Not losing track of life’s goals

Hey,

I’d like to write a few words about long-term goals and how I ended up writing Goalee.

The basic idea is that all the annoyances, conflicts or so-called problems we face in our everyday lives pale in comparison with our true goals in life. But we usually tend to lose track of what we desire most, exactly because of problems here and there.

A good approach is to write down your goals; it’s something many recommend and it does work. Until it doesn’t. At least that’s what happened to me — I wrote them down on a sheet of paper, but eventually started overlooking it.

I first tried using to-do apps, or habit tracking apps for this. But this isn’t something to be checked off, nor a habit to build; it’s a mindset change, if you will. So I ended up building Goalee to add long/mid-term goals and remind myself about them on a daily/weekly basis.

Start your company one day? Become rich? Settle down? Become famous? Whatever it might be, don’t lose focus; don’t forget what you desire most; or it will end up forgotten in the sea of daily struggles.

That’s about it. Simple enough, but it scratched my itch. One of the few apps I built that actually does that.

Hope you never forget your destination, but also enjoy the journey!