# Rate units : daily vs weekly?

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**Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/rate-units-daily-vs-weekly/1406/3 "2013-02-08T12:18:31Z")

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But what about derailment? Is there any difference?

A 7/week rate would derail if I don’t enter anything on my first day as  
would be the case for 1/day rate.

For hours of study , I could set the weekly rate W hrs to daily rate W/5  
hours per day ( to buffer for weekends)

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Alessandro Cuttin [a.f.cuttin@gmail.com](mailto:a.f.cuttin@gmail.com)wrote:

> I think this depends on the activity you are beeminding and on its weekly  
> schedule.
> 
> If it is performed daily, and you can quantify it on a daily basis, go  
> for a daily rate.  
> As an example: I have started to use anki, and I’m beeminding both new  
> cards [https://www.beeminder.com/afcuttin/goals/anki02](https://www.beeminder.com/afcuttin/goals/anki02) and cards under  
> review. I know that I want to learn 25 new cards every day(this can be set  
> up in the app and I have control on this), in the weekend also, so in this  
> case I opted for a daily rate.
> 
> On the other side, I’m beeminding my hours of study. Since I know that in  
> the weekend I may not study (provided I have enough safety[https://beeminder.uservoice.com/forums/3011-general/suggestions/2489098-allow-scheduling-of-days-off-in-advance](https://beeminder.uservoice.com/forums/3011-general/suggestions/2489098-allow-scheduling-of-days-off-in-advance)  
> buffer [http://blog.beeminder.com/chunky/](http://blog.beeminder.com/chunky/)), I opted for a weekly rate.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Alessandro
> 
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Pankaj More(BlankVerse) \<  
> [pankajmore@gmail.com](mailto:pankajmore@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> 
> > A very noob question : but what is the difference between rates 1 per day  
> > and 7 per week ?
> > 
> > Also , which rate is better in which scenario?
> > 
> > I am beeminding the number of pomodoros completed with a rate of 42/week?  
> > Would it be better in this case to switch to 6/day?
> > 
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