Free project template
Personal goal tracker with every task dated from the day you start
Three goals for the year, each broken into milestones with a date, and a monthly check-in to stay honest.
- 4 sections
- 19 tasks
- Opens as a list
- Dated from day 1
Goals
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.
Goal 1: [name]
- Write why this goal matters to youDay 1
- Do the first small stepDay 4High
- Milestone: a quarter of the wayDay 91
- Milestone: halfwayDay 181
- Milestone: doneDay 366High
Goal 2: [name]
- Write why this goal matters to youDay 1
- Do the first small stepDay 4High
- Milestone: a quarter of the wayDay 91
- Milestone: halfwayDay 181
- Milestone: doneDay 366High
Goal 3: [name]
- Write why this goal matters to youDay 1
- Do the first small stepDay 4High
- Milestone: a quarter of the wayDay 91
- Milestone: halfwayDay 181
- Milestone: doneDay 366High
Check-ins
- Monthly goal check-inEvery 1st of the month
- Mark each goal on track, behind or stuck
- Pick next month's step for each
- Drop or reshape a goal that no longer matters
About this template
Goals set in January are usually forgotten by March, because nothing in an ordinary week points at them.
Each goal is a section with its reason, milestones on dates and the first small step due this week. A monthly check-in keeps them in view.
Tips from the template
- Pick no more than three goals.
- Write the reason in the first task: you will need it in month four.
- At the monthly check-in, keep the goal and change the plan if it is not working.
How to use it in Palby Planner
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find Personal goals 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
Yes. Copy it as a checklist or print it, with no sign-up. Using it inside Palby Planner, with the dates filled in, needs an account.
Each task has a day counted from the start: Day 1, Day 3 and so on. In Palby Planner you pick a start date or a finish date, and every task lands on a real day. Tasks that repeat keep repeating.
Yes. It's your project: rename it, add tasks, delete the ones you don't need. Save your version with Save as template and it's there next time.
Describe it in a sentence and the AI in Tasks writes a template for it, with sections and dates you can change before you use it.
Run it with the dates filled in.
The templates are free. The app puts every task on a real date.