productivity-goal

Goal Planner

Overview

The reason the resolution "This year I'll definitely do it" fizzles out every year is that the goal is too distant and abstract. This skill compresses goals into 12-week units, subdivides them with a mandalart, and breaks them down into weekly actions, turning goals into actionable routines.

Trigger Keywords

goal management, New Year's goals, 12-week plan, mandalart, personal OKR, goal execution, goal breakdown, quarterly goals, self-development goals, goal roadmap

Workflow

Step 1: Goal Compression (12-Week Perspective)

A year is too far away. Instead of a year's worth of ambition, 1-3 core goals to focus on for 12 weeksreduce it to.

• If you leave a one-year goal as is, it's easy to procrastinate → cut it into units that can be "finished" within 12 weeks
• Don't take on too many. 1-3 is enough, and the fewer there are, the higher the achievement rate
• → Write the goal 동사 + 측정 가능한 결과 + 기한("Read 6 books within 12 weeks")

Step 2: Goal Subdivision (Mandalart)

Expand one big goal into 8 sub-areas (mandalart method).

Position	Content
Center	1 core goal
8 surrounding cells	Sub-areas and means that make up the core goal
(If needed) Expansion	Each sub-area into 8 actions again

→ Instead of "exercise", expand into specific areas such as diet, sleep, strength training 3 times a week, walking, stretching, etc.

Step 3: Setting Metrics (Applying Personal OKR)

Attach 2-3 measurable result indicators (Key Results) to each Objective.

• Objective (O): One sentence containing direction and meaning
• Key Result (KR): 2-3 numerically verifiable items ("exercise 3 times a week", "finish 2 books a month")
• → Turn abstract resolutions into indicators with clear "achieved/not achieved" status

Step 4: Breaking Down into Weekly Actions

Convert goals into actions repeated every week and turn them into routines.

• 12-week goal → weekly milestones → weekly repeated actions
• Use realistic frequencies like "Mon, Wed, Fri 30 minutes" rather than "30 minutes every day"
• → Hand over the derived weekly actions to productivity-habitto turn them into habits

Step 5: Check-in and Review Cycle

• Weekly check: Check weekly action achievement rate (✔/✘) → adjust frequency if burdensome
• Biweekly review: Check KR progress, adjust blocked points
• End of 12 weeks: Achievement retrospective → productivity-retro Link → Reset goals for the next 12 weeks

Usage examples

Example 1: "I set New Year's goals, but I'm worried they'll fizzle out like last year" → Compress the 1-year goal into 1–3 core 12-week goals → weekly action table → biweekly check-in checklist

Example 2: "This year's goal is 'growth,' but it's too vague" → Expand into 8 sub-areas with a mandalart → measurement indicators (KRs) for each area → weekly action plan

Example 3: "I want to manage quarterly goals with personal OKRs" → Quarterly Objective 12개 + KR 23 → weekly action mapping → Notion dashboard (doc-notion-template)

Deliverables

• 1–3 core 12-week goals
• Mandalart breakdown table (center + 8 areas)
• Measurement indicators per goal (personal OKR)
• Weekly action routine table
• Check-in and review cycle design

Precautions

• The more goals you set, the lower your achievement rate — narrow it to 1–3 in 12 weeks.
• Unmeasurable goals cannot be checked either — always set KRs as numbers.
• A plan is only a tool. If you get stuck, reduce the format and lower the frequency, prioritizing consistency.

Related skills

• moai-coworker:productivity-habit: Establish weekly actions as habits
• moai-coworker:productivity-retro: Derive the next goal through a retrospective at the end of 12 weeks
• moai-officer:doc-notion-template: Manage goals and progress with a Notion dashboard
• moai-accountant:finance-wealth-roadmap: Connect financial goals to a quarterly execution plan

Post-processing chain (descriptive outputs such as goal statements and retrospective sentences)

After writing sentence outputs such as goal statements and retrospective sentences, finish with the chain below.

• moai-coworker:ai-slop-reviewer: Review and revise AI-sounding expressions, exaggeration, and clichés (required)
• moai-writer:korean-humanize: Korean naturalness correction — after slop review (required)

When not to use this skill

• Team OKRs, roadmaps, sprint backlogs: For organization-level goal management, use moai-coworker.
• One-off to-do organization: If it's organizing today's tasks rather than goals, productivity-timeis more suitable.
• Business KPIs, revenue targets: Send business-level metrics to the moai-coworker·moai-coworker family.

Sources

Referenced general goal-management frameworks (12-week planning, mandalart, OKR) + user vault notes. Expressions and examples are independently composed based on Korea in 2026.