Ooh, thanks for the detailed reply @shanaqui! I agree that this is not the information I, personally, would like to see in my headers. I can see how it would be useful if you are a chronic edge-skater, so there always is something you need to do today. But I like to keep a hefty buffer, where possible, so (like you) I am generally interested in what I can do to build more buffer. And this setup makes no sense when you are running with buffer instead of beemergency.
I don’t think there’s a reasonable autoratchet argument here, either; buffer-builders don’t want to have every whittle-down day be a beemergency! And even if they did, I think it wouldn’t make sense for goals where you don’t have full control over your input (such as weight).
Also, the shortened version in the dashboard is even less sense-making than on the goal page. Contrast these two:
The top goal correctly tells me that I have 30 days to get a +1 datapoint entered. So what should I think the bottom goal is telling me?
I like your suggestion to put in all the information for both categories of users, edge-skaters and buffer-builders.