Ask HN: Tools to achieve your goals?

Posted by edwardy20 on Monday July 29, 2013 @11:18PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Are there any apps that allow you to set goals at a certain due date, and then let you subdivide the goals into smaller subgoals and set due dates for those as well?

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Re:Ask HN: Tools to achieve your goals? by j2h6mW on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @12:38AM (#6125403)

It's not exactly a stand-alone app, but Org-mode in Emacs is pretty excellent for this. I like it because I can take text files with me anywhere (even onto a smartphone if I'm using a syncing app like SpiderOak).

Here's a link to get you started: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-gtd-etc.html

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Re:Ask HN: Tools to achieve your goals? by tagabek on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @03:53AM (#6125796)

"Commit" is a nicely designed iPhone app that does this.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/commit/id473527073?mt=8

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Re:Ask HN: Tools to achieve your goals? by lujaw on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @12:31AM (#6125389)

I am using app called Everest on the iPhone. You can set due date for the goal(dream) and break it down into smaller tasks. Its awesome.

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Re:Ask HN: Tools to achieve your goals? by jlengrand on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @02:43AM (#6125646)

That´s exactly how dev management tools like Jira work.

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Re:Ask HN: Tools to achieve your goals? by jlengrand on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @02:43AM (#6125648)

Or did you want something for your phone only ?

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Re:Ask HN: Tools to achieve your goals? by edwardy20 on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @09:19AM (#6126712)

Nope, web apps are just as good.

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Re:Ask HN: Tools to achieve your goals? by jlengrand on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @09:22AM (#6126731)

Then i think that any recent issue tracking software can be used for that :). That s what I do already with Jira

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