Notes on turning goals into action
How to use Abstria, ideas on goal management, and product updates.
- Draft (unpublished)Freelancing
Freelance Goal Setting Framework
Freelance goal setting that breaks an income target into rate x projects x capacity, then into monthly, weekly, and daily work. Worked $120k example.
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Best Goal Setting Apps Compared
Goal setting apps for individuals, compared on yearly-to-daily breakdown, review, and free plans: Notion, Todoist, TickTick, Habitica, Trello, and Abstria.
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Best Mandala Chart Apps in 2026
Mandala chart apps compared on three things: turning the 9x9 goal grid into dated work, tracking progress, and where each free tier stops.
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Why Notion Goal Tracking Stalls
Why Notion goal tracking templates stall, with a Notion-to-Abstria concept map, an export walkthrough, and how to split work between the two tools.
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Todoist Goal Tracking Migration
Todoist goal tracking stalls while tasks get done. Here is why goals stall, plus how to move your goal hierarchy into Abstria without giving up Todoist.
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How to Set Annual Goals: 4 Steps
How to set annual goals that survive February: pick one yearly goal, break it into monthly milestones, weekly goals, and one task for today.
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How to Make a Mandala Chart
How to make a mandala chart (mandalart) in 4 steps: the 9x9 goal grid, filling the 64 action cells, and turning them into a monthly rhythm.
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Shohei Ohtani's Mandala Chart
Inside Shohei Ohtani's mandala chart, the 81-square goal sheet he wrote at 16: the central goal, 8 themes, 64 actions, why 'luck' is on it, and how to copy it.
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Weekly Review in 15 Minutes
How to run a weekly review in 15 minutes: three questions, a fixed weekly slot, and a way to turn the answers into next week's plan. Checklist included.
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Welcome to the Abstria blog
A place for practical thinking on turning goals into action, how to get the most out of Abstria, and product updates. Here is what this blog will cover.
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