Do you keep goals?
I've tracked habits for at least 4 years. One habit has always been reading my long-term goals (manifestation journal) each morning.
I recently limited myself to 10 habits a day. And I might replace that habit with something else.
But I’m wondering… 🤔Anyone track goals? And how often do you review them?
I track goals everyday.
I have written down my long-term goals on my notebook.
Every night, I review them and write down actions for the next day on the same notebook.
I would even forget that I had goals unless I do it everyday.
Thanks for that Yuya. I was wondering whether I had gotten so used to the benefits that I forgot about them.
I don't review my goals nearly enough, I think a goal of reviewing my goals is something I definitely need to pick up.
Out of interest, do you ever assign specific times to work on goals? I'm currently feeling pretty bad about how much I'm neglecting a side project, but as something that doesn't currently bring in any money it tends to hang around the bottom of the list and I never get to it.
Hey Gav. I do both. Some goals have dates and others don't.
I currently set goals for the next 3 months. I tried weekly but it introduces too much friction for me. Thinking — "The best exercise is the one you'll do"
The other goals don't have dates. Some of these are continuous journeys. Like "Don't be friends with anyone you don't admire." — Daily reminders.
"manifestation journal" - are you referring to reality transurfing? I recently came across this via a youtube channel and am curious if this is something that indiehackers commonly follow?
Great question. I'm just referring to long-term goals. Some have dates. For example:
And some things don't have dates. Just north stars that I want to gravitate towards. It sounds 'woo woo' but can help you focus when you're in the trenches.
Hey Dru,
Setting goals and reviewing them regularly is definitely a required step to become successful. I can't think of any successful person ever lived on earth who didn't set long term goals.
Why do you ask though?
The hard part about self-improvement is keeping on the course when nobody is watching, for years and years. And one day all the effort would pay off.
Interested to learn more :-).
Hey Terry. Great question. I asked because I need perspective. I've been reading goals for so long that I'm a fish in water. Not sure what success to attribute to it.
Since I cut back on the number of things I do each day. It seems so small but takes up a slot. But I don't want to stop and lose those benefits. So I'm seeking fresh perspectives. Like your response: "I can't think of any successful person ever lived on earth who didn't set long term goals." — That's reassuring.
Attribution isn't that important. I do understand that not knowing if we are in the right direction can sometimes cause our faith in ourselves to shake a bit - am I blind or am I a visionary? Haha.
Keep up your momentum!
"Attribution isn't that important." What did you mean by that?
Hey Dru,
Thanks for asking. Similar to how good teams work:
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
In life, as long as we are doing real work, such as keeping up with your habits and goals, it doesn't matter too much which part contributed more. Because we can never know the full picture of how our actions improved our lives. There are many invisible forces or small fortunes happening which we cannot precisely tell to give them a fair attribution.
In the context of marketing, "Attribution" is very important because we need to bet on what's working and what's not. However, marketing is different from life in that we can create multiple versions of products to compare, but we cannot be in multiple versions of our lives at the same time :-p.
cheers!
I think "attribution isn't that important" applies to teams. When it comes to habits... We have limited time and resources. I think it's worth asking which habits or goals to prioritize.
And I agree that fair attribution may be impossible. That's what sparked this question to IH :)
Daily. Also in a journal. Also a habit tracker and review of next action steps. Part of the "Getting Things Done" system by David Allen. There is an entire community on YouTube that does the Bullet Journal method by Ryder Carrol, also. I find the combination of the two to be quite effective. https://youtu.be/3h5cqC97ovo is a link to a woman who uses it for her project management for software development. https://youtu.be/1LeuWnamzCU and this one is a good system break down in a planner. Hope these help.
Thanks for the links! It's always fascinating to see how different people work. I use a habit tracker as well. I'm wondering... If you could only hold onto 3 habits in your tracker, what would they be?
If I could only hold onto 3 habits, they'd be:
Nice. #2 reminds me of a 'Comfort Challenge' habit that I have.
A comfort challenge calls for doing something new or uncomfortable. Seems similar.
“You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
― Roy T. Bennett
So true. I have story after story of life changes that came from stepping outside of my comfort zone. And untold stories of when I didn't. :(
https://youtu.be/-MSP1vgr8m4 That last channel has all kinds of updates and details on optimizing the system, like this video https://youtu.be/-MSP1vgr8m4 is 3 years old, but still methods are great to implement.
The only one i'm tracking for now is my daily reading. But that's what my app is about it tells me how many pages to read and i try to complete that as a minimum daily.
Oh yea, almost forgot i use an Apple Watch and i'm working on hitting the daily activity targets.
That's cool. I like the idea of tracking less things. It forces you to prioritize. Recently heard @csallen say "Do less, so you can do it better"
What do you mean by "habits"? Like, things you do every day?
Thanks for the comment. Exactly. For example:
I have a pretty good system for setting, achieving and tracking goals I would say. The whole idea is that I have a general longer-term direction (5yrs+).
I then divide up the current year in quarterly cycles of 12 weeks each where each week I make sure I get the 3-5 most important things done to move the needle. I reflect back end of each week and plan for the next one ahead. I also track my habits (6 key ones right now) with a simple checkmark each day.
I have found it's important not to lose ourselves in monitoring how we go about our lives but have key principles in place and direction/goals.