# Rod's Beeminder Journal

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/rods-beeminder-journal/10268>\
**Category:** Akrasia\
**Created:** [April 8, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/rods-beeminder-journal/10268 "2022-04-08T22:07:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![alys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/alys/32/4726_2.png) [@alys](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/alys)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/rods-beeminder-journal/10268/4 "2022-04-09T07:33:03Z")

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Welcome back! I’m hoping Beeminder works better for you this time. You’ve made some interesting points so I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes for you.

I also have trouble with leaving goals until too late at night, so I’ve started slowly setting up a [waterfall](https://blog.beeminder.com/waterfalls/) system, which is helping, although I’ve derailed a couple of times from forgetting a goal was due earlier now. 😱 😆

Are you aware that GTBee is [no longer supported](https://help.beeminder.com/article/63-gtbee) and may disappear in future? I’ve been using the excellent [TaskRatchet](https://taskratchet.com/) instead - create once-off tasks with a deadline, pay money if you don’t complete them on time. It [integrates with Beeminder](https://www.beeminder.com/taskratchet) if you want a goal to ensure you use TaskRatchet regularly.

> [@roddaut](#):
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> tools for changing our emotional state at exactly the moment we need it.

That resonates with me! One of my biggest problems is getting into such a funk that I can’t do anything productive, and that can last for hours on a bad day. It’s just occurred to me while reading your post that I could have an emergency shell script activated with a keystroke that sends a task to TaskRatchet with a deadline 15 minutes into the future to just do something (maybe make it pick a random task from my list to do just a few minutes wok on). I’m hoping that will change me from a depressed/fearful state into a more productive one. 🤞 So, thank you for the inspiration!

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