# Caro's beeminder journal

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/caros-beeminder-journal/3772>\
**Category:** Life\
**Created:** [February 19, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/caros-beeminder-journal/3772 "2018-02-19T17:45:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![caroline12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/caroline12/32/1916_2.png) [@caroline12](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/caroline12)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/caros-beeminder-journal/3772/7 "2018-07-23T16:39:07Z")

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**July 23 2018**

Feel like I’ve plateaued a bit the past few months – not just in terms of what I’m using Beeminder for, but more generally too. Per this advice:

> [@Any veterans have tips for slowly increasing the difficulty/commitments on Beeminder?](http://forum.beeminder.com/t/any-veterans-have-tips-for-slowly-increasing-the-difficulty-commitments-on-beeminder/4054/3):
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> My number one recommendation is to schedule a periodic review where you look at every goal. Ask yourself, “Is this doing what I want it to do?” Look at the safety buffer. Look at the rate. If you do this scattered over time, it’s easy to have a goal sneak up on you. If you look at them all in one sitting, it’s much easier to see issues.

I’m [committing](https://www.beeminder.com/caroline12/beeminder-journal) to updating this thread every Monday to review existing Beeminder goals and evaluate new ones.

I’m not feeling enough urgency around [floss](https://www.beeminder.com/caroline12/floss), as reflected by all the plateaus. After derailing I have a bad habit of just not updating Beeminder unless I’m in the red. Upgraded my Beeminder plan to automatically trim safety buffer with the goal of updating this _every day_.

Reading [this](http://forum.beeminder.com/t/thoughts-and-experiences-with-big-ger-pledge-amounts/3923/5) thread tipped me off that I’m ignoring pretty much all of my reminder emails since I get them most for my writing goal, and I usually write at about 10pm. The reminders aspect is a part of using Beeminder that I’ve never thought about much, so I spent some time this morning adjusting reminders for all goals. Curious to see a week from now if adjusting those settings will help.

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