Goal Card

The goal card gives a single goal its own structured home. Set a target, assign a deadline, and log milestones as you move toward it. It's less about task lists and more about tracking something that takes time — a fitness target, a financial threshold, a skill you're building.

How to Create

Press n to open the New Card menu, or the number key matching Goal's position in your enabled card types (typically 3).

1. Tap New Card from anywhere in the app.
2. Choose Goal from the card type list.
3. Give the card a title and fill in the Goal Point fields.

The Goal Point

The Related point (Point 3) on a goal card holds the structure that makes it more than a note:

• Goal — A short name for what you're working toward.
• Target Value — Quantify it. A number, an amount, a threshold — whatever "done" looks like.
• Target Date — The deadline.
• Status — Not Started, In Progress, Achieved, or Abandoned.

Below the fields, you can add Milestones — dated progress notes you log as you move toward the goal. Think of them like a changelog: each milestone records where you were and when. They stack in order, so you can look back and see the whole arc.

Tips

• Be specific with Target Value. "Run 100 miles" works better than "run more." A concrete number makes status obvious.
• Log milestones often. Even small updates — "hit week 3" or "halfway there" — make the card useful to look back on. Add one whenever something notable happens.
• Use Status actively. Marking a goal Abandoned isn't failure — it's honest record-keeping. Your archive stays accurate.
• Pair with daily cards. Reference the goal in your daily card's task list or description to keep it connected to your day-to-day. Use Decks to group related goals together (Point 4 on the card).

For a full breakdown of the five-point card layout, see Filling Your Card.