# Hammertime Club: November 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Akrasia\ **Created:** [October 22, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762 "2021-10-22T10:57:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/alys/32/4726_2.png) [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/1 "2021-10-22T10:57:22Z")
Over in the [Hammertime: Bug Hunt!](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-bug-hunt/9737) thread, @rperce and @felixm have been posting about [Hammertime - “Thirty days of instrumental rationality practice”](https://www.lesswrong.com/s/qRxTKm7DAftSuTGvj) from the LessWrong site, and I’ve been following their progress with great interest. It looks like an awesome way to find and fix bugs in your life. > “In Hammertime, we will practice 10 Hammers over 30 days. Each exercise is scalable from a half hour to an entire day. … There will be three cycles of 10 days each, practicing each technique a total of three times. The first cycle will cover basics and solve bugs at the life-hack level. The second cycle will reinforce the technique, cover variations and generalizations, and solve tougher challenges. The third cycle will build fluid compound movements out of multiple core techniques.” – from “Hammertime Schedule” in [Hammertime Day 1: Bug Hunt](https://www.lesswrong.com/s/qRxTKm7DAftSuTGvj/p/rFjhz5Ks685xHbMXW) So I thought, let’s do a Hammertime Club! It’s like a book club - a group of people working through the Hammertime exercises at roughly the same rate, so that we can (optionally!) share our progress, help each other through rough patches, and keep ourselves motivated to finish the program. I’m modelling it on @dreev’s [Book Club for Milkman’s _How to Change_](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminder-book-club-katy-milkmans-how-to-change/9294), so we’ll have a private forum area with the price of admission being a Beeminder goal. The goal should: - be public (the datapoints and fine print can be private) - start on 1 November - ideally have a rate of 1 per day - i.e., a commitment to do one Hammertime Day each day; however if you feel you need to take it more slowly, choose your own rate The rate for [my own goal](https://www.beeminder.com/alys/hammertime-nov2021) is 1 per day. Each day in November, I’ll start a new topic in our private forum space for the appropriate Hammertime Day, and we can post our updates / questions / comments there. It will not be mandatory for every participant to post! You won’t need to share anything that you’re not comfortable sharing. **So, if you’d like to be part of this, create a Beeminder goal (remember to give it an initial flat spot so that it starts on 1 November) and post your goal’s link here. I’ll then add you to the private forum area.** I suspect we may actually want a break after each set of 10 days, to practice the new techniques and habits that we’ve set up so far before going further, but we won’t need to decide on that straight away. If anyone has any suggestions for improving my Hammertime Club ideas, please reply! 😃 * * * **Links for members** : - [the private forum category (all posts)](https://forum.beeminder.com/c/akrasia/hammertime-2021-11/51) - [introductory About post](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/about-the-hammertime-private-club/9768) - [Table of Contents (all posts in a sensible order)](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/table-of-contents-links-to-all-day-posts/9770/2) ---
**Author:** ![aad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/aad/32/4736_2.png) [@aad](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/aad)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/2 "2021-10-22T11:32:28Z")
Thanks! I’ve been waiting for this since it was mentioned in… a beemail I think? I’ve chosen a slightly different commitment rate but here we go: [hammertime | oguzhanogreden/hammertime goal page](https://www.beeminder.com/oguzhanogreden/hammertime) ---
**Author:** ![rperce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/rperce/32/4197_2.png) [@rperce](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/rperce)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/3 "2021-10-22T12:21:12Z")
I’m obviously already a good handful of days in, but I’d love to be in the club! Setting up something like this is something I wanted to do from the start 🙂 - Robert Perce ---
**Author:** ![johnmarkos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/johnmarkos/32/4175_2.png) [@johnmarkos](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/johnmarkos)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/4 "2021-10-23T00:21:25Z")
Count me in! [hammertime | johnmarkos/hammertime goal page](https://www.beeminder.com/johnmarkos/hammertime) ---
**Author:** ![talg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@talg](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/talg)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/5 "2021-10-23T01:52:11Z")
I’m in! [hammer | talg/hammer goal page](https://www.beeminder.com/talg/hammer) ---
**Author:** ![philip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/philip/32/1505_2.png) [@philip](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/philip)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/6 "2021-10-23T12:29:33Z")
[hammertime | pjh/hammertime goal page](https://www.beeminder.com/pjh/hammertime) ---
**Author:** ![bwiderski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/bwiderski/32/2085_2.png) [@bwiderski](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/bwiderski)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/7 "2021-10-23T12:31:27Z")
Not sure I’ve got the idea down yet, but want to read more and try. > **[hammer](https://www.beeminder.com/bwiderski/hammer)** > > Hammertime Nov ---
**Author:** ![alys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/alys/32/4726_2.png) [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/8 "2021-10-23T13:30:14Z")
It’s great to see this much interest! I’m just setting up the private area today with a couple of introductory posts and I’ll give you all access to it tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![k1rsty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/k1rsty/32/3165_2.png) [@k1rsty](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/k1rsty)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/9 "2021-10-23T13:33:15Z")
Intrigued by what I’ve just skim read and think it’s worth a deeper dive: [hammertime | k1rsty/hammertime goal page](https://www.beeminder.com/k1rsty/hammertime) ---
**Author:** ![rperce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/rperce/32/4197_2.png) [@rperce](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/rperce)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/10 "2021-10-23T15:28:44Z")
I’m going to keep going on my OG thread for now, but here’s my goal for the club: [hammerclub | rperce/hammerclub goal page](https://www.beeminder.com/rperce/hammerclub) For the days i’ve already done once we start my +1 will be rereading, reflecting, and maybe redoing the days, using the experience and ideas of the rest of the club to do it again but better! ---
**Author:** ![clarissalittler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/clarissalittler/32/3579_2.png) [@clarissalittler](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/clarissalittler)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/11 "2021-10-23T16:42:24Z")
Oh, convenient, I was actually going to make a goal to practice these things anyway: > **[hammerpractice](https://www.beeminder.com/clarissalittler/hammerpractice)** > > hammerpractice ---
**Author:** ![alys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/alys/32/4726_2.png) [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/12 "2021-10-24T07:27:39Z")
Everyone who’s posted their goal here so far should now have access to the [Hammertime Private Club category](https://forum.beeminder.com/c/akrasia/hammertime-2021-11/51) - tell me if you don’t. It IS actually private now - it wasn’t originally. 😱 😄 Have a look at its [About page](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/about-the-hammertime-private-club/9768), which has some guidelines, and the [Day 0 page](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/day-0-hammers-and-nails-october-reading-and-preparation/9771) with some ideas for preparation we can do this month. New members are still welcome so post your goals here if you’d like to join us! ---
**Author:** ![clivemeister](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/clivemeister/32/2034_2.png) [@clivemeister](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/clivemeister)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/13 "2021-10-24T08:39:39Z")
I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and this provided the necessary extra push - I’m in! > **[hammertime](https://www.beeminder.com/clivemeister/hammertime)** > > hammertime ---
**Author:** ![felixm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/felixm/32/4955_2.png) [@felixm](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/felixm)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/14 "2021-10-24T15:37:59Z")
@alys Thanks for setting this up. Could you add me, please? I will continue posting in rperce’s thread, but I would love to read about other people’s experiences with the challenge. ---
**Author:** ![bizzle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/bizzle/32/4723_2.png) [@bizzle](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/bizzle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/15 "2021-10-24T16:10:29Z")
Hi, would like to join in please. Thanks > **[hammertime](https://www.beeminder.com/bizzle/hammertime)** > > hammertime ---
**Author:** ![alys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/alys/32/4726_2.png) [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/16 "2021-10-24T23:50:15Z")
@clivemeister @felixm @bizzle You have access to the [private category](https://forum.beeminder.com/c/akrasia/hammertime-2021-11/51) now. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![cthulhucultist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/cthulhucultist/32/4182_2.png) [@cthulhucultist](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/cthulhucultist)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/17 "2021-10-25T03:58:14Z")
I’m intrigued, so here’s my hat in the ring. > **[hammertime](https://www.beeminder.com/cthulhucultist/hammertime)** > > HammerTime Club ---
**Author:** ![derecognize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@derecognize](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/derecognize)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/18 "2021-10-25T19:51:41Z")
I’m in too [hammertime | derecognize/hammertime goal page](https://www.beeminder.com/derecognize/hammertime) ---
**Author:** ![adamwolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/adamwolf/32/484_2.png) [@adamwolf](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/adamwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/20 "2021-10-25T20:48:21Z")
> **[hammertime](https://www.beeminder.com/adamwolf/hammertime)** > > hammertime ---
**Author:** ![alys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/alys/32/4726_2.png) [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762/21 "2021-10-26T04:30:58Z")
@adamwolf @derecognize and @cthulhucultist (love that name!) - you have access now. [link](https://forum.beeminder.com/c/akrasia/hammertime-2021-11/51) [Next page](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/hammertime-club-november-2021/9762.md?page=2)