# Help with IFTTT tracking for getting to school on time **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbee\ **Created:** [April 11, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/help-with-ifttt-tracking-for-getting-to-school-on-time/11540 "2024-04-11T06:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ssbcdx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@ssbcdx](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/ssbcdx)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/help-with-ifttt-tracking-for-getting-to-school-on-time/11540/1 "2024-04-11T06:36:11Z")
Hi all, I need your input. The idea is that I want to get to school each day by a certain time, say 9 AM. I am thinking of setting up a specific email account that will receive an email by 9 AM from my school computer. When the email is received by the 9 AM deadline, could I use IFTTT to send a data entry point to Beeminder which will be the goal for each day (Do More). In short, I want to create an applet in IFTTT where the “this” is sending an email with a specific subject line or to a specific address before 9 AM. The “that” will be logging a success in Beeminder. Each day I send the email on time, IFTTT triggers and logs a point to my “Do More” goal. I have not used IFTTT before - is this possible? Easy or complex to implement? Any other simpler ways to do this? I do plan to block this new email domain at home so I can enforce this goal. ---
**Author:** ![skorytnicki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/skorytnicki/32/4204_2.png) [@skorytnicki](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/skorytnicki)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/help-with-ifttt-tracking-for-getting-to-school-on-time/11540/2 "2024-04-11T12:36:15Z")
You can use iOS shortcuts to detect your location and replace ifttt. Everything would run on your phone ---
**Author:** ![skorytnicki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/skorytnicki/32/4204_2.png) [@skorytnicki](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/skorytnicki)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/help-with-ifttt-tracking-for-getting-to-school-on-time/11540/3 "2024-04-11T12:39:50Z")
I just set up an automation for my gym goal, will let you know if it works for me ---
**Author:** ![ssbcdx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@ssbcdx](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/ssbcdx)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/help-with-ifttt-tracking-for-getting-to-school-on-time/11540/4 "2024-04-13T20:56:04Z")
Hello all, I was able to do this using BM and an IFTTT applet on the free plan. It was pretty straightforward. First, I set up the BM goal “getting to work by 9 AM on 5 out of 7 days”. The deadline for the goal should be the time I wanted to be at work - 9 AM. The IFTTT trigger is to send IFTTT an email using the tag #atwork and the action would be to use the BM integration to add +1 to the BM goal. Finally, I setup a new throwaway email with a complex password that can be accessed only from my computer at work. I have used it the past couple of days and it has worked well. It has helped provide me the “escape velocity” to actually leave my home and get to work.