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Sorry to spoil the suspense with the title there. (Unless you don’t know the term “dogfood” but we’ve blogged... »
Make A Plan To Forget
Thursday, August 26, 2021
By dreeves 
This is going to sound painfully obvious at first — “Don’t assume you’ll remember things! Create reminders!” — but bear with me. There are two useful, nonobvious things here: Sometimes you think of something you need to remember while, say, driving, or talking to someone. You can’t always email yourself or write something down but you can still do something like... »
Beeminder ♥ CodeCombat
Monday, July 26, 2021
By dreeves 
Fun fact that is not remotely a coincidence: The founder and CEO of CodeCombat is a friend and Beeminder superfan and previous guest blogger here on the Beeminder blog! In fact, ... »
Beeminder ♥ Pocket
Monday, July 5, 2021
By dreeves 
Fractional Beeminding
Friday, July 2, 2021
By dreeves 
Bethany previously described this basic idea at the end of my old »
Fake Data Is The Devil
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
By dreeves 
“I eagerly anticipate how you’re going to write a blog post about an infohazard.” — User in the Beeminder community Discord This is going to sound funny but we’ve toyed with having a rule in the Beeminder community against even mentioning... »
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Akrasia
Akrasia (ancient Greek ἀκρασία, "lacking command over oneself"; adjective: "akratic") is the state of acting against one's better judgment, not doing what one genuinely wants to do. It encompasses procrastination, lack of self-control, lack of follow-through, and any kind of addictive behavior.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrasia
wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrasia