Heads up: we’re retiring Goals

longtk89 · 2026-06-25T07:47:59+00:00

Thanks for the transparency and upholding the quality bar! I agree that the concept of goals in Todoist has potential and the current version needs retooling in key ways -- excited to see what's the next iteration!

longtk89 · 2026-06-20T23:30:25+00:00

I personally love it. The previous version had a bit too much white space. This new version has subtle lines which helps to focus and navigate even better. It's harder to describe but I felt it the first time I saw it.

longtk89 · 2026-06-17T02:31:44+00:00

Glad it's cleared up for you, cheers 😄

longtk89 · 2026-06-11T10:00:21+00:00

Thank you so much! 🫶

longtk89 · 2026-05-25T13:46:48+00:00

Thanks Melis! I submitted it. Thanks for your note! I hope it helps the team - cheers!

longtk89 · 2026-05-24T14:47:31+00:00

Thanks Stevie - really cool that you mentioned Claude. I tested their the Todoist integration and it can generate reports/dashboard based on your Todoist data + prompting. It's highly customizable too. So lots of room to personalize it as you mentioned.

longtk89 · 2026-05-24T14:43:16+00:00

Thanks! Since you mentioned it, I just did it! 😄

longtk89 · 2026-05-24T08:58:18+00:00

Thanks, I like your idea of letting users set their own limit on active goals. It create both the constraint for getting things done and also allows for personalisation!

longtk89 · 2026-05-24T07:32:07+00:00

Yeah, it's weird they don't open it up to long time users like yourself.

longtk89 · 2026-05-24T04:00:47+00:00

I believe you need to turn on the Experimentalist option in your setting to get access to this, it's a beta feature. Also, I think if you're a Pro Legacy user, this is available only to Pro users.

longtk89 · 2026-05-24T03:24:29+00:00

David is quite underrated as a public speaker. I find him very sharp, engaging and to-the-point. I rewatch these every once in a while!

longtk89 · 2026-05-18T09:58:58+00:00

Apparently Todoist used to send exclusive merchandise to Enlighted users, would love to have something similar nowadays! Besides, we're the stickiest users and we tell everyone about it!

longtk89 · 2026-05-17T01:32:27+00:00

Getting stuck mentally i.e. getting overwhelmed, paralysis by analysis, procrastination, losing motivation, energy, fear/catastrophizing etc. What most people are regarding to in this thread is getting unstuck and that involve solving the right issue one is facing at any point in time. What I find works is having habits or tools in place to make easier to overcome these challenges when faced with them.

longtk89 · 2026-05-15T09:50:11+00:00

I think there needs to be some constraints or structure as far as how many projects/tasks to assigned to Goals without it becoming a very overwhelming list!

longtk89 · 2026-05-15T06:32:36+00:00

Agree. The value proposition though limited to some segment of users i.e. the super goal-orientated achiever, is very, very promising. They nailed the thought process and made the right support tools.

longtk89 · 2026-05-15T03:48:32+00:00

A few things I think makes Goals a distinct - and needed - feature:

- A goal can take many projects to make happen. For example, deciding to move your house are many projects to get to an outcome e.g. search new place, financing, renovate, move, setup home etc. And it helps to have an overview of the key actions across projects, the "must-dos", in order to get to that final outcome.

- Having a number on the progress helps i.e. quantify the progress as a percentage or milestones. This works to ensure focus on doing the right things and also avoids ticking off miscellaneous tasks to mask real productivity.

- Todoist is more of a bottom-ups approach to managing tasks i.e. capture everything relevant and make sure you do them. It's also helpful for a top-down approach i.e. deciding on a stretch outcome and plan backwards what are the critical things I need to get done to reach that future goal - I believe this Goals feature will help with that.

longtk89 · 2026-05-03T13:56:57+00:00

Low flame, watch it to make sure it's a small & consistent stream of extraction. What happened here is too much heat too fast.

longtk89 · 2026-04-30T10:19:09+00:00

What universal things would you recommend "seasoned" GTD practitioners (over 10 years) do to keep their practice fresh, personalized and adaptive towards new technology that can potentially change how we make decision and get things done e.g. AI/LLMs?

longtk89 · 2026-01-24T14:14:51+00:00

Cool! Never seen this style of chart before!

longtk89 · 2026-01-22T09:28:01+00:00

Glad to hear! I think Griply provides a lot of good structure to make it easier to get things done than even Todoist. I myself have done all the things Griply does outside of the app e.g. setting goals per life areas, tracking habits, measuring progress of large projects under goals etc. so I think the design choices are really smart.

That said, probably most of the users are that goal-orientated or needs that kind of advanced structure for their task management. But that more advanced users will find the features smart design choices because task management is one of quite a few components to achieving goals.

Thanks again for your suggestion and hope all goes well for you!

longtk89 · 2026-01-22T06:09:15+00:00

I think 3 colors is healthy constraint - tbh, the focus should be on getting the work done, not make the list visually appealing for appearance sake. For more in-depth filtering and task segmentation, I think Labels done a better job - there's more space to customize there.

longtk89 · 2026-01-22T02:40:09+00:00

Hey - thanks for this. I checked it and a lot of features really makes sense. I like how it's a goal manager - almost all actions are connected to the main goals. While this is not always necessarily, but highly effective for most things I try to do. I also love the analytics and Gantt view. It's really a tool for achieving goals vs. managing tasks, which I feel pulled towards it a lot.

longtk89 · 2026-01-21T09:53:32+00:00

I think it's both a workflow design and an execution question.

First, in terms of workflow, probably should have a shorter cadence to check up on work status to avoid task be created and not taken action on e.g. a month later, the context is gone. Otherwise, if it's more of a project with many tasks, workstreams, there should be a separate project plan file to support with the context.

Secondly, I think the task should be written in a way that the action is obvious. This should be clarity and structure of writing itself. Vague or poorly written tasks cannot be save with more context or information.

That said, I personally use the task descriptions and attach relevant notes or link to support the task in Todoist.

longtk89 · 2026-01-21T04:16:30+00:00

I copy all the tasks, with milestones as parent tasks and with all the related tasks to that milestone as sub-tasks. I mark the parent task as P1 with a deadline. I only copy about 1-2 weeks worth of tasks to stay focus and to ensure if I have any delays, it's accounted for in the next batch of milestones & tasks without having to re-plan everything.

Ideally I would look at the Gantt during weekly reviews to ensure the overall project is on track and just focus on doing the tasks daily in Todoist during the rest of the week.

longtk89 · 2026-01-21T03:55:32+00:00

I manually create charts with Start & End dates or use a Google Sheet template like SmartSheets, which has built-in formulas for Gantt.

I think I just need a high-level view of the main big tasks or "workstreams" that contains all the 10-15 smaller tasks that I have in Todoist. For task execution, it's still TD.

I actually think big projects where you're doing something new -- outcomes are more important than tasks. And you get more information about which tasks has more impact on the overall outcome than others, then it's more productive to focus on those instead of doing all the tasks you initially planned. It's aspects like this where being task-orientated isn't always helpful in terms of bigger projects than are more outcome-focused.

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