Daily/Monthly/Quaterly Goal Setting tool.
I find Goal Setting as a great tool to plan your year, would you be building something for setting objective/goals for the year, Daily/Monthly/Quaterly goals?
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Thanks. I am trying to find a way to help people identify their mission statement, values and goals, rather than just allow them to enter them. Once you know your true north, it is a lot easier to be effective.
I am not sure that it's the role of this app to help people work out their 'true north'. To me that's a separate process altogether, and WeekPlan is much more utilitarian (planning and organising my time, while making sure I focus on the important as well as the urgent).I like that WeekPlan is basically flexible enough to set up however I like it. However, like some others I am struggling with the inability to include longer-term goals and haven't really worked out yet how to do this well. I definitely don't want to just write them on the Vision page - I want to be able to see all the concrete things I need to do to achieve those goals (along with all the mundane stuff) on my daily planner.
I guess most of my longer-term goals could be thought of as 'projects'. An example might be organising a trip overseas in a year's time or upgrading my skills and qualifications ready to move into a new job. They're way too broad, long-term and multifaceted to include as a single task (I could include sub-tasks but then there's not enough flexibility eg. to assign those sub-tasks to different days, repeat them, estimate time or set reminders etc). I could enter all the steps as separate tasks - but I really need some way to tie them all to the longer-term goal and keep them top of my mind even if the tasks themselves aren't next in line. I've tried using tags, but now I'm also using tags for context so it gets a bit muddy. I also tried setting up separate parking lot lists specifically for these projects, but it gets pretty hard to scroll through once you get too many lists, and they tend to get lost.
Maybe a way around this would be to simply make Weekly Goals roll over from one week to the next if not marked as completed'. I would actually love two completion options for Weekly Goals - 'progress made' (in which case it'd be greyed out or whatever, but still roll over) and 'completed' (ie. finished). I would then set up my longer term goals in Weekly Goals, make sure I picked tasks each week which would count as 'progress' towards them, and let them keep rolling over until finally completed. Or if my goals changed I could delete them and choose something else. At the moment I'm really just using the Weekly Goals area as another parking list for things I want to do sometime this week though not any particular day - which seems a wasted opportunity. Thanks
I am not sure that it's the role of this app to help people work out their 'true north'. To me that's a separate process altogether, and WeekPlan is much more utilitarian (planning and organising my time, while making sure I focus on the important as well as the urgent).
I like that WeekPlan is basically flexible enough to set up however I like it. However, like some others I am struggling with the inability to include longer-term goals and haven't really worked out yet how to do this well. I definitely don't want to just write them on the Vision page - I want to be able to see all the concrete things I need to do to achieve those goals (along with all the mundane stuff) on my daily planner.
I guess most of my longer-term goals could be thought of as 'projects'. An example might be organising a trip overseas in a year's time or upgrading my skills and qualifications ready to move into a new job. They're way too broad, long-term and multifaceted to include as a single task (I could include sub-tasks but then there's not enough flexibility eg. to assign those sub-tasks to different days, repeat them, estimate time or set reminders etc). I could enter all the steps as separate tasks - but I really need some way to tie them all to the longer-term goal and keep them top of my mind even if the tasks themselves aren't next in line. I've tried using tags, but now I'm also using tags for context so it gets a bit muddy. I also tried setting up separate parking lot lists specifically for these projects, but it gets pretty hard to scroll through once you get too many lists, and they tend to get lost.
Maybe a way around this would be to simply make Weekly Goals roll over from one week to the next if not marked as completed'. I would actually love two completion options for Weekly Goals - 'progress made' (in which case it'd be greyed out or whatever, but still roll over) and 'completed' (ie. finished). I would then set up my longer term goals in Weekly Goals, make sure I picked tasks each week which would count as 'progress' towards them, and let them keep rolling over until finally completed. Or if my goals changed I could delete them and choose something else. At the moment I'm really just using the Weekly Goals area as another parking list for things I want to do sometime this week though not any particular day - which seems a wasted opportunity. Thanks
PS - I think my comments are maybe more relevant to the other suggestion about 'associating tasks to big rocks'. CheersI like that WeekPlan is basically flexible enough to set up however I like it. However, like some others I am struggling with the inability to include longer-term goals and haven't really worked out yet how to do this well. I definitely don't want to just write them on the Vision page - I want to be able to see all the concrete things I need to do to achieve those goals (along with all the mundane stuff) on my daily planner.
I guess most of my longer-term goals could be thought of as 'projects'. An example might be organising a trip overseas in a year's time or upgrading my skills and qualifications ready to move into a new job. They're way too broad, long-term and multifaceted to include as a single task (I could include sub-tasks but then there's not enough flexibility eg. to assign those sub-tasks to different days, repeat them, estimate time or set reminders etc). I could enter all the steps as separate tasks - but I really need some way to tie them all to the longer-term goal and keep them top of my mind even if the tasks themselves aren't next in line. I've tried using tags, but now I'm also using tags for context so it gets a bit muddy. I also tried setting up separate parking lot lists specifically for these projects, but it gets pretty hard to scroll through once you get too many lists, and they tend to get lost.
Maybe a way around this would be to simply make Weekly Goals roll over from one week to the next if not marked as completed'. I would actually love two completion options for Weekly Goals - 'progress made' (in which case it'd be greyed out or whatever, but still roll over) and 'completed' (ie. finished). I would then set up my longer term goals in Weekly Goals, make sure I picked tasks each week which would count as 'progress' towards them, and let them keep rolling over until finally completed. Or if my goals changed I could delete them and choose something else. At the moment I'm really just using the Weekly Goals area as another parking list for things I want to do sometime this week though not any particular day - which seems a wasted opportunity. Thanks
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I am not sure that it's the role of this app to help people work out their 'true north'. To me that's a separate process altogether, and WeekPlan is much more utilitarian (planning and organising my time, while making sure I focus on the important as well as the urgent).
I like that WeekPlan is basically flexible enough to set up however I like it. However, like some others I am struggling with the inability to include longer-term goals and haven't really worked out yet how to do this well. I definitely don't want to just write them on the Vision page - I want to be able to see all the concrete things I need to do to achieve those goals (along with all the mundane stuff) on my daily planner.
I guess most of my longer-term goals could be thought of as 'projects'. An example might be organising a trip overseas in a year's time or upgrading my skills and qualifications ready to move into a new job. They're way too broad, long-term and multifaceted to include as a single task (I could include sub-tasks but then there's not enough flexibility eg. to assign those sub-tasks to different days, repeat them, estimate time or set reminders etc). I could enter all the steps as separate tasks - but I really need some way to tie them all to the longer-term goal and keep them top of my mind even if the tasks themselves aren't next in line. I've tried using tags, but now I'm also using tags for context so it gets a bit muddy. I also tried setting up separate parking lot lists specifically for these projects, but it gets pretty hard to scroll through once you get too many lists, and they tend to get lost.
Maybe a way around this would be to simply make Weekly Goals roll over from one week to the next if not marked as completed'. I would actually love two completion options for Weekly Goals - 'progress made' (in which case it'd be greyed out or whatever, but still roll over) and 'completed' (ie. finished). I would then set up my longer term goals in Weekly Goals, make sure I picked tasks each week which would count as 'progress' towards them, and let them keep rolling over until finally completed. Or if my goals changed I could delete them and choose something else. At the moment I'm really just using the Weekly Goals area as another parking list for things I want to do sometime this week though not any particular day - which seems a wasted opportunity. Thanks
This is why I am introducing the Outliner extension. It allows people to add lines and notes in a hierarchical manner, and add tasks that can then appear in the week view.I like that WeekPlan is basically flexible enough to set up however I like it. However, like some others I am struggling with the inability to include longer-term goals and haven't really worked out yet how to do this well. I definitely don't want to just write them on the Vision page - I want to be able to see all the concrete things I need to do to achieve those goals (along with all the mundane stuff) on my daily planner.
I guess most of my longer-term goals could be thought of as 'projects'. An example might be organising a trip overseas in a year's time or upgrading my skills and qualifications ready to move into a new job. They're way too broad, long-term and multifaceted to include as a single task (I could include sub-tasks but then there's not enough flexibility eg. to assign those sub-tasks to different days, repeat them, estimate time or set reminders etc). I could enter all the steps as separate tasks - but I really need some way to tie them all to the longer-term goal and keep them top of my mind even if the tasks themselves aren't next in line. I've tried using tags, but now I'm also using tags for context so it gets a bit muddy. I also tried setting up separate parking lot lists specifically for these projects, but it gets pretty hard to scroll through once you get too many lists, and they tend to get lost.
Maybe a way around this would be to simply make Weekly Goals roll over from one week to the next if not marked as completed'. I would actually love two completion options for Weekly Goals - 'progress made' (in which case it'd be greyed out or whatever, but still roll over) and 'completed' (ie. finished). I would then set up my longer term goals in Weekly Goals, make sure I picked tasks each week which would count as 'progress' towards them, and let them keep rolling over until finally completed. Or if my goals changed I could delete them and choose something else. At the moment I'm really just using the Weekly Goals area as another parking list for things I want to do sometime this week though not any particular day - which seems a wasted opportunity. Thanks
I need to make a video about it because everyone is still confused about it.
Not only confused about it (though yes a video would probably help) - I can't get it to work at all. I can't even figure out how to add text. I'm using Safari
I like the Outliner, but it is separate from my vision part.
I would like a functionality like the outliner, but in the vision part. Especially something that allows to create a yearly / quarterly / monthly vision.
The 7 habits outlook extension was very good for that. I would use it if it would be online and integrated with other tools.
I would like a functionality like the outliner, but in the vision part. Especially something that allows to create a yearly / quarterly / monthly vision.
The 7 habits outlook extension was very good for that. I would use it if it would be online and integrated with other tools.
The Outliner is nice, but it is separate from where you plan your vision, making it hard to do proper long term planning
I was thinking of something similar to a daily/weekly/monthly goal tool. Something similar to Any do's "Moment" feature. Basically I suggest on a set interval (say first time you login after 9am) the app takes the user through the process of:
1.) Review weekly goals that are uncompleted and choose if any of them are going to be tasks due today (i.e. move from goal to task).
2.) Review "Pending" items or items in the parking lot and allow the user to move any of those to a task due today as well.
I know many people, myself included, have a massive list of "pending items" so it would have to be a user setting if the app goes through just one or both of the items above.
I know I would appreciate being reminded to take time to plan my day based on my weekly (big rocks) goals and I like to check 1-2 things of my "massive pending list" daily to hopefully get it under control one day.
Thanks,
ADDITION: I see that you guys use some crazy JSON type URL requests. It would be nice to be able to link to certain things (specifically, day/quadrant view) so I have it always open in the bottom right corner of my screen. With an easy link I can write a Cron to open today's list every morning when I log in.
Being able to see my upcoming fortnight and easily arrange tasks over a fortnight on one screen would be extremely helpful.
I am constantly flicking back and forward between this week and next, so having those two on one screen would be a point of excellent difference vs other weekly planners and calendars.