# Precommitting to data points

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/precommitting-to-data-points/972>\
**Category:** Akrasia\
**Created:** [July 20, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/precommitting-to-data-points/972 "2015-07-20T16:24:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![insti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/insti/32/545_2.png) [@insti](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/insti)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/precommitting-to-data-points/972/2 "2015-07-21T06:36:09Z")

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Here are my proposed solutions:

Problem 1) Design a road that is always flat on certain days.  
This is currently only possible via the API or meticulous use of the take a break option, and beeminder will ruin your road if you derail or retroratchet or change you road dial. Fixing all these Beeminder issues would be a great help.  
(I guess this is the same as the solution 1. you listed but I think it is the Right Thing to do, so keep bugging @dreev about the [Road Editor](http://forum.beeminder.com/t/what-is-the-generalized-road-dial/352) and fixing Beeminder to not do horrible things to your custom road.)

Problem 2) Use use GTBee to set up a task to clear eep X by Y o’clock.  
I think this is equivalent to your pre-committed data points idea but doesn’t involve changing Beeminder’s day sized resolution. (See also: [Continuous beeminding](http://forum.beeminder.com/t/continuous-beeminding/977?u=insti))

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