# Thoughts and experiences with big(ger) pledge Amounts?

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/thoughts-and-experiences-with-big-ger-pledge-amounts/3923>\
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**Created:** [May 9, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/thoughts-and-experiences-with-big-ger-pledge-amounts/3923 "2018-05-09T18:18:42Z")\
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**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:** [May 10, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/thoughts-and-experiences-with-big-ger-pledge-amounts/3923/3 "2018-05-10T00:02:37Z")

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Funny timing as I derailed my time-spent-working-on-Beeminder meta goal last night at $270. (Congratulations to @Tarn for [claiming](http://forum.beeminder.com/t/take-the-beeminder-founders-money/799/280?u=dreev) the money!) The whole concept still works beautifully for me: $270 kept me in line for, I think literally years. I did derail at $270 on that goal previously, a long time ago, and $810 was super extra motivating and that was good, but at some point I was feeling too stressed by it and thought I’d like to have the option to [decide to pay](http://blog.beeminder.com/beenice) $270 if I ever really really wanted to. Of course the value of that goal for me is … I don’t even know, whatever Beeminder, Inc’s valuation is, arguably. Anyway, I’m now at $810 on that goal so, keep an eye on it! I may or may not drop it back to $270 at some point. But probably not for a while. I’m a little worried that psychologically I’ve set a precedent where I’ll be like “it was worth it last month at $270, why not tonight?”.

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