![]() This is pretty standard advice, but worth repeating: Start small “Let’s call it Whole-Life Beeminding” Here are some of the lessons I’ve learned on how to do this safely and effectively. It can also be a recipe for hubris-fueled disaster. This style of Beeminding - let’s call it Whole-Life Beeminding, aka Making Goals for All The Things - can be a really effective way to shape the life you want to live.īut as all too many people have learned the My Beeminder goals aren’t just a miscellaneous add-on they pretty much delineate the whole shape of my life. (Inci dentally, visits to the dentist are now a breeze.) I make a Beeminder goal for number of pages carefully read and commented on. Is there a paper I need to review by a certain date? To do, and could do, but don’t currently do - no matter how big or small! - I make a Beeminder goal for it. Looking through the history of my Beeminder goals would probably tell you a lot about my life over those years and the things that have been important to me at various times.Įvery time I realize there is something that I Moved three times and lived in three different states, In September 2012 I was a graduate student living in Philadelphia with my wife and one-year-old son. I’ve been beeminding since September 2012 (five and a half years).Ī lot of goals have come and gone in that time, and my approach to beeminding has changed quite a bit, as has my life. I want to tell you a bit about how I got here, how I manage it, and why you might consider doing something similar (or not!). Having so many goals is not for everyone, but I’ve found ways to make it work very well for me. I’m a recovering akratic, a husband, a dad, a teacher, and an academic. Nor is it the boast of an ultradisciplined, unsleeping superachiever who does nothing but work. It makes us glow with pride to have created a tool that people like Brent can put to such powerful use and have that kind of positive impact on the world.ĭespite what you might think after that introduction, this blog post is not the confession of a ![]() (and, for good measure, coming within a factor of 2 of the world record for the 500m swim). Proving that “life-changing” was no exaggeration. ![]() That was 6 months after discovering Beeminder and we didn’t know if he was just in the honeymoon phase. He’s also written some amazing posts about Beeminder on his own blog, starting with one in 2013 in which he said that Beeminder had If you don’t know him, Professor Yorgey is well-known in theĬommunity and especially famous for inventing We’ve talked about Brent Yorgey before in press roundups but we’ll assume you don’t read those and repeat our gushing in this introduction. ![]() First, this guest post is an absolute inspiration and we implore you to read it. ![]()
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