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Goal Setting
Choosing goals that fit your real week.
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How to pick places for a “go less” goal
Goals you’re cutting back on count clear days, not willpower. Here’s how to choose the places that decide them, and how to set a target you can actually hit.
GuideHow weekly targets and clear days work
Every goal has a weekly target. Goals you’re building count visits, and goals you’re cutting back on count clear days. Here’s how a week adds up.
GuideNo bars on weeknights
A place-based plan for drinking less during the week: pick the nights, plan the route home, and let the record show you the pattern.
MagazineGo more, go less: one week, two directions
Some goals are about showing up more. Some are about showing up less. How to set up both around real places, starting with the gym.
Magazine
Community posts
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Tried the home-by-midnight idea, and still got my library hours
After my post about being exhausted, a few of you said to add a home-by-midnight goal. I set it up last week. Four nights home by midnight, and I still got six hours at the library, because I stopped wasting the last hour staring at the same page. I’m keeping both. Sleep was the…
StudyWhat’s one place you want to show up to this week?
This week’s prompt: name one place you want to visit more this week, and one you want to visit less. Saying it out loud (well, in writing) makes it real. I’ll start: more library, fewer 1 a.m. drive-thru runs. Slow and steady.
FitnessSeven weeks on track with one dispensary run a month
My goal is one dispensary run a month. Seven weeks in a row on track. I didn’t realize how often I used to stop by “just to look” until my weekly summary showed it. Now if I go, it’s planned, and I go once.
CannabisMall once this month, and it was for a birthday gift
My goal is the mall at most once a month. This month’s one visit: my sister’s birthday present, in and out in twenty minutes. In the spring I was there every weekend “just walking around.” Turns out walking around costs about $60.
SpendingEight weeks in, and the money surprised me
Eight weeks with no vape shop visits. Every week I recorded what I would normally have spent, and seeing it add up is kind of wild. I’m putting it toward a trip in the spring.
VapingStudied at home all week, so my library hours look tiny
My weekly summary says one hour at the library. In reality I studied a ton, just at my kitchen table. It can see the library, not the studying, which is fair. Might add a check-in for home study days so the week looks more like what happened.
StudyTwo coffee shop visits this week, both with friends
My goal is the coffee shop at most twice a week. This week both visits were catching up with friends, and that’s exactly what I want coffee shops for. The solo 3 p.m. “I deserve this” runs were the ones adding up.
Coffee RunsMy cheap grocery list for a whole week
People asked, so here’s my roughly $35 week: oats, eggs, rice, frozen veggies, a big bag of spinach, chickpeas, peanut butter, bananas, tortillas, cheese. Not exciting. Gets me to the next grocery run without ordering.
Healthy EatingFirst week under my fast food limit
My goal is fast food at most once a week. Did it once, on Friday, with friends, and enjoyed every bite. It was never about zero. It was about choosing it.
Fast FoodWhat’s one swap that made your week easier?
This week’s prompt: share one swap that made your week easier. A drive-thru for a grocery run, a coffee shop for a thermos, a late-night snack run for something already in the fridge. Small visits add up.
Healthy Eating