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Goals
Goals that measure themselves — templates, pace ticks, milestones, linked tasks, and an Achieved shelf when you land it.
Last updated July 31, 202601
Why goals live in PES
Most goal apps keep the goal in one place and the work in another, and the two never meet. In PES the goal sits on Today, above the same system that holds your tasks, training, and money — so “am I moving on this?” is answered by the record, not the feeling.
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Start from a template
Open the Goals card, choose Manage, and start from a template — run 100 miles, save $10,000, close 30 days, complete 50 workouts — each already wired to the right source of progress. One tap, adjust the number and the date, done. Or build from scratch: a title, a target date, an optional emoji for the card row, and a type — reach an amount, hit a count, or be ready by a date.
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Progress that feeds itself
The Progress comes from setting is the good part. Update a goal yourself — or wire it to the system: tasks completed, workouts done, miles logged, days closed, lifestyle sessions, net worth from Finances, or tasks you’ve linked to this goal. Wired goals move because you did the work, not because you remembered to report it.
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The pace tick
Every goal’s progress bar carries a small tick: where you’d be today if you were exactly on pace. Bar past the tick — ahead. Bar short of it — behind, marked in quiet amber, never red. Open the goal and the detail says it outright: Ahead, On track, or Behind, with a projected finish — “at this rate: Sep 12.”
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Milestones
Break the mountain into camps. Milestones with an amount check themselves the moment your progress crosses them — each one worth a small celebration — and the detail always shows what’s next. Milestones without an amount are yours to tick by hand.
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Link the daily work
The task editor gains a Goal picker once you have goals. Link a task and finishing it moves the goal; the goal’s detail lists its open tasks and counts what you’ve done toward it this week. The research word for this is implementation intention — the practical word is: the goal shows up in your day, not just in a list.
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Check-ins & history
Manual goals record a check-in each time you update progress, and the detail draws the history — the trajectory, not just today’s number. Wired goals draw their history from the record that already exists. A goal that hasn’t moved in two weeks says so, quietly, so drift never hides.
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Paused, achieved, and done
Life shifts — pause a goal and it steps out of the pace math without being deleted. Land one and mark it achieved: a real celebration, then it moves to the Achieved shelf with its final number and date. Goals also ride the Monday review email, so every week opens with where each one stands. Keep the active list short: a goal you can’t name from memory isn’t a goal, it’s a wish with an entry in a database.