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I have been trying (off and on, without much focus) to figure out how to express "I want to spend less money on eating out for lunch, either by skipping it (bringing lunch from home or going home for lunch) or by spending less when I do" - anyone have any tips for how to wedge this into the system?
Great goal! I don't think any wedging is required: Pick the "Set a Limit" goal type and then just report how much you spent each day (maybe set the bot reminder to come after lunch at 1pm and reply to it with the amount). Set the initial rate to, say, $50/week and decrease it till it feels about right.
Got it. Thanks :)
Cool, looks great so far. [http://bmndr.com/dlthomas/lunches (thanks for the permission to show that off!)] It's a nice example of building up a safety buffer by getting below (or whatever the good side is) the yellow brick road. Which, come to think of it, is the same thing that a plain old spending budget does. So this yellow brick road is just a spending budget with teeth. Once you add a commitment contract, that is.
While I'm in massive self-promotion mode here, this reminds me of my suggestion of a "golden brick road" for deciding how much to spend vs save in general: http://messymatters.com/saving (Perhaps a more general solution to what you're trying to solve with your lunch graph?)