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@@ -42342,7 +42344,7 @@ as we notice nomenclature that isn’t self-evident or terms change.
Akrasia
- : Procrastination, impetuousness, failure of willpower, acting against one’s own better judgment. + Procrastination, impetuousness, failure of willpower, acting against one’s own better judgment. Doing something you regret even as you’re doing it. See the sidebar of this blog, or check out our .
-Procrastination, impetuousness, failure of willpower, acting against one’s own better judgment. -Doing something you regret even as you’re doing it. -See the sidebar of this blog, or check out our - - Anti-Akrasia Manifesto - -. - -—>
- :
Akrasia
@@ -42379,6 +42368,7 @@ See the sidebar of this blog, or check out our
quantifies “immediate”.
It’s the timeframe within which your short-term impulses outweigh your better judgment — taken by Beeminder to always be one week in the future.
+
You can make arbitrary changes to your goal — the steepness of your
bright red line
@@ -42410,7 +42400,7 @@ See also
Akrasia-proofing
- : The delay Beeminder imposes on making changes to your goal so that you’re always making decisions beyond you
+ The delay Beeminder imposes on making changes to your goal so that you’re always making decisions beyond you
akrasia horizon
@@ -42425,7 +42415,7 @@ See also
Akratic
- : The adjectival form of
+ The adjectival form of
akrasia
@@ -42453,7 +42443,7 @@ UPDATE: Akratics Anonymous has been subsumed by the amazing
All-you-can-eat-buffet-hopping vacation
- : A hypothetical reason to make a weight-loss
+ A hypothetical reason to make a weight-loss
bright red line
@@ -42468,7 +42458,7 @@ For most goals it’s sufficient to add a
Archive
- : To get a goal out of your gallery — used to cry uncle on a goal.
+ To get a goal out of your gallery — used to cry uncle on a goal.
The goal will be archived after one week, i.e., subject to the
akrasia horizon
@@ -42481,7 +42471,7 @@ Newly created goals that you archive will also give you the option to blow them
Autodata goal
- : A goal that has an automatic data source, like
+ A goal that has an automatic data source, like
- : A premium feature to automatically
+ A premium feature to automatically
ratchet
@@ -42559,7 +42549,7 @@ The full list of autodata sources is on the Beeminder
Auto-summing
- : Goals that are
+ Goals that are
auto-summing
@@ -42571,7 +42561,7 @@ Exceptions include weight loss and odometer goals and whittle-down goals.
Auto-widening
- : This
+ This
- : This isn’t a thing anymore!
+ This isn’t a thing anymore!
- : The
+ The
bright red line
@@ -42608,7 +42598,7 @@ If you end the day (whenever you set your deadline to) on the wrong side, you
The beehive
- : Beeminder headquarters.
+ Beeminder headquarters.
- : Daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly emails that we (the founders) send to keep everyone in the loop on what’s new with Beeminder.
+ Daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly emails that we (the founders) send to keep everyone in the loop on what’s new with Beeminder.
By default you’ll get them monthly but you can change that by going to
Your Account →
Settings →
@@ -42641,7 +42631,7 @@ If you’re reading our glossary then you’ll probably enjoy getting da
Beemergency
- : A day when your
+ A day when your
datapoint
@@ -42666,7 +42656,7 @@ by midnight at the end of this day.
To beemind
- : To use Beeminder to track and commit to a goal.
+ To use Beeminder to track and commit to a goal.
Often used transitively, as in “I’m beeminding my donut consumption.”
Think of “beeminding X” as an intensified version of “minding X”.
- : The program you interact with by email or SMS.
+ The program you interact with by email or SMS.
It reminds you to add data, you reply to it with new data, and it warns you if you’re about to
derail
@@ -42685,7 +42675,7 @@ It reminds you to add data, you reply to it with new data, and it warns you if y
Bright red line
- : The line demarcating the
+ The line demarcating the
good side
@@ -42703,7 +42693,7 @@ If your progress perfectly followed the bright red line, you would reach your go
Centerline
- : Not a thing anymore!
+ Not a thing anymore!
See
bright red line
@@ -42714,7 +42704,7 @@ See
Commitment contract (also: commitment device)
- : A means by which you constrain your own future behavior for the purposes of thwarting
+ A means by which you constrain your own future behavior for the purposes of thwarting
akrasia
@@ -42743,7 +42733,7 @@ See also
Commitment dial
- : The three parameters, shown beneath your graph, that determine your goal and the steepness of the
+ The three parameters, shown beneath your graph, that determine your goal and the steepness of the
bright red line
@@ -42778,7 +42768,7 @@ See
Cumulative
- : See
+ See
auto-summing
@@ -42791,7 +42781,7 @@ See
Datapoints
- : The values you enter into Beeminder, or that Beeminder enters for you in the case of
+ The values you enter into Beeminder, or that Beeminder enters for you in the case of
autodata goals
@@ -42822,7 +42812,7 @@ red means you’re going to
Derail
- : To allow your
+ To allow your
datapoints
@@ -42851,7 +42841,7 @@ If you had a
Dial up/down
- : To make your
+ To make your
bright red line
@@ -42875,7 +42865,7 @@ Changes you make to your red line have a one-week delay before they take effect,
Do Less goal
- : Formerly known as
+ Formerly known as
“
- : This is the most common Beeminder goal type.
+ This is the most common Beeminder goal type.
You enter a value every time you do something you want to do more of — minutes of exercise, number of workouts, servings of vegetables, hours of work — and Beeminder
auto-sums
@@ -42932,7 +42922,7 @@ Think of them as goals to do more (or less) than you would otherwise do if left
Emergency day (eep day)
- : See
+ See
beemergency
@@ -42945,7 +42935,7 @@ Think of them as goals to do more (or less) than you would otherwise do if left
Flatline / flatlining
- : When you report no data, Beeminder assumes that you did nothing (or stayed the same weight).
+ When you report no data, Beeminder assumes that you did nothing (or stayed the same weight).
We add a placeholder
datapoint
@@ -42966,7 +42956,7 @@ Exception:
Flat spot
- : A period in which your
+ A period in which your
bright red line
@@ -42995,7 +42985,7 @@ When you start a new goal or
Freebee
- : A freebee is a goal with a $0 pledge.
+ A freebee is a goal with a $0 pledge.
(Historical note: Freebees used to refer to
- : If you
+ If you
derail
@@ -43039,11 +43029,11 @@ You can still add data to a frozen goal but the
- : See
+ See
backburner
@@ -43052,11 +43042,11 @@ You can still add data to a frozen goal but the
- : See
+ See
bad side
@@ -43069,7 +43059,7 @@ You can still add data to a frozen goal but the
Legit check
- : An email that the
+ An email that the
bot
@@ -43090,7 +43080,7 @@ It’s slightly cumbersome, by design, but if the derailment was in any way
Lifehacking
- : The use of clever or perhaps unorthodox tricks to improve one’s life, particularly one’s own behavior.
+ The use of clever or perhaps unorthodox tricks to improve one’s life, particularly one’s own behavior.
Beeminder is a hardcore lifehack.
- : Old name for post-derail
+ Old name for post-derail
respite
@@ -43110,7 +43100,7 @@ Beeminder is a hardcore lifehack.
Motivation point
- : The minimum
+ The minimum
pledge
@@ -43144,7 +43134,7 @@ Also known as the psychological bite point (thanks to Noah Wilde for the term).
No-Excuses Mode
- : If you check this box (press this button) in your goal settings then you’re precommitting to accept all derailments as final, regardless of any extenuating circumstances.
+ If you check this box (press this button) in your goal settings then you’re precommitting to accept all derailments as final, regardless of any extenuating circumstances.
In other words, if you cry foul in response to a
legit check
@@ -43172,7 +43162,7 @@ Details in the
No-mercy rerail
- : Normally you automatically
+ Normally you automatically
rerail
@@ -43191,11 +43181,14 @@ Check the no-mercy checkbox in your goal settings if you want to be immediately
- : A goal that is not
+ A goal that is not
auto-summing
@@ -43218,7 +43211,7 @@ If you report a zero then Beeminder treats that as the odometer getting reset (o
Panic threshold
- : Not a thing anymore! We got rid of this!
+ Not a thing anymore! We got rid of this!
Instead you can now directly set for each goal the time of day that Beeminder starts sending reminders.
One less glossary term to worry about!
- : This applies to
+ This applies to
Do Less
@@ -43260,7 +43253,7 @@ See
Pledge
- : The amount of money you have committed to pay if you
+ The amount of money you have committed to pay if you
derail
@@ -43300,7 +43293,7 @@ You can lower your pledge for free but it’s subject to the
Precommit to recommit
- : This is the fundamental tenet of Beeminder that, unless you’ve explicitly hit
+ This is the fundamental tenet of Beeminder that, unless you’ve explicitly hit
archive
@@ -43319,7 +43312,7 @@ It has a name because, historically, it was something you had to specifically op
Premium plans
- : We intend for Beeminder to always be a totally free awesomeness-inducer (free if you don’t cross the
+ We intend for Beeminder to always be a totally free awesomeness-inducer (free if you don’t cross the
bright red line
@@ -43345,7 +43338,7 @@ you’ll get
Programmable self
- : The next stage of evolution of
+ The next stage of evolution of
quantified self
@@ -43366,7 +43359,7 @@ you’ll get
Quantified self
- : “Self knowledge through numbers”.
+ “Self knowledge through numbers”.
(See
- : Changing the
+ Changing the
bright red line
@@ -43410,7 +43403,7 @@ Ratcheting adjusts your bright red line to be closer to your current
Rate/steepness
- : The number of goal actions or units you are commmitted to completing per week (or per day).
+ The number of goal actions or units you are commmitted to completing per week (or per day).
A rate of zero means a
flat spot
@@ -43434,7 +43427,7 @@ The rate can be adjusted subject to the
Rerail
- : To recommit to a goal after you’ve
+ To recommit to a goal after you’ve
derailed
@@ -43463,7 +43456,7 @@ The
Respite
- : Previously known as “mercy” and now as
+ Previously known as “mercy” and now as
post-derail respite
@@ -43494,17 +43487,17 @@ For a
Retroratchet
- : Old name for
+ Old name for
ratchet
.
- : Not a thing anymore!
+ Not a thing anymore!
There’s just a single
bright red line
@@ -43515,17 +43508,17 @@ There’s just a single
Road
- : See
+ See
yellow brick road
.
- : See
+ See
commitment dial
@@ -43538,7 +43531,7 @@ There’s just a single
Safety buffer, safe days
- : The number of days you can go without reporting data or doing what you committed to before you
+ The number of days you can go without reporting data or doing what you committed to before you
derail
@@ -43557,7 +43550,7 @@ If you are at zero safe days then the next day is a
Set-A-Limit goal
- : Former name for
+ Former name for
Do Less
@@ -43567,7 +43560,7 @@ If you are at zero safe days then the next day is a
Short-circuit
- : To increase your
+ To increase your
pledge
@@ -43591,7 +43584,7 @@ For example, if you’re jumping from a $10 pledge to a $30 pledge, you must
SOS clause
- : If something truly unexpected happens, such as physical injury, that prevents you from staying on the right side of the
+ If something truly unexpected happens, such as physical injury, that prevents you from staying on the right side of the
bright red line
@@ -43618,7 +43611,7 @@ Email
(Getting) stung
- : See
+ See
derail
@@ -43628,7 +43621,7 @@ Email
Supporters
- : Supporters are friends/family/enemies who will be cc’d on any
+ Supporters are friends/family/enemies who will be cc’d on any
legit check
@@ -43654,7 +43647,7 @@ See
Urgency load
- : The idea of Urgency Load is to construct a single number that captures how edge-skatey you are across all your goals.
+ The idea of Urgency Load is to construct a single number that captures how edge-skatey you are across all your goals.
Every day of
safety buffer
@@ -43680,7 +43673,7 @@ And adding new goals can at best leave your urgency load unchanged, if you keep
User-Visible Improvement (UVI)
- : Early on, before we even publicly launched, the Beeminder founders, being dogfood maniacs, hard-committed to averaging one user-visible improvement to Beeminder every day.
+ Early on, before we even publicly launched, the Beeminder founders, being dogfood maniacs, hard-committed to averaging one user-visible improvement to Beeminder every day.
We sometimes describe the day’s
UVI
@@ -43724,7 +43717,7 @@ We sometimes describe the day’s
Uservoice
- : The old home of our feedback forum, now superceded by the amazing
+ The old home of our feedback forum, now superceded by the amazing
- :
Weaseling
@@ -43767,10 +43759,10 @@ We sometimes describe the day’s
weasel-proofing
- ) {#weaselproof .def}
+ ) {#weaselproof}
- : See
+ See
No-Excuses Mode
@@ -43779,7 +43771,7 @@ We sometimes describe the day’s
Whittle-down goal
- : Like an
+ Like an
odometer
@@ -43790,7 +43782,7 @@ Like if you want to whittle down the number of messages in your inbox.
Wrong lane
- : Not a thing anymore!
+ Not a thing anymore!
There’s just a single
bright red line
@@ -43804,7 +43796,7 @@ There’s just a single
Yellow brick road
- : The path to your goal.
+ The path to your goal.
This is/was drawn as a literal yellow brick road on your graph and you’re committing to keep your
datapoints
@@ -43831,7 +43823,7 @@ UPDATE: We’ve since
Yellow guiding lines
- : These appear above or below your goal to indicate which side of the
+ These appear above or below your goal to indicate which side of the
bright red line
@@ -43873,7 +43865,7 @@ It will take effect after the akrasia horizon (7 days) but since you have that m
Zeno polling
- : If Zeno polling is enabled, you’ll get reminded ever more persistently on
+ If Zeno polling is enabled, you’ll get reminded ever more persistently on
beemergency days
@@ -58303,7 +58295,7 @@ Check out
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+ Answer all emails tagged with a @reply label.
Beeminder has cured me of Inbox Sprawl by training me to achieve Inbox Zero several times a day, so my only remaining challenge is to reply to everything requiring an answer in a timely manner.
+
+ I get a point every time I make an entry on
Household
-
+
+ I’ve been using
-
+
+ I love expensive grocery stores. It’s a terrible habit.
This goal gives me a point whenever I go to an affordable grocery store, and takes away a point whenever I go to one of the absurdly pricey fancypants stores that abound in New York City.
+
+ Beeminder only tracks to-dos, which I reserve for apartment cleaning tasks, but I’ve been using HabitRPG
Health
-
+
+ I get a point every time I go swimming at the pool downtown or to the cardio room at the gym across the street.
+
+ Straightforward mile-based cycling goal.
Just bought my own bike last month, so I don’t always have to use Citibike anymore!
Instead of only biking on my daily commute, I can actually do it for fun, in my own neighborhood.
Beeminder’s
@@ -58483,15 +58489,19 @@ Beeminder’s
+
+ Every day I give myself three points.
If I choose to consume red meat, crunchy fried things, sugary stuff, caffeine, or alcohol, I have to give back a point.
I need 16 points a week to stay in the green.
+
+ Another great
Bad side of the line
- Frontburner (above the fold) {.def}
+
+ Frontburner (above the fold)
G
-
- Good side of the line/road {.def}
+
+ Good side of the line/road
@@ -43100,7 +43090,7 @@ Beeminder is a hardcore lifehack.
Mercy
+ O
+
Odometer goal
- Right lane {.def}
+
+ Right lane
- Road dial {.def}
+
+ Road dial
Business
-
Reply Zero
-: Answer all emails tagged with a @reply label.
+
+
Blog
-: I get a point every time I make an entry on
+
+
Food Money
-: I’ve been using
+
+
Cheaper Groceries
-: I love expensive grocery stores. It’s a terrible habit.
+
+
“[Habitica] is a perfect complement to Beeminder”
-
HabitRPG
-: Beeminder only tracks to-dos, which I reserve for apartment cleaning tasks, but I’ve been using HabitRPG
+
+
Swim or Gym
-: I get a point every time I go swimming at the pool downtown or to the cardio room at the gym across the street.
-
RunKeeper
-: Straightforward mile-based cycling goal.
+
+
Junk
-: Every day I give myself three points.
+
+
Sleep as Android
-: Another great
+
+