# Experiment: Using Beeminder for the sting, but not as the cue

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**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/experiment-using-beeminder-for-the-sting-but-not-as-the-cue/6853 "2020-06-04T23:27:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/experiment-using-beeminder-for-the-sting-but-not-as-the-cue/6853/9 "2020-06-06T11:57:30Z")

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> @zedmango  
> I’m skeptical of this part, though - see [Do habits exist?](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/do-habits-exist/4729) for why. (tl;dr: habits might not exist as we think of them, and they may not become automatic through sheer repetition.)

For me, a number of initially beeminded things have transitioned to habits. That’s a definite win for me - I would far rather automatically do something than have to be nagged. Sometimes I still beemind them (for quantified self reasons), but often I’ll stop doing so, because they are now part of the daily routine.

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