Articles about Goals
13 free articles, newest first. Every one is a few minutes long, written in plain language, and open to everyone with no account.
When Your Goal Depends on Somebody Else
Moving, studying, a baby, the trip. How to sort what is yours from what is theirs, find out what the hesitation really is, and tell when a slow yes is actually a no.
Taking a Break From Drinking
You are not asking whether to quit forever, only what a few weeks without it would be like. How to give a break a fair chance, and what the first two weeks usually tell…
Doing Something When Nobody Is Holding You to It
With no boss, deadline or class to answer to, the days blur and the thing you care about never starts.
Saving for Something When Everything Is Urgent
Every spare dollar gets eaten by the car, the dentist or the boiler, and nothing ever accumulates. How to put something aside when there is always something.
Doing What Works Instead of Being Right
You are correct, and the conversation is going nowhere. A skill for the moments when insisting on the principle costs you the thing you actually wanted.
Choosing Between Two Things You Want
Not a choice between bad options, but between two good ones you cannot have both of. Why that is harder than it sounds, and how to choose without spending a year on it.
The Last Ten Percent
The thing is nearly done and has been for weeks. Why finishing is its own distinct problem, separate from starting, and how to get something over the line.
When a Goal Stops Mattering
You are halfway to something you no longer want. How to tell the difference between a bad week and a goal that has genuinely expired, and how to put one down well.
Doing Fewer Things on Purpose
Six half-started projects produce less than one finished. How to choose what to drop, what to formally pause, and how to hold the single thing you keep.
How to Start When the Task Feels Too Big
When a task feels enormous, the problem is usually the first move, not your willpower. Here is how to shrink the entry point until starting is almost boring, and keep…
Coming Back From Burnout
You finally stopped, and rest has not fixed it. Why recovery takes longer than a vacation, what the stages actually look like, and how to return without walking straight…
When You Reach the Goal and Feel Nothing
The promotion came. The degree, the house, the finish line you worked years for. And the feeling lasted an afternoon.
How to Set a Goal You Will Actually Keep
Most goals fail in the first two weeks, and it is rarely a willpower problem. It is a design problem. Here is how to set a goal so that keeping it is the easy part.