop working at a certain time each day (e.g 7pm/19:00). ---
**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-vacation-time/10431/4 "2022-07-08T01:21:51Z")
Well haven’t done anything with vacation days yet, but I took the leap with a do-less goal for total hours: > **[Beeminder](https://www.beeminder.com/narthur/workaholic)** > > Goal tracking and commitment contracts The data is wrong for today (didn’t work more than 12 hours!). The goal is currently set with a rate equivalent to 45 hours / week. Nothing fancy–no autodialing, auto-ratcheting, or anything for the time being. I’m automatically logging data to it once nightly using [Make.com](http://Make.com). ---
**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-vacation-time/10431/5 "2022-07-15T13:07:45Z")
I keep meaning to reply to this thread and then forgetting! Oof. The do-less goal for my total hours was definitely a gamechanger for me. I log it via a flipped-over, non-cumulative Toggl goal: [/clockoff](https://www.beeminder.com/shanaqui/clockoff). I also have goals to help me stop being so plugged into Slack (though @narthur and the other workerbees can all attest that I’m bad at sticking to it). The other thing I did was try to think about _why_ I over-work. In my case it was a fear of not earning enough, partially, so now I have an earnings goal that makes it really viscerally clear that I’m usually earning more than I need to cover my outgoings. Whether there’s a Beeminder solution for other motives for overwork, I don’t know, but it’d be worth thinking over. I’m actually contemplating creating separate ‘work’ and ‘play’ profiles in my browser so that in the work one I can use [Intention](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/intention-stop-mindless-b/dladanhaondcgpahgiflodhckhoeohoe) to curb the urge to look at Twitter or whatever, and then during “home” hours use it to curb the urge to look at work. 🤔 It’s worked well to reduce my ability to accidentally end up doomscrolling… so it might be worth using to restrict my access to our help software during my off-hours.