Implementation Intentions
Encode if-then plans to bridge intention and action. Example: "If it's 8:00 in my kitchen, then I will prep tomorrow's meals."
How to Use
- Goal Planner can create a starter if-then plan automatically from your goal title, daily start time, daily commitment, and optional location.
- On days when you reschedule the work, Goaliath uses the actual scheduled time for that day before falling back to the default goal start time.
- If reminders are enabled, Goaliath sends one primary cue per plan: push if your device is set up correctly, otherwise email if that reminder is enabled and your account is on trial or paid.
- If several implementation intentions land in the same local hour, Goaliath delivers only one primary off-app cue for that hour to reduce competing reminders.
- When the dashboard is open and the modal setting is enabled, Goaliath can also show the exact if-then cue in-app shortly before the scheduled start time.
- The same implementation intention can also appear inside Goal Planner, goal details, action-step pages, and todo pages so the cue stays visible in the work context it belongs to.
- If you open this tool from Recover today, Goaliath now checks whether the slipping goal already has a linked implementation intention. If it does, the page opens that existing cue in edit mode instead of pushing you into a duplicate plan.
- Identify a target behavior that is specific and short.
- Choose a reliable cue such as time, place, or a preceding action.
- Write the if-then statement and save it to your plan.
- Optionally schedule it on your Calendar for a precise time.
Scientific Rationale
- If-then planning dramatically increases follow-through by pre-deciding in context.
- Pairs well with Today's Actions and Calendar time-blocks.