That’s good to know! I shared the link to the Beeminder blog post so maybe they’ll reach out 
I got my Oura ring yesterday! I obviously don’t have much data yet since I’ve barely been wearing it for a full day but it’s still fun to look at the app 
It really bugs me that nothing ever comes with a wall plug for a charger anymore, though. I can charge the ring at my laptop but that’s a lot less convenient. We have just one USB-C to wall adapter and my husband uses it for his phone so it’s not in a convenient spot for me either. As more things come in USB-C only I guess we’ll have to buy more (or USB to USB-C adapters to make the wall plugs useful? Those must exist) but I don’t see why I should have to buy another one now.
I’ve been in the green for over a week with my bedtime goal, so I dared to lower the rate, from 10 to 9.9. I still don’t feel like I’m getting enough sleep most of the time so I obviously need it.
Will the bedtime goal be replaced by an Oura sleep goal? Stay tuned!
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OK, so far charging the ring hasn’t been as inconvenient as I thought because it charges really quickly! I have just been putting it on the charger for a few minutes a day while I write and it’s stayed highly charged.
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They do exist, and I would strongly recommend them to everyone. Even if you have more USB-C chargers at home, they really help when in cars, trains, planes etc which still have USB-A sockets. Surprisingly this is something where there is a difference between “correct” implementations and cheap versions, so choose a brand you trust.
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Ooh, that’s helpful, thanks!
It doesn’t surprise me that cheap versions are no good. I ruined an iPhone with a knockoff charger once so now I only buy directly from Apple.
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I keep meaning to update when I calendial and failing to do so! I’ll just update now while I’m waiting for my oncologist to come in.
(Fun note: autocorrect keeps wanting to change “calendial” to “calendula.”)
I mentioned lowering the rate for bedtime. I’ve fallen back into the blue and can’t get out I did give myself a break for Christmas. I hope I’ll be able to get to bed at a reasonable time, but chances are I’ll have to be up late. I’m also considering instead of my current “put the datapoint in when I go to bed” system, putting the datapoint in the morning after and getting the time from Oura. That would require taking a day off at some point, though, I think.
I was going to give myself a break on YouTube while I’m at my mom’s house for the holidays. Then I discovered Vlogmas—some of my followed channels are doing extra videos in December, and it’s made me want to check out other channels doing Vlogmas, too. So I gave myself a positive slope for most of the month. There have still been days when I thought I was going to derail but I’ve managed to squeak by!
I ratcheted my Storygraph goal and I think I increased the slope as well. I’m making steady progress away from it because I have too many books out from the library and I need to read quickly! I’ve also set up (and now accomplished) a couple of book goals to help me get that done—very useful. I have one still in place with the thought that I might try again to have a multi-book goal with deadlines using the road editor.
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Gah, my latest books goal is all screwed up again. Somehow when I put in the final page number for the latest book I set it up for, that didn’t reach the line. I must have done my math wrong somewhere. 
If the iOS app still showed me what number I needed maybe I would have been able to figure it out…
I guess I’m going to archive this one again and start another new one when I want to Beemind another book. And just do that every time going forward…
No, I won’t give up! Next time I’ll write down everything I do and then I can go back and look at it if it screws up again (and maybe someone else can tell me if I’m doing something obviously wrong).
In other news, we’re going to my mom’s house again next weekend so I put in a break for my bedtime goal. As always, I hope I won’t really need it.
My YouTube goal is doing really well! I’ve gotten below 60! If I get below 50 consistently I may flatten the road a bit… not sure though, lower would be even better.
I am once again way above my Storygraph goal due to library books. I just can’t resist them!
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shakes fist Libraries, how dare they be so tempting!
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I’m always just popping in to pick up my holds and then they have all these interesting displays right next to the hold shelves…
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Wow, didn’t realize it had been so long since I updated here!
I spent the weekend at my mom’s house a couple weekends ago. I put a break in my bedtime goal for those two nights, thinking I’d be up later, but I actually ended up not feeling well for most of the weekend and going to bed early. So now that goal is nice and solidly in the green. Actually, I’ve been feeling unwell and going to bed early a lot. But the good news is I only have one chemo left, and then I should start to feel better!
I thought I’d been reading less but I’m still way above my Storygraph goal. So even though it feels like I’m not finishing enough books (I had to return a book unread to the library, and I hate doing that), I must still be reading a lot.
And… I had my first derail since getting back to Beeminder. Unsurprisingly, it was on my youtube goal. I had just gotten the goal to 50 and changed the rate from -2/week to -1/week; I realized that I have a lot of channels I’m trying to watch all the back catalog of, or at least all that’s interesting (at least 30 such channels), and considering how many videos I get through a day, having 50 on my list isn’t unreasonable. But I was watching a movie on Hoopla and failed to pay attention until suddenly it was bedtime and I had 52 videos on my list. Gah!
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No dialing or derails to report this week. I am, however, starting to think about what to do with my goals when I have surgery in 45 days. I expect 3 nights in the hospital, and then 6-8 weeks of recovery, though I’m sure I will be in good enough shape for my Beeminder goals within a couple of weeks at the most.
Storygraph - No need to change anything. I currently have 77 days of buffer so even if I stopped reading now I’d have nothing to worry about. I’m sure I will be reading a lot during recovery, though not necessarily updating Storygraph.
makestuff - Easy enough to put in a break for a couple of weeks. Hopefully I’ll be back to knitting before too long!
YNAB - The ideal would be to build up a buffer ahead of time, but I’ll probably put in a break.
bedtime - I’m not totally sure what to do with this one. I’m sure I’ll be going to sleep plenty early but I don’t want to worry about entering the time manually, especially when I’m on pain meds. I could put in a break but breaks are weird on a do less goal. Maybe I should archive it before the surgery and reactivate it when I’m feeling up for it.
YouTube - Pretty similar to the above… I bet I’ll be watching a lot of videos but I can’t be sure, and I definitely don’t want to have to manually update it every day, or stress about the number. Probably also a good candidate for archiving.
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