Project template
Goal setting template that turns a goal into this week's first steps
One goal, why it matters, three dated milestones and the first steps, with a check-in every Sunday.
- 4 sections
- 10 tasks
- Opens as a list
- Dated from day 1
Goal
Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.
The goal
- Write the goal in one sentence, with a number and a dateDay 1HighExample: run 10 km in under an hour by 30 June.
- Write why it matters to you, in two linesDay 1
- Write what could get in the way, and what you will do thenDay 2
Milestones
- Milestone 1. Example: run 5 km without stoppingDay 31High
- Milestone 2. Example: run 8 kmDay 61High
- Milestone 3. Example: 10 km in under an hourDay 91High
This week's steps
- Example: buy running shoesDay 3
- Example: first run, 20 minutesDay 4, 7:00
- Example: second run, 20 minutesDay 6, 7:00
Check-in
- Goal check-in: on track, behind or done? Pick next week's stepsEvery Sunday 18:00
What's in it
A goal written as a wish stays a wish. This template asks for the goal in one sentence with a number and a date, then splits it into three milestones a month apart and the first steps for this week.
- The goal
- One sentence with a number and a date, so you can tell when you've hit it.
- Why it matters
- Two lines to read on the week you want to stop.
- What could get in the way
- The likely snag, and what you'll do when it shows up.
- Three milestones
- A month apart, each with its own date.
- This week's steps
- The first three things to do, dated this week.
- Sunday check-in
- Fifteen minutes a week: on track, behind or done, and next week's steps.
Tips from the template
- Write the goal so a stranger could tell whether you hit it: "run 10 km in under an hour by 30 June".
- Give each milestone a date. Move the dates if you must, and keep the goal.
- At each check-in, pick next week's steps before you close the list.
How to use it in Palby Planner
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find Goal setting and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
- 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
- 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.
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Questions
A page that turns a goal into a plan: what you want, by when, why, the steps on the way and a regular check on progress. This one does it as tasks with dates, so the steps turn up in your week.
It covers the same ground. The goal needs a number and a date, the milestones make it reachable, and the two lines on why keep it worth doing.
One goal for each copy of the template, and three at most at a time. Each goal gets its own milestones and its own check-in.
Move the milestone dates and keep the goal. The Sunday check-in is where you decide: on track, behind, or done.
Yes. Print prints only the template, and Copy puts it on your clipboard as a checklist. Neither needs an account.
A goal that comes back every Sunday.
Book a walkthrough to see a goal and its steps in the planner.