Guides and essays on momentum, habits, and getting unstuck.

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25 June 2026 · 5 min read
Bullet journalling vs digital goal tracking
One of these is much better at thinking and much worse at counting. The choice depends on which problem you actually have.
By goaldrift
23 June 2026 · 5 min read
GTD, and what it doesn't handle
Getting Things Done solved capture and next actions better than anything since. It has almost nothing to say about the goal that's been quiet for four months.
By goaldrift
20 June 2026 · 5 min read
OKRs for one person
OKRs solve a problem individuals don't have. One part of the framework is worth keeping and the rest is organisational machinery.
By goaldrift
18 June 2026 · 5 min read
AI coaching apps: what they're good at
They're genuinely useful for two things, no help with what usually keeps goals stuck, and the difference is worth knowing before you pay for one.
By goaldrift
16 June 2026 · 5 min read
Studying for a qualification while working full time
The exam date is the one real deadline most people ever get, and it produces a specific failure that nothing else does.
By goaldrift
13 June 2026 · 5 min read
The annual review that isn't about resolutions
Most year-end reviews are a planning exercise disguised as reflection. The useful version looks backwards and produces almost no new goals.
By goaldrift
11 June 2026 · 5 min read
The quarterly cull
Fifteen minutes, four times a year, deciding what to drop. It reliably produces more capacity than any amount of better planning.
By goaldrift
9 June 2026 · 5 min read
One focused hour a day, for a year
The compounding argument is real and it's usually made badly. Here's what an hour a day actually produces, and what stops it.
By goaldrift
6 June 2026 · 5 min read
Pomodoro after twenty years: what held up
The timer was the part everyone kept and the least important part of the technique. Two of the other rules are worth more.
By goaldrift
4 June 2026 · 5 min read
Don't break the chain — the advice and its limits
The most durable piece of habit advice ever circulated, and an honest account of the conditions under which it works.
By goaldrift
2 June 2026 · 5 min read
How to chase without being a nuisance
Most things you're waiting on are stuck because nobody has asked twice. Here's the sequence, and where it should stop.
By goaldrift
30 May 2026 · 5 min read
What a good goal looks like on paper — six worked examples
Six vague goals rewritten so that a tired person in March could read them and know what to do.
By goaldrift