Just a couple other things about my use of Beeminder that I should mention.
- I eliminated all of my $0 goals, but I find that $5 is a sweet spot for balancing loss aversion against the need for sleep. The exception is my sleep goal, where I decided to let the max derailment amount rise. I think I’ve been undervaluing sleep for many years, and I really want to fix that.
- I like 12 noon local time as the derailment time, so I don’t have to choose between sleep and my goal. I can go to bed early, get up early, and still complete my day’s goal.
- All my goals either update automatically or through Boss as a Service.
- I turn on no excuses mode on all goals, so forgetting to add data is never an issue.