# Possible to set daily goals? **URL:** \ **Category:** uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 26, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507 "2014-06-26T14:11:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shepheb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shepheb/32/486_2.png) [@shepheb](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shepheb)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/1 "2014-06-26T14:11:46Z")
In a similar vein, I have a Beeminder goal for doing the cat box three times per week. That works decently, but I can build up enough margin by doing it every other day that I can go four or even five if I’m feeling lazy, which is all the time. It’s not healthy for my cat or nose. I wouldn’t mind a different sort of goal that’s deliberately inflexible, having Beeminder’s teeth behind a “cat box every other day without fail” sort of goal. Braden On Thu Jun 26 2014 at 10:02:09 AM, Essentiae [essentiae@gmail.com](mailto:essentiae@gmail.com) wrote: > I have “Plan Bee” and, although you can specify the buffer left when > retroratcheting, if you enter less than 2, it still won’t actually do less > than 2. Same for safe days. (This is true on ‘Do More’ goals only; the ‘Do > Less’ goals can be retroratcheted down to 0. I think they plan to fix that, > but I definitely don’t want to be speaking for them!) Upgrading the account > will not, in fact, change that. > (Though, I think upgrading the account is still worth it for the custom > goals.) > > On 26 June 2014 06:44, Brent Yorgey [byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com) wrote: > > > One more thought: the Bee Lite plan also gives you the ability to specify > > how much buffer you are left with after retroratcheting. The default is 2 > > but you can enter other values. If you’re willing to get the Bee Lite plan > > this sounds perfect for your use case. > > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Brent Yorgey [byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Yes, I have the Bee Lite plan, but I’ve never adjusted the width of my > > > roads. I think in order to do that you can convert your goal to a Custom > > > goal type. However, I don’t think adjusting the width would help you in > > > any case. Retroratcheting would still leave you with 2 days of buffer. (I > > > think — I’m actually not really sure how the road width adjustment works.) > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > hmmm. I was looking at the bee lite plan and it says that I can adjust > > > > the yellow brick road width. maybe I could adjust it so that it’s set to 1 > > > > day? are you a premium user? can you do that? > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > > > > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > > > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment > > > > > > so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > send an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > – > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. 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**Author:** ![kkyang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/kkyang/32/108_2.png) [@kkyang](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/kkyang)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/2 "2014-06-26T00:08:18Z")
I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the daily rate to be 750. When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until derailment. Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? thanks! – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Essentiae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Essentiae](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/Essentiae)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/3 "2014-06-26T00:18:35Z")
This. I’ve missed being able to force myself to do something every day. I would really like to have that again. Sometimes when I’m trying to just create a habit, I’ll require very little of myself at first, but I’ll want to be able to require that of myself every day. If I do better than usual on a given day, though, I end up stuck with several days of safety and can’t get it down to below 2 days with retroratcheting or with safe days. I, too, would really like to have that option back. Ess On 25 June 2014 20:08, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) wrote: > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the daily > rate to be 750. > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > derailment. > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment so > that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > thanks! > > – > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![byorgey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/byorgey/32/70_2.png) [@byorgey](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/byorgey)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/4 "2014-06-26T00:49:29Z")
It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do something once a day” goals. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) wrote: > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the daily > rate to be 750. > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > derailment. > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment so > that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > thanks! > > – > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Erica\_Edelman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/erica_edelman/32/688_2.png) [@Erica\_Edelman](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/Erica_Edelman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/5 "2014-06-26T00:55:10Z")
Also, if your goal is 750 words a day, you should check you [750words.com](http://750words.com) 🙂 On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Brent Yorgey [byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com) wrote: > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut down > your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve used > that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > something once a day” goals. > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) wrote: > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > derailment. > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment so > > that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > thanks! > > > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > – > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![kkyang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/kkyang/32/108_2.png) [@kkyang](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/kkyang)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/6 "2014-06-26T00:56:18Z")
hmmm. I was looking at the bee lite plan and it says that I can adjust the yellow brick road width. maybe I could adjust it so that it’s set to 1 day? are you a premium user? can you do that? On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut down > your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve used > that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > something once a day” goals. > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang \<[yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > derailment. > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment so > > that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > thanks! > > > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com) \. > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![kkyang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/kkyang/32/108_2.png) [@kkyang](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/kkyang)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/7 "2014-06-26T00:57:01Z")
That’s what I’m currently using. Just wanted to add a little sting reinforcement 🙂 On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:55:11 PM UTC-4, Erica Edelman wrote: > Also, if your goal is 750 words a day, you should check you [750words.com](http://750words.com) > 🙂 > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Brent Yorgey \<[byo...@gmail.com](mailto:byo...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut down > > your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve used > > that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > something once a day” goals. > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang \<[yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > > \\> wrote: > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > derailment. > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment so > > > that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > – > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com) \. > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com) \. > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![byorgey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/byorgey/32/70_2.png) [@byorgey](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/byorgey)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/8 "2014-06-26T10:39:17Z")
Yes, I have the Bee Lite plan, but I’ve never adjusted the width of my roads. I think in order to do that you can convert your goal to a Custom goal type. However, I don’t think adjusting the width would help you in any case. Retroratcheting would still leave you with 2 days of buffer. (I think — I’m actually not really sure how the road width adjustment works.) On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) wrote: > hmmm. I was looking at the bee lite plan and it says that I can adjust the > yellow brick road width. maybe I could adjust it so that it’s set to 1 day? > are you a premium user? can you do that? > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut down > > your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve used > > that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > something once a day” goals. > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > derailment. > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment so > > > that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > – > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![byorgey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/byorgey/32/70_2.png) [@byorgey](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/byorgey)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/9 "2014-06-26T10:41:30Z")
By the way, if your goal is to write every day, instead of making a road with a daily rate of 750, I suggest making one with a daily rate of 1, and enter a data point of ‘1’ every time you write more than 750 words. A road with a rate of 750 means you want to write 750 words per day _on average_, which is very different from the way [750words.com](http://750words.com) works. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) wrote: > That’s what I’m currently using. Just wanted to add a little sting > reinforcement 🙂 > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:55:11 PM UTC-4, Erica Edelman wrote: > > > Also, if your goal is 750 words a day, you should check you [750words.com](http://750words.com) > > 🙂 > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Brent Yorgey [byo...@gmail.com](mailto:byo...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment > > > > so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > – > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > – > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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One more thought: the Bee Lite plan also gives you the ability to specify how much buffer you are left with after retroratcheting. The default is 2 but you can enter other values. If you’re willing to get the Bee Lite plan this sounds perfect for your use case. On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Brent Yorgey [byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com) wrote: > Yes, I have the Bee Lite plan, but I’ve never adjusted the width of my > roads. I think in order to do that you can convert your goal to a Custom > goal type. However, I don’t think adjusting the width would help you in > any case. Retroratcheting would still leave you with 2 days of buffer. (I > think — I’m actually not really sure how the road width adjustment works.) > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) wrote: > > > hmmm. I was looking at the bee lite plan and it says that I can adjust > > the yellow brick road width. maybe I could adjust it so that it’s set to 1 > > day? are you a premium user? can you do that? > > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment > > > > so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > – > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > – > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Essentiae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Essentiae](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/Essentiae)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/11 "2014-06-26T14:02:06Z")
I have “Plan Bee” and, although you can specify the buffer left when retroratcheting, if you enter less than 2, it still won’t actually do less than 2. Same for safe days. (This is true on ‘Do More’ goals only; the ‘Do Less’ goals can be retroratcheted down to 0. I think they plan to fix that, but I definitely don’t want to be speaking for them!) Upgrading the account will not, in fact, change that. (Though, I think upgrading the account is still worth it for the custom goals.) On 26 June 2014 06:44, Brent Yorgey [byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com) wrote: > One more thought: the Bee Lite plan also gives you the ability to specify > how much buffer you are left with after retroratcheting. The default is 2 > but you can enter other values. If you’re willing to get the Bee Lite plan > this sounds perfect for your use case. > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Brent Yorgey [byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Yes, I have the Bee Lite plan, but I’ve never adjusted the width of my > > roads. I think in order to do that you can convert your goal to a Custom > > goal type. However, I don’t think adjusting the width would help you in > > any case. Retroratcheting would still leave you with 2 days of buffer. (I > > think — I’m actually not really sure how the road width adjustment works.) > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > hmmm. I was looking at the bee lite plan and it says that I can adjust > > > the yellow brick road width. maybe I could adjust it so that it’s set to 1 > > > day? are you a premium user? can you do that? > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment > > > > > so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > – > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > – > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![byorgey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/byorgey/32/70_2.png) [@byorgey](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/byorgey)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/12 "2014-06-26T14:46:16Z")
Oh, right, I forgot about this bug. =( Anyway, entering a negative data point still works, other than the fact that entering fake data feels icky. On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Essentiae [essentiae@gmail.com](mailto:essentiae@gmail.com) wrote: > I have “Plan Bee” and, although you can specify the buffer left when > retroratcheting, if you enter less than 2, it still won’t actually do less > than 2. Same for safe days. (This is true on ‘Do More’ goals only; the ‘Do > Less’ goals can be retroratcheted down to 0. I think they plan to fix that, > but I definitely don’t want to be speaking for them!) Upgrading the account > will not, in fact, change that. > (Though, I think upgrading the account is still worth it for the custom > goals.) > > On 26 June 2014 06:44, Brent Yorgey [byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com) wrote: > > > One more thought: the Bee Lite plan also gives you the ability to specify > > how much buffer you are left with after retroratcheting. The default is 2 > > but you can enter other values. If you’re willing to get the Bee Lite plan > > this sounds perfect for your use case. > > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Brent Yorgey [byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Yes, I have the Bee Lite plan, but I’ve never adjusted the width of my > > > roads. I think in order to do that you can convert your goal to a Custom > > > goal type. However, I don’t think adjusting the width would help you in > > > any case. Retroratcheting would still leave you with 2 days of buffer. (I > > > think — I’m actually not really sure how the road width adjustment works.) > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > hmmm. I was looking at the bee lite plan and it says that I can adjust > > > > the yellow brick road width. maybe I could adjust it so that it’s set to 1 > > > > day? are you a premium user? can you do that? > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > > > > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > > > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment > > > > > > so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > send an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > – > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. 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**Author:** ![amesha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@amesha1](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/amesha1)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/13 "2014-06-26T15:22:04Z")
When I have a situation like this (goal is less frequent than once a day, and I don’t want to wait much longer than the road dial average between times I do it), if I do end up doing a goal much earlier than the deadline, I like to retroratchet just before entering the new datapoint. That way I never have to do the goal more frequently than is defined in the road dial, and I still can’t build up a margin to go significantly longer than the average amount of time needed between data points. On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Braden Shepherdson \< [braden.shepherdson@gmail.com](mailto:braden.shepherdson@gmail.com)\> wrote: > In a similar vein, I have a Beeminder goal for doing the cat box three > times per week. That works decently, but I can build up enough margin by > doing it every other day that I can go four or even five if I’m feeling > lazy, which is all the time. It’s not healthy for my cat or nose. > > I wouldn’t mind a different sort of goal that’s deliberately inflexible, > having Beeminder’s teeth behind a “cat box every other day without fail” > sort of goal. > > Braden > > On Thu Jun 26 2014 at 10:02:09 AM, Essentiae [essentiae@gmail.com](mailto:essentiae@gmail.com) wrote: > > > I have “Plan Bee” and, although you can specify the buffer left when > > retroratcheting, if you enter less than 2, it still won’t actually do less > > than 2. Same for safe days. (This is true on ‘Do More’ goals only; the ‘Do > > Less’ goals can be retroratcheted down to 0. I think they plan to fix that, > > but I definitely don’t want to be speaking for them!) Upgrading the account > > will not, in fact, change that. > > (Though, I think upgrading the account is still worth it for the custom > > goals.) > > > > On 26 June 2014 06:44, Brent Yorgey [byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > One more thought: the Bee Lite plan also gives you the ability to > > > specify how much buffer you are left with after retroratcheting. The > > > default is 2 but you can enter other values. If you’re willing to get the > > > Bee Lite plan this sounds perfect for your use case. > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Brent Yorgey [byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, I have the Bee Lite plan, but I’ve never adjusted the width of my > > > > roads. I think in order to do that you can convert your goal to a Custom > > > > goal type. However, I don’t think adjusting the width would help you in > > > > any case. Retroratcheting would still leave you with 2 days of buffer. (I > > > > think — I’m actually not really sure how the road width adjustment works.) > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > hmmm. I was looking at the bee lite plan and it says that I can adjust > > > > > the yellow brick road width. maybe I could adjust it so that it’s set to 1 > > > > > day? are you a premium user? can you do that? > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > > > > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > > > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > > > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until > > > > > > > derailment so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > > send an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > > an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > – > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > – > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. 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I had it set up that way at first but wanted to be able to see how many words I was writing each day and eventually change my goal to 800/day 900/day 1000/day etc. Sounds like there’s no way to do that currently though right? On Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:41:30 AM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > By the way, if your goal is to write every day, instead of making a road > with a daily rate of 750, I suggest making one with a daily rate of 1, and > enter a data point of ‘1’ every time you write more than 750 words. A road > with a rate of 750 means you want to write 750 words per day _on average_, > which is very different from the way [750words.com](http://750words.com) works. > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Kenny Yang \<[yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > That’s what I’m currently using. Just wanted to add a little sting > > reinforcement 🙂 > > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:55:11 PM UTC-4, Erica Edelman wrote: > > > > > Also, if your goal is 750 words a day, you should check you [750words.com](http://750words.com) > > > 🙂 > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Brent Yorgey [byo...@gmail.com](mailto:byo...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment > > > > > so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > – > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > – > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com) \. > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![dreev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/dreev/32/4311_2.png) [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/15 "2014-06-26T17:38:25Z")
Wait, that will be super sad if you have to switch to lower-fidelity metric just to work around our insufficiently harsh retroratcheting! Maybe stand by while we see if we can fix that this weekend? On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Kenny Yang [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) wrote: > I had it set up that way at first but wanted to be able to see how many > words I was writing each day and eventually change my goal to 800/day > 900/day 1000/day etc. Sounds like there’s no way to do that currently though > right? > > On Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:41:30 AM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > > By the way, if your goal is to write every day, instead of making a road > > with a daily rate of 750, I suggest making one with a daily rate of 1, and > > enter a data point of ‘1’ every time you write more than 750 words. A road > > with a rate of 750 means you want to write 750 words per day _on average_, > > which is very different from the way [750words.com](http://750words.com) works. > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > That’s what I’m currently using. Just wanted to add a little sting > > > reinforcement 🙂 > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:55:11 PM UTC-4, Erica Edelman wrote: > > > > > > > Also, if your goal is 750 words a day, you should check you [750words.com](http://750words.com) > > > > 🙂 > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Brent Yorgey [byo...@gmail.com](mailto:byo...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > > > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment > > > > > > so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > – > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > – > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – [http://dreev.es](http://dreev.es) – search://“Daniel Reeves” Goal tracking + Commitment contracts == [http://beeminder.com](http://beeminder.com) ---
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Ugh, I have this problem and keep poking the beeminder people to fix it 😕 I want to enforce a minimum walk at least 7000 steps a day goal. (I do have an upgraded beeminder account) Hey Beeminder people! I love you….but I’d love you more if you changed this for me 😉 -Jolly From: [akratics@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics@googlegroups.com) [[mailto:akratics@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics@googlegroups.com)] On Behalf Of Braden Shepherdson Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 7:12 AM To: [akratics@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics@googlegroups.com) Subject: Re: Possible to set daily goals? In a similar vein, I have a Beeminder goal for doing the cat box three times per week. That works decently, but I can build up enough margin by doing it every other day that I can go four or even five if I’m feeling lazy, which is all the time. It’s not healthy for my cat or nose. I wouldn’t mind a different sort of goal that’s deliberately inflexible, having Beeminder’s teeth behind a “cat box every other day without fail” sort of goal. Braden On Thu Jun 26 2014 at 10:02:09 AM, Essentiae \<[essentiae@gmail.com](mailto:essentiae@gmail.com)[mailto:essentiae@gmail.com](mailto:essentiae@gmail.com)\> wrote: I have “Plan Bee” and, although you can specify the buffer left when retroratcheting, if you enter less than 2, it still won’t actually do less than 2. Same for safe days. (This is true on ‘Do More’ goals only; the ‘Do Less’ goals can be retroratcheted down to 0. I think they plan to fix that, but I definitely don’t want to be speaking for them!) Upgrading the account will not, in fact, change that. (Though, I think upgrading the account is still worth it for the custom goals.) On 26 June 2014 06:44, Brent Yorgey \<[byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com)[mailto:byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com)\> wrote: One more thought: the Bee Lite plan also gives you the ability to specify how much buffer you are left with after retroratcheting. The default is 2 but you can enter other values. If you’re willing to get the Bee Lite plan this sounds perfect for your use case. On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Brent Yorgey \<[byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com)[mailto:byorgey@gmail.com](mailto:byorgey@gmail.com)\> wrote: Yes, I have the Bee Lite plan, but I’ve never adjusted the width of my roads. I think in order to do that you can convert your goal to a Custom goal type. However, I don’t think adjusting the width would help you in any case. Retroratcheting would still leave you with 2 days of buffer. (I think — I’m actually not really sure how the road width adjustment works.) On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Kenny Yang \<[yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com)[mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com)\> wrote: hmmm. I was looking at the bee lite plan and it says that I can adjust the yellow brick road width. maybe I could adjust it so that it’s set to 1 day? are you a premium user? can you do that? On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do something once a day” goals. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang \<[yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com)[mailto:yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com)\> wrote: I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the daily rate to be 750. When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until derailment. Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? ## thanks! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com)[mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com)[mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). 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**Author:** ![kkyang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/kkyang/32/108_2.png) [@kkyang](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/kkyang)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/17 "2014-06-27T17:50:15Z")
I shall contribute additional love with jolly if daily minimums feature is added 🙂 On Friday, June 27, 2014 1:29:47 PM UTC-4, Jolly wrote: > Ugh, I have this problem and keep poking the beeminder people to fix it > 😕 > > I want to enforce a minimum walk at least 7000 steps a day goal. > > (I do have an upgraded beeminder account) > > Hey Beeminder people! I love you….but I’d love you more if you changed > this for me 😉 > > -Jolly > > _From:_ [akra...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akra...@googlegroups.com) \ [mailto: > [akra...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akra...@googlegroups.com) \] \*On Behalf Of \*Braden Shepherdson > _Sent:_ Thursday, June 26, 2014 7:12 AM > _To:_ [akra...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akra...@googlegroups.com) \ > _Subject:_ Re: Possible to set daily goals? > > In a similar vein, I have a Beeminder goal for doing the cat box three > times per week. That works decently, but I can build up enough margin by > doing it every other day that I can go four or even five if I’m feeling > lazy, which is all the time. It’s not healthy for my cat or nose. > > I wouldn’t mind a different sort of goal that’s deliberately inflexible, > having Beeminder’s teeth behind a “cat box every other day without fail” > sort of goal. > > Braden > > On Thu Jun 26 2014 at 10:02:09 AM, Essentiae \<[esse...@gmail.com](mailto:esse...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > I have “Plan Bee” and, although you can specify the buffer left when > retroratcheting, if you enter less than 2, it still won’t actually do less > than 2. Same for safe days. (This is true on ‘Do More’ goals only; the ‘Do > Less’ goals can be retroratcheted down to 0. I think they plan to fix that, > but I definitely don’t want to be speaking for them!) Upgrading the account > will not, in fact, change that. > > (Though, I think upgrading the account is still worth it for the custom > goals.) > > On 26 June 2014 06:44, Brent Yorgey \<[byo...@gmail.com](mailto:byo...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > One more thought: the Bee Lite plan also gives you the ability to > specify how much buffer you are left with after retroratcheting. The > default is 2 but you can enter other values. If you’re willing to get the > Bee Lite plan this sounds perfect for your use case. > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Brent Yorgey \<[byo...@gmail.com](mailto:byo...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > Yes, I have the Bee Lite plan, but I’ve never adjusted the width of my > roads. I think in order to do that you can convert your goal to a Custom > goal type. However, I don’t think adjusting the width would help you in > any case. Retroratcheting would still leave you with 2 days of buffer. (I > think — I’m actually not really sure how the road width adjustment works.) > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Kenny Yang \<[yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > hmmm. I was looking at the bee lite plan and it says that I can adjust > the yellow brick road width. maybe I could adjust it so that it’s set to 1 > day? are you a premium user? can you do that? > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49:30 PM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > something once a day” goals. > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) wrote: > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > daily rate to be 750. > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > derailment. 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**Author:** ![Jake\_Jenkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Jake\_Jenkins](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/Jake_Jenkins)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/18 "2014-06-27T18:32:01Z")
Jumping on the bandwagon. Would really like this feature On Jun 26, 2014 12:57 PM, “Kenny Yang” [yangkennyk@gmail.com](mailto:yangkennyk@gmail.com) wrote: > I had it set up that way at first but wanted to be able to see how many > words I was writing each day and eventually change my goal to 800/day > 900/day 1000/day etc. Sounds like there’s no way to do that currently > though right? > > On Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:41:30 AM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > > By the way, if your goal is to write every day, instead of making a road > > with a daily rate of 750, I suggest making one with a daily rate of 1, and > > enter a data point of ‘1’ every time you write more than 750 words. A road > > with a rate of 750 means you want to write 750 words per day _on average_, > > which is very different from the way [750words.com](http://750words.com) works. > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > That’s what I’m currently using. Just wanted to add a little sting > > > reinforcement 🙂 > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:55:11 PM UTC-4, Erica Edelman wrote: > > > > > > > Also, if your goal is 750 words a day, you should check you > > > > [750words.com](http://750words.com) 🙂 > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Brent Yorgey [byo...@gmail.com](mailto:byo...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > > > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until derailment > > > > > > so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > send an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > – > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![kkyang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/kkyang/32/108_2.png) [@kkyang](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/kkyang)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/19 "2014-06-27T19:31:35Z")
maybe something like a configurable yellow brick road with max/min values on the road (max 1 day or something) On Friday, June 27, 2014 2:32:02 PM UTC-4, Jake Jenkins wrote: > Jumping on the bandwagon. Would really like this feature > On Jun 26, 2014 12:57 PM, “Kenny Yang” \<[yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > I had it set up that way at first but wanted to be able to see how many > > words I was writing each day and eventually change my goal to 800/day > > 900/day 1000/day etc. Sounds like there’s no way to do that currently > > though right? > > > > On Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:41:30 AM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > > > > By the way, if your goal is to write every day, instead of making a road > > > with a daily rate of 750, I suggest making one with a daily rate of 1, and > > > enter a data point of ‘1’ every time you write more than 750 words. A road > > > with a rate of 750 means you want to write 750 words per day _on average_, > > > which is very different from the way [750words.com](http://750words.com) works. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > That’s what I’m currently using. Just wanted to add a little sting > > > > reinforcement 🙂 > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:55:11 PM UTC-4, Erica Edelman wrote: > > > > > > > > > Also, if your goal is 750 words a day, you should check you > > > > > [750words.com](http://750words.com) 🙂 > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Brent Yorgey [byo...@gmail.com](mailto:byo...@gmail.com) > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from there. I’ve > > > > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts of “do > > > > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set the > > > > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days > > > > > > > until derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until > > > > > > > derailment so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > > send an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > send an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > – > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com) \. > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Essentiae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Essentiae](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/Essentiae)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/possible-to-set-daily-goals/1507/20 "2014-06-27T21:56:23Z")
That would be great. No longer being able to have 0 safe days mean “0 safe days” was a real bummer. It would be great to have that working again. On Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:38:26 PM UTC-4, Daniel Reeves wrote: > Wait, that will be super sad if you have to switch to lower-fidelity > metric just to work around our insufficiently harsh retroratcheting! > Maybe stand by while we see if we can fix that this weekend? > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Kenny Yang \<[yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > I had it set up that way at first but wanted to be able to see how many > > words I was writing each day and eventually change my goal to 800/day > > 900/day 1000/day etc. Sounds like there’s no way to do that currently > > though > > right? > > > > On Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:41:30 AM UTC-4, Brent Yorgey wrote: > > > > > By the way, if your goal is to write every day, instead of making a > > > road > > > with a daily rate of 750, I suggest making one with a daily rate of 1, > > > and > > > enter a data point of ‘1’ every time you write more than 750 words. A > > > road > > > with a rate of 750 means you want to write 750 words per day _on > > > average_, > > > which is very different from the way [750words.com](http://750words.com) works. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > That’s what I’m currently using. Just wanted to add a little sting > > > > reinforcement 🙂 > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:55:11 PM UTC-4, Erica Edelman wrote: > > > > > > > > > Also, if your goal is 750 words a day, you should check you > > > > > [750words.com](http://750words.com) > > > > > 🙂 > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Brent Yorgey [byo...@gmail.com](mailto:byo...@gmail.com) > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > It’s a little hackish, but you can enter a negative datapoint to cut > > > > > > down your safety buffer to whatever you want, and then go from > > > > > > there. I’ve > > > > > > used that trick a few times in the past, especially for these sorts > > > > > > of “do > > > > > > something once a day” goals. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Kenny Yang [yangk...@gmail.com](mailto:yangk...@gmail.com) > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I’d like to set a daily goal of writing 750 words a day so I set > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > daily rate to be 750. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When I entered my writing for today (800), it gives me 3 days until > > > > > > > derailment. Even with retroratchet, it cuts it down to 2 days until > > > > > > > derailment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to make it so that there’s only 1 day until > > > > > > > derailment > > > > > > > so that I’m required to enter 750 everyday? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > > send > > > > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > > > – > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > send > > > > > > an email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > – > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an > > > > email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > – > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > “Akratics Anonymous” group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an > > email to [akratics+u...@googlegroups.com](mailto:akratics+u...@googlegroups.com) \. > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > – > [http://dreev.es](http://dreev.es) – search://“Daniel Reeves” > Goal tracking + Commitment contracts == [http://beeminder.com](http://beeminder.com) – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Akratics Anonymous” group. 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