Intention vs Urgency

Does Beeminder train us to rely on urgency over intention? Is this bad?

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Close, I think. Beeminder, at least the way I use it, lets me turn intention into urgency.

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Used well, I think Beeminder lets you turn one big emergency in the future into many tiny emergencies over time, reducing the severity of the stressful procrastinate-then-panic cycle the article you linked describes.

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Bring long-term consequences near.

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Nailed it in one.

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