Goal Management

Create, edit, archive, and organize your goals effectively

Creating Goals

The Basics

  1. Click “Start New Goal” from your dashboard
  2. Enter a Title - be specific
  3. Add a Description (optional but recommended)
  4. Click “Start Goal”

Your goal is now active and ready to track!

Goal Title Guidelines

Good Titles:

  • “Practice Spanish for 15 minutes daily”
  • “Do 20 push-ups”
  • “Write 500 words”
  • “Meditate for 10 minutes”

Poor Titles:

  • “Get better” (too vague)
  • “Exercise” (not specific enough)
  • “Learn stuff” (what stuff?)

The more specific, the better. Future you will thank you.

Descriptions

Use the description to:

  • Explain what success looks like
  • Note why this matters to you
  • Define specific parameters
  • Add motivational reminders

Example:

Title: Practice Guitar Scales
Description: 20 minutes of focused practice on major and
minor scales. Goal is to play them smoothly at 120 BPM
by day 100. This matters because I want to join a band
next year.

Editing Goals

Need to adjust your goal? You can edit:

  • Title
  • Description

Note: You cannot edit the current progress count. Progress is sacred - it represents actual work completed.

When to Edit

Good reasons to edit:

  • Clarify vague language
  • Add more context to description
  • Fix typos

Bad reasons to edit:

  • Making goal easier because it’s hard
  • Changing goal completely mid-journey
  • Adjusting to avoid accountability

If your goal needs significant changes, consider completing the current one and starting a new one.

Archiving vs. Deleting

Completed Goals

When you reach 100/100, your goal is automatically marked as Completed and moved to your completed goals archive.

You can still:

  • View complete history
  • Export data (Pro/Enterprise)
  • Reference for future goals

Abandoning Goals

Sometimes you need to stop a goal before 100. That’s okay! Here’s how to handle it:

Option 1: Keep It
Leave it as-is in your active goals. Maybe you’ll come back to it.

Option 2: Delete It
If you’re sure you won’t continue, delete it. Your other goals deserve your focus.

No Shame: Adjusting goals is part of the process. Better to focus on goals you’ll actually complete than keep dead goals around.

Organizing Multiple Goals

Working on multiple goals? Here’s how to stay organized:

Use Sorting

Sort your goals dashboard by:

Recent: See what you’ve worked on lately

  • Great for daily review
  • Catch goals you’ve neglected

Progress: Focus on completion

  • Prioritize goals close to finishing
  • Get quick wins

Title: Alphabetical organization

  • Find specific goals quickly
  • Clean, organized view

Priority System

Since we don’t have a built-in priority feature (yet!), use title prefixes:

🔥 Learn Python - High priority
⭐ Morning Journaling - Medium priority
📚 Read 30 Pages - Low priority

Simple but effective!

Focus on One at a Time

Controversial advice: Despite allowing multiple goals, we recommend focusing on ONE goal at a time until you hit 30+ days.

Why?

  • Builds discipline muscle
  • Proves you can follow through
  • Better results than spreading yourself thin

Once you’ve proven you can do one goal for 30+ days, add another.

Goal Limits by Plan

Free Plan

  • 3 active goals maximum
  • Perfect for beginners
  • Focus on quality over quantity

Pro Plan

  • 25 active goals maximum
  • For serious habit builders
  • Balance multiple life areas

Enterprise Plan

  • Unlimited goals
  • For teams and power users
  • Track everything that matters

→ See all plan features

Best Practices

Start Small

One focused goal beats three half-hearted ones.

Be Specific

“Practice coding” is vague. “Complete one LeetCode problem” is specific.

Make It Measurable

You should be able to answer “Did I do it today?” with a clear yes or no.

Choose Actions, Not Outcomes

  • ❌ “Lose 20 pounds” (outcome)
  • ✅ “Walk 10,000 steps daily” (action)

Actions are under your control. Outcomes aren’t always.

Review Weekly

Every Sunday, review your goals:

  • Which need more attention?
  • Which are on track?
  • Any need to be adjusted or archived?

Troubleshooting

“I have too many goals”

If you’re overwhelmed:

  1. Archive/delete goals you’re not actively working on
  2. Focus on your top 1-3 goals
  3. Add others back later

Quality > Quantity, always.

“I keep starting but not finishing”

This is common. Try:

  • Pick ONE goal only
  • Make it smaller/easier
  • Set a daily reminder
  • Find an accountability partner

The problem isn’t usually the goal. It’s trying to do too much at once.

“My goal limit feels restrictive”

Good! Limits force prioritization. What REALLY matters?

If you consistently max out your goal limit and finish them, you’re ready for an upgrade.

→ Upgrade to Pro

Next Steps

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