# People with the opposite problem from the one Beeminder solves

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/people-with-the-opposite-problem-from-the-one-beeminder-solves/3943>\
**Category:** Akrasia\
**Created:** [May 23, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/people-with-the-opposite-problem-from-the-one-beeminder-solves/3943 "2018-05-23T21:58:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![zedmango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@zedmango](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/zedmango)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/people-with-the-opposite-problem-from-the-one-beeminder-solves/3943/11 "2018-08-15T22:20:55Z")

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Here’s another possible example of overdoing goals:

> [@Beeminding reducing a thing you don't really want to reduce but probably should](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-reducing-a-thing-you-dont-really-want-to-reduce-but-probably-should/3947/9):
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> reading is always fun for me as long as I _don’t_ start throwing all these rules at it. Things start falling apart when I do.

[http://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-reducing-a-thing-you-dont-really-want-to-reduce-but-probably-should/3947/9](http://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminding-reducing-a-thing-you-dont-really-want-to-reduce-but-probably-should/3947/9)

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