Am I missing something... is Beeminder not very good at handling goals that are "do such and such every day"?
Am I missing something... is Beeminder not very good at handling goals that are "do such and such every day"?
I think this is moot now, but check out the discussion in the comments.
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Between Two Parks commented
That helped a lot, thanks!
The six-with-one-freebie echoes the (10+2)*5 procrastination hack (see http://goo.gl/cjmN). Sure, Steve Ufyh wants to make his bed every day, but if he commits to (6+1)*7, he will come home to a made bed 86% of the time, and get a feeling of accomplishment as he cruises above the yellow brick road if he does better.
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Admindreeves (Cofounder, Beeminder) commented
@BetweenTwoParks, I'd suggest a Do More goal with a rate of 6 per week (one freebie per week). The goal date can be left at the default of a year in the future and you can extend that (or end it early) as you go. No need to set a goal value (that will be whatever the math dictates is the total number of bed makings you'll have hit by the goal date).
Is that making sense?
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Between Two Parks commented
@dreeves, I found this posting from a Google search on "beeminder seinfeld" because I had the same question.
Use case: Steve Ufyh wants to commit to making his bed every morning (see http://goo.gl/WaewR). How should he set his initial value, goal date, rate, and goal value?
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Admindreeves (Cofounder, Beeminder) commented
We hope it's that you're missing something but it certainly implies we have work to do either way! :)
If you literally want to do something every single day with no exceptions then there are a bunch of "don't break the chain" apps that may be nicer than Beeminder. Links to some of those at http://blog.beeminder.com/trackhack
But we think Beeminder can be much more powerful than don't-break-the-chain. To excerpt from http://blog.beeminder.com/flexbind :
...Such is the powerful psychology of “don’t break the chain”, also known as the Seinfeld hack. But the Seinfeld hack’s greatest strength is also its fatal flaw: Once you do break the chain, all the motivation it provided bursts like a bubble. You’ve got to somehow motivate yourself to build up another long chain to not break. Until then you’re on a “one more day won’t matter” slippery slope of sloth.
Is that at all addressing the issue you were having with a "do such and such every day" goal?