Achieve your dreams with goal tracking in Keep The Process - Keep The Process

Turn a counter into proof you're moving toward what matters

You log the gym session, the pages read, the language practice. The number climbs. But a rising count answers the wrong question. It tells you something happened — not whether you're getting closer to the life you said you wanted.

That gap is where drift lives. A counter without a target just records activity. Three months in, you have data and no answer: am I on pace, or am I busy?

A goal on a counter closes the gap. You set a target (or a limit) and a frequency, and the same number now reads against an objective. Not "27 sessions logged" — "27 of 150, on pace for the year." The effort stays the same. The meaning changes.

What a goal actually adds to a counter

In Keep The Process, a counter is the smallest unit of daily effort. A goal is the line you draw from that effort back to your vision.

Without a goal, your "Books read" counter says 8. Useful, but neutral. Add a goal of 24 for the year and it says: a third of the way there, and roughly on schedule. Now the counter is doing the job it exists for — keeping your daily action pointed at something you decided mattered.

Two shapes cover almost everything you'll want to track:

A target — a number you're climbing toward. Read 24 books. Run 150 times. Practice a language for 100 hours.
A limit — a ceiling you're staying under. No more than 3 takeaway meals a week. Cap screen time at 10 hours.

A target rewards more. A limit rewards restraint. Both turn a raw count into a yes-or-no answer about whether you're living the way you intended.

Set the goal in three fields

When you create or edit a counter, the Goal section asks for exactly what it needs and nothing more: whether you're aiming for a target or a limit, how often it resets, and the number.

The Goal section of the Create-a-counter screen, showing the target-or-limit choice, the frequency selector, and the value field. — The Goal section when you create a counter: choose target or limit, pick a frequency, set the value.

1
Open or create the counter
Pick the counter you already log, or create a new one for the habit you want to hold yourself to. The goal lives on the counter, so every entry counts toward it automatically.
2
Choose target or limit
A target means more is better and you're climbing toward the number. A limit means less is better and you're staying under it. This single choice decides how progress is read for the rest of the goal's life.
3
Pick a frequency
Decide whether the goal measures a running total or resets on a schedule. Use a one-off total for "150 runs this year" and a recurring window — daily, weekly, monthly — for "3 sessions a week." The frequency is what tells you on pace instead of just how many so far.
4
Set the value
Enter the number you're aiming for or staying under. Make it specific and honest about your real capacity — a target you can actually hit keeps the loop turning. Save, and the counter starts reading every entry against it.

Pick a target or a limit — both keep you honest

The two goal shapes answer different questions, and most lives need both.

Target: building something

"Run 150 times this year." Each session moves the bar forward. The counter tells you whether your weekly habit adds up to the year you pictured — and warns you early when the pace won't get you there.

Limit: protecting something

"No more than 3 takeaway meals a week." Each entry eats into your allowance. The counter shows how much room is left before Sunday, so you decide with the full week in view instead of one meal at a time.

A few that map cleanly onto real intentions:

Read 24 books this year — target, yearly total. Eight in means a third of the way there.
3 gym sessions a week — target, weekly. The bar resets every Monday so a strong week never papers over a weak one.
100 hours of language practice — target, running total. Pairs with session timing so logged minutes become hours toward the goal.
Under 10 hours of screen time a week — limit, weekly. The remaining room is the number you watch.

Ready to point a counter at something that matters?

Give one counter a goal today

Open your activity counters, add a target or a limit, and turn a rising number into proof you're moving toward your vision.

Add a goal to a counter

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Set goals you'll actually keep

A goal only helps if you'd recognise it as yours in three months. A few habits keep them honest.

Make it specific. "Read 24 books" beats "read more" because only one of them can be measured. The number is what lets the counter answer you.
Size it to your real week, not your best week. A target you hit builds momentum; one you miss every time becomes background noise you learn to ignore.
Start small and raise it later. Three sessions a week you keep beats five you abandon by February. You can edit the value any time.
Review on the goal's own clock. Check a weekly goal weekly, a yearly goal monthly. Reviewing matched to the frequency is how you catch drift while there's still time to correct.

Goal shapes — target or limit

Frequencies — once, daily, weekly, monthly

Fields to set a goal

The point isn't the number — it's staying aligned

A counter records what you did. A goal connects what you did to what you decided mattered, and a frequency tells you whether today's effort keeps you on track. That's the whole loop: your vision sets the target, your daily action fills the bar, and the bar tells you the truth about whether the two still line up.

Activity without a target drifts. Pick one counter that already matters to you, give it a target or a limit, and let every entry start answering the only question worth asking — am I getting closer?

Turn effort into progress you can see

Add a goal to a counter you already log and watch your daily actions add up to the life you're building.

Set your first goal