# Question about adding custom goals

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/question-about-adding-custom-goals/10342>\
**Category:** Newbee\
**Created:** [May 12, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/question-about-adding-custom-goals/10342 "2022-05-12T14:48:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![knightboat37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@knightboat37](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/knightboat37)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/question-about-adding-custom-goals/10342/1 "2022-05-12T14:48:14Z")

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Hi there,

I am looking for help with what app would be best used for the following goals I want to achieve.

Out of some goals I have, I want to finish my backlog of computer games and practise the guitar for around 30minutes a day. There is no app I can find that would be data mining to ensure that I am held accountable for finishing my goals. For example, an app that would know when I have completed a game and updates beeminder, or something that allows me to practise the guitar.

Is there anyone who would be able to point me in the right direction?

Kind Regards,

Knightboat

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**Author:** ![rperce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/rperce/32/4197_2.png) [@rperce](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/rperce)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/question-about-adding-custom-goals/10342/2 "2022-05-12T15:21:47Z")

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Just a manual goal is probably easiest here—when you finish a game, just add a manual +1. If your criteria for “finished” is “100% steam achievements”, you might be able to set something up with IFTTT that polls your steam profile? That seems like much more work and arguably _less_ functional than manual, since there’s plenty of games for which “100% steam achievements” is not a valid measure of “done”—games not on steam, games with bugged un-gettable achievements, games with achievements that you don’t personally care about…

For the guitar practice goal, the beeminder apps have a built-in timer, I believe, that you can use with a manual goal! Alternatively, I use the Toggl integration, personally, since I use toggl already for non-beeminder time tracking already, and I quite like it.

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**Author:** ![knightboat37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@knightboat37](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/knightboat37)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/question-about-adding-custom-goals/10342/3 "2022-05-12T16:18:16Z")

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Thanks for the response!