So many things! Hours worked, time spent in email, time spent with my kids, time on various projects, time spent playing online scrabble with my grandma, time spent coding, time spent distracted by something that (on reflection when the ping happens) I didn’t want to be doing, time spent sleeping (yes, I fill in all the pings every morning that I didn’t answer because I was asleep – if I was in bed but not asleep then I hear the ping and actually grab my phone and answer it).
Most of those I have my yellow brick road dialed so conservatively that I don’t have to think about them. I’m just gathering data and making graphs. Having beemergency pings is stressful and I think most people hate it. Personally I thrive on that kind of stress. I’m so into having beemergency TagTime pings that I made mind.tagti.me for keeping track of the odds that I’ll make it.
My favorite recent TagTime-fed Beeminder goal that I actually skate the edge of is the following: