What happens when I reach my goal total / end date?

• What happens when I reach my end date?
• What happens when I reach my goal total?
• What happens if I derail with an end date/end total set?

Using the commitment dial, you can set your rate, the goal total (the amount you want to get to, e.g. number of pages in a book), and the goal date (the date you want the goal to finish, e.g. the date of an exam). You can configure two of these parameters, and the third is inferred from the combination of the other two.

What happens when I reach my end date?

When you reach the end date, your goal will go into the "success" state, and offer you the option to archive or restart your goal. Restarting works pretty much like restarting an archived goal.

The akrasia horizon doesn't apply to archiving your goal when it's in this state.

If you have both a goal date and goal total set, your goal won't end until the end date, but you're safe as long as you've completed the goal total.

What happens when I reach my goal total?

Once you've reached your goal total, your goal may continue until the goal date or implied goal date. For example, if you said you want to get to a total of 100 by 20th May, then the goal will continue until 20th May even if you've already hit 100, but it won't require more data. Once it reaches that end date, it'll go into the success state as mentioned above.

If you have your goal set up by goal rate and goal total, there's still an implied goal date as well. If you said you want to reach 100 in total at a rate of +10 per day, then your goal will go into the success state after 10 days -- even if you get to 100 after 5 days. Again, it won't require more data, it just won't go into the success state until the implied end date is reached.

What happens if I derail with an end date/end total set?

This depends a little bit on which two of the three parameters you have set:

• End total and end rate: your end date will change to reflect the new date on which you'll reach that total at that rate
• End total and end date: your rate will change to get you to desired total by that date
• End date and end rate: your projected end total will be adjusted to the amount you will actually attain by that date at that rate

This may matter more for some goals than others, e.g. if you can't realistically do more than +1 per day, you probably want to make sure that one of the parameters you have configured is the rate.

Keywords: changing your goal, setting a goal total, setting an end date