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Beeminder tiny habits9/27/2023 ![]() The goals I’m tracking that do have manual input take less than a few minutes to fill out each day. Thankfully, Beeminder is well aware of this and has many ways to automate data collection, like with integrations with other apps and devices. If data collection becomes a chore, then you’ll start viewing doing something new as a chore as well. Not to get too meta on you, but the routine of tracking our habits is a habit itself.īecause of this, it’s easy to fail every goal if this new routine itself is difficult. Minding things that are a chore to collect data for. Making your commitments serious will allow you to take them seriously. Think deeply about what would help your community, your company, or your future self. Having well-defined principles can give you the discipline to carry out difficult tasks, even if there’s a lack of motivation. Will help move you from busybee work to doing things that are more important. What do you value strongly that would give a goal meaning? What are the benefits to achieving your goal?ĭoes the outcome make all the work worth it? There’s a very good chance you will continue to hate doing the thing, and now you also hate tracking it, and Beeminder by proxy, for making you do the thing.ĭon’t dive head-first into a goal without first asking yourself why. ![]() In that case creating a goal that forces you to run regularly is going to set you up for an antagonistic relationship with Beeminder. Or it might be something that you feel like youĭo but lack intrinsic motivation for (maybe you haven’t run since 1996 because you really hate it). New habits take a slew of things to get working, most notably time and consistent effort.Ĭreating obligation in the form of a Beeminder goal can help with this, but it doesn’t automatically change the way you behave.Īnd if the goal is unrealistic you might be setting yourself up for failure.Īn unrealistic goal might be too ambitious (if you haven’t run since 1996, don’t start your new running goal at 25 miles per week!). It can be tempting set goals you want to achieve in theory, but which are ultimately unrealistic. Setting goals that require a fundamental change. While these insights are about Beeminder, the principles can be helpful when dealing with any sort of goal accountability. So I looked for the common elements of my failures, and documented them. I realized that it’s as important to track your mistakes as it is to track your goals. These caused me to derail more times than I’d like to admit. I’ll start with the major slip-ups I found myself making when I first started beeminding. Specifically, how to ensure you set up the right goals from the start, as well as avoid fizzling out. Now I want to go deeper into the weeds and share more insights on how to use Beeminder. I also shared my personal systems and how I keep all of my plates spinning at once. I talked about Beeminder’s unique way of thinking about goal-setting and self-accountability. Recommended reading for newbees and veterans alike! ![]() It’s a wonderful collection of advice and insight about creating Beeminder goals.
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