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Create your account

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Sign up

Navigate to the Goalst signup page and create your account with your email and a password (minimum 6 characters).
Your password must be at least 6 characters long. You’ll be asked to confirm it during signup.
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Verify your email

Check your inbox for a verification email from Goalst. Click the link to verify your account.
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Access your dashboard

Once verified, you’ll be automatically logged in and redirected to your dashboard where you can start creating goals.

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Create your first goal

Now that you’re logged in, let’s create your first goal.
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Open the goal creation modal

Click the New goal button in the top-right corner of your dashboard.
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Fill in goal details

Enter the following information about your goal:
  • Title (required) — What you want to achieve (e.g., “Complete fitness transformation”)
  • Description (optional) — More details about your goal
  • Start date — Defaults to today if you leave it blank
  • End date — Your target deadline (optional)
  • Color tag — Choose a color to help visually organize your goals
  • Priority — Set a value from 1-20
Priority affects your score. When you complete a goal, you earn points equal to its priority value. Higher-priority goals = more points = faster rank progression.
Here’s an example goal:
Title: Launch my side project
Description: Take my app idea from concept to production
Start date: 2026-03-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Color tag: Sky blue
Priority: 15
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Create the goal

Click Create goal to save your goal. You’ll be redirected to the goal detail page.

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Break it down with sub-goals

The power of Goalst is in breaking big goals into smaller, manageable sub-goals.
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Navigate to your goal

From your dashboard, click on the goal card you just created. This opens the goal detail view.
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Add your first sub-goal

In the Sub-goals section, click Add sub-goal.Enter a title for your sub-goal and set its priority using the slider (1-20). For example:
Sub-goal: Design user interface
Priority: 8
Click Add to create the sub-goal.
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Add more sub-goals

Continue adding sub-goals to break down your main goal. Some examples:
  • Set up development environment
  • Build core features
  • Write documentation
  • Deploy to production
You can add as many sub-goals as you need. Each one helps make your main goal less overwhelming.
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Nest sub-goals deeper

You can break down sub-goals into even smaller tasks. Click the arrow next to a sub-goal to expand it, then click Add sub-goal under that item.For example, under “Build core features” you might add:
  • User authentication
  • Data storage setup
  • API integration

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Track your progress

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Mark sub-goals as complete

As you complete tasks, click the checkbox next to each sub-goal to mark it as done.When you check off a sub-goal, you’ll see:
  • The progress bar fills up
  • The progress percentage increases
  • Your main goal’s overall progress updates automatically
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Watch your main goal progress

Your main goal’s progress is calculated automatically based on completed sub-goals.The progress bar uses color coding:
  • Gray (0-29%) — Just getting started
  • Yellow (30-59%) — Making progress
  • Light green (60-99%) — Almost there
  • Green (100%) — Completed!
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Update goal status

You can manually change your goal’s status using the status dropdown:
  • Not started — Haven’t begun yet
  • In progress — Actively working on it
  • Completed — Finished!
  • Abandoned — No longer pursuing this goal

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View your score and rank

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Check your dashboard stats

Return to your dashboard to see your statistics:
  • Total goals — How many goals you’re tracking
  • Completed — Goals you’ve finished
  • In progress — Goals you’re actively working on
  • Overdue — Goals past their deadline that aren’t complete yet
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Monitor your rank progression

Your rank appears in the sidebar of your dashboard. It shows:
  • Your current rank emoji and name (you start as a Rookie )
  • Your total score points
  • Progress toward the next rank
The rank ladder:
  • Rookie (0-49 points)
  • Hustler (50-149 points)
  • Achiever (150-349 points)
  • Go-Getter (350-699 points)
  • Champion (700-1499 points)
  • Legend (1500+ points)
You earn points equal to a goal’s priority value when you complete it. So a priority-10 goal gives you 10 points!

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Next steps

Share your goals

Generate share links to let others view your progress and hold you accountable.

Use templates

Speed up goal creation with starter templates or save your own structures to reuse.

Collaborate with others

Invite team members to work on goals together with role-based permissions.

Track progress

Learn how progress is calculated automatically from your completed sub-goals.

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