Life goals and purpose: GTD horizons in practice
Most apps stop at projects. AltoFocus keeps going — to areas, goals, vision, purpose and legacy — and holds that thread all the way down to today's task.
For people whose list is full but who still feel they aren't moving where they want to.
- 15,000 mLegacyKids who aren't afraid to make things
- 12,000 mPurposeHeal and teach others
- 9,000 mVisionA home where we make more than we buy
- 6,000 mGoalsA pottery studio at home by spring
- 3,000 mAreasFamily · Making
- 300 mProjectsStudio in the garage
- GroundTasksOrder a kiln
The situation
Lucy is a doctor and a mother of two. She gets her tasks done, yet at the end of the year she realises she never started the pottery course she was looking forward to and spent less time with the kids than she meant to. Her goals are written in a planner she never opens.
What it looks like in AltoFocus
Start at the top, briefly
On the Horizons screen you write one sentence per altitude: what you want to leave behind, why you do what you do, where you want to be in three to five years. A few words are enough — you'll refine them in reviews.
Goals linked to projects
The goal “A pottery studio at home by spring” is linked to the Studio project. Projects without a goal and goals without a project show up as gaps.
A quiet “why” line
Under “Order a kiln” you see, in small type, the goal it leads to. No motivational slogans — just a reminder of why it's worth it.
Only for you
Everything above projects is private and never shared, not even with people you share projects with. The AI reads your identity layer only if you allow it in settings.
What changes
- Goals that appear in your daily list, not just in January.
- Clarity about which projects you can drop with a clear conscience.
- A weekly review that asks about direction, not only deadlines.