See six finished plans

Scenarios · updated 29 September 2026

Six people with six shapes of plan, so you can borrow a shape for your own.

What is on this page

Only the first plan is in the app. The demo loads it as example data. The other five are examples on this page, so you cannot load them.

Maya, 38, a branch manager who wants to finish what she started

The demo shows this plan. On a computer, open Settings, then Your data, then Try the demo. On a phone, tap More, then Try the demo.

What her plan looks like

Plan A is active · 3 focus areas
Top five valuesConnection · Discipline · Security · Growth · Fun
PurposeThis year I want to finish what I started. The diploma, a branch my team is proud of, my first 10k. And a family night we all keep.
Focus areasCareer · Physical Health · Relationships
Active visionIt is May 2031. I run one of the top branches in the region. I have not worked a weekend in three years, and I run three mornings a week.
Annual goals 2026· Career: finish the banking diploma and lead the branch into the regional top 10 by December 2026.
· Physical Health: run my first 10k by December 2026, on a body that takes four runs a week.
· Relationships: hold all 26 family nights in 2026, all four of us.
Daily habits· 30 minutes of study on weekday mornings (lazy day: 10 minutes of flashcards).
· A 20 minute run or strength session on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (lazy day: a 10 minute walk).
· Phones away at family dinner (lazy day: one round of best and worst thing).

What her first year looks like

Q1Module 5 passed. The branch climbs from rank 21 to rank 17. She locks the three run days.
Q2Module 6 passed and the capstone topic agreed. The morning huddle goes to her two team leads. A fourth run day added.
Q3First 8k long run. The branch reaches rank 12. Nineteen family nights held by the end of September.
Q4Capstone handed in. First 10k race. All 26 family nights held.

What a typical day looks like

6:00. A 20 minute run before the house is awake, then the run row goes green.

6:30. Coffee and 30 minutes of study at the kitchen table.

18:00. Family dinner, phones in the basket.

21:30. Two minutes on the Day screen: tick the habits, write one line, set tomorrow's three priorities.

What she got wrong first. She entered a 10k with no running behind her. She moved the race out, walked for six weeks, then started a training plan.

David, 42, rebuilding his health and his savings after a slack year

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What his plan looks like

Plan A is active · 3 focus areas
Top five valuesConnection · Discipline · Health · Security · Adventure
PurposeThis year I rebuild a body that can carry my kids up a hill for the next twenty years.
Focus areasPhysical Health · Financial · Relationships
Active visionIt is May 2029. I am 45 and I finished a marathon under three and a half hours last autumn. Our emergency fund covers six months.
Summit Goals· Physical Health: a marathon under three and a half hours in October 2028, with clean blood work.
· Financial: emergency fund from 12,000 to 36,000 by December 2027.
· Relationships: 50 Saturday mornings outdoors with the kids in 2026.
Daily habits· An easy 30 minute run on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (lazy day: a 15 minute walk).
· A seven hour sleep window, lights off by 22:30 (lazy day: 23:00).
· Phone in another room from 18:00 to 20:00 on weekdays.

What his first year looks like

Q1Fifteen kilometres a week. The transfer to savings starts. Four Saturday outings logged.
Q2Twenty-five kilometres a week. First 5k race, as training. The fund reaches 18,000. Twelve outings logged.
Q3Half marathon training starts. The sleep window breaks for two weeks in a busy patch, and the lazy day version keeps the streak going.
Q4First half marathon in 2:05. The fund reaches 30,000. Forty-eight Saturday mornings logged, two short of the goal.

What a typical Saturday looks like

6:15. Coffee, then a long run of an hour or more on the trail.

10:30. Out with the kids, which counts toward the 50 mornings.

14:00. A look at Insights: green across all three focus areas for four weeks.

21:00. Ten minutes on the week reflection, because Sunday morning belongs to church.

What he got wrong first. His first Summit Goal was run a marathon. His coach made him add clean blood work and no injury longer than two weeks.

Sara, 28, writing a first novel while she keeps her day job

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What her plan looks like

Plan C is active · 3 focus areas
Top five valuesCreativity · Achievement · Authenticity · Contribution · Simplicity
PurposeThis year I finish the novel I have carried for three years, and I keep the day job out of the writing hours.
Focus areasPurpose & Meaning · Growth & Learning · Career
Active visionIt is May 2029. A small press published my first novel in 2028. I am 18 months into the second one, and my day job is 32 hours by choice.
Summit Goals· Purpose & Meaning: send the third draft, 80,000 words, to ten agents by July 2027.
· Growth & Learning: read 36 books in 2026 and write 300 words on each.
· Career: hold the day job at 40 hours, with no overtime, for all 52 weeks of 2026.
Daily habits· A thousand words before work, five days a week (lazy day: a 200 word voice memo).
· A 30 minute read each evening (lazy day: a five minute podcast).
· A hard stop at 17:00 on weekdays, with the hour after it blocked in the calendar.

What her first year looks like

Q1Twenty-five thousand words of the first draft. Eight books read and logged. Thirteen weeks at 40 hours.
Q2The draft reaches 55,000 words. Eight more books. Two weeks where overtime was hard to refuse, and she refused it.
Q3The first draft ends at 82,000 words. Two weeks off, then the second draft starts. Ten books read.
Q4The second draft reaches 70 per cent. Ten more books. The year ends with 36 books and 50 weeks at 40 hours.

What a typical Wednesday looks like

5:30. Tea and 90 minutes of writing, which comes to 1,100 words.

9:00. The day job, from a table in a cafe.

17:00. The laptop closes. The calendar keeps the next hour free.

20:30. Thirty minutes of reading, then two minutes on the Day screen.

What she got wrong first. The no overtime goal stayed a wish until she blocked 17:00 to 18:00 in her shared calendar. The block changed how her colleagues booked her.

Alex, 39, on a sabbatical year to work out what comes next

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What their plan looks like

Plan C is active · 2 focus areas
Top five valuesAdventure · Simplicity · Achievement · Connection · Health
PurposeThis year I find out what I want to do next, and I stay well enough to do it.
Focus areasGrowth & Learning · Physical Health
Active visionIt is May 2027, one year out. I have looked at three directions in depth. I know what I am building next, and I am stronger than when I started.
Summit Goals· Growth & Learning: three deep dives of a quarter each, ending in a 1,500 word write-up.
· Physical Health: a 60 minute walk or a strength session on 300 days of the year.
Daily habits· A 60 minute walk or a 45 minute strength session, daily (lazy day: a 20 minute walk).
· A two hour study block on weekdays (lazy day: 30 minutes of reading).
· A journal entry each evening (lazy day: a two minute voice memo).

What their first year looks like

Q1First dive: machine learning research. Six papers a week. Four researchers spoken to. The write-up ends the quarter.
Q2Second dive: outdoor education. A wilderness first aid course. Two guiding outfits shadowed. The write-up ends the quarter.
Q3Third dive: editorial work. Two small presses helped. One column pitched. The write-up ends the quarter.
Q4The three write-ups read again. Eight weeks of living as if. Then the decision.

What a typical day in the second dive looks like

6:00. A walk in the woods for 60 minutes, then the habit goes green.

7:30. Breakfast, then two hours of first aid course work.

10:30. A drive to the guiding outfit for an unpaid day of shadowing.

22:00. Two minutes on the Day screen. Today felt good, most of all the talking with clients.

What they got wrong first. The first draft had five focus areas. They cut it to two, because a sabbatical year is for one big question.

Priya, 31, clearing her debt and building an emergency fund over two years

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What her plan looks like

Plan A is active · 3 focus areas
Top five valuesAutonomy · Discipline · Connection · Health · Creativity
PurposeThis year I clear my debt, start a fund and keep my running, without burning out at work.
Focus areasFinancial · Career · Physical Health
Active visionIt is May 2029. I have no consumer debt and my fund covers six months. I ran a half marathon last autumn.
Summit Goals· Financial: 14,000 of debt to zero and a fund of 24,000 within 24 months.
· Career: lead one project across teams and publish three write-ups this year.
· Physical Health: three runs a week, 25 kilometres, for 50 of the 52 weeks.
Daily habits· A transfer of 30 per cent of each pay to the debt (no lazy day: it is automatic).
· Dinner cooked at home on weekdays (lazy day: leftovers count).
· A 30 minute run on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (lazy day: a 15 minute walk).

What her first year looks like

Q1Debt down from 14,000 to 9,500. The cross-team project scoped. Thirteen runs logged.
Q2Debt down to 5,000. She finishes the project. Twelve runs, because one week went to travel.
Q3Debt at zero by the end of September. The fund starts at 3,000. Half marathon training starts.
Q4The fund reaches 9,000. Half marathon done in 2:01. The promotion talk booked for the new year.

What a typical Friday looks like

7:00. A 30 minute run before work.

8:30. Breakfast cooked at home, which ticks the cooking habit.

16:30. An hour on the weekly write-up, then she publishes it.

20:00. A look at the app: every habit green except one cooked dinner. Two minutes of reflection.

What she got wrong first. She almost split the money goal in two. She made it one goal over 24 months, with a checkpoint at the end of year one.

Tom, 47, rebuilding a baseline after a divorce and a burnout year

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What his plan looks like

Plan B is active · 2 focus areas
Top five valuesAuthenticity · Health · Connection · Creativity · Balance
PurposeThis year I rebuild a baseline: my body, my head and a few real friendships. No big plans, steady reps.
Focus areasPhysical Health · Relationships
Active visionIt is May 2027, one year out. I sleep seven hours most nights. I run a little, I see three friends a month, and I enjoy my work again.
Summit Goals· Physical Health: sleep seven hours on 250 nights, and walk or run four times a week.
· Relationships: 50 logged talks with three named friends in 2026.
Daily habits· A 22:30 bedtime, daily (lazy day: 23:00).
· A 30 minute walk or run on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (lazy day: a 10 minute stretch).
· A text to a friend on weekday mornings (lazy day: a thumbs up counts).

What his first year looks like

Q1The sleep window held in 8 of 13 weeks. Twelve weeks of four walks. Thirty-five texts sent. The first meeting with a friend in six months.
Q2The sleep window held in 11 of 13 weeks. Therapy starts. Forty texts. Three meetings with friends.
Q3Walks turn into light runs. Twelve of 13 sleep weeks. Five meetings with friends. Work stays off the focus list.
Q4Thirteen of 13 sleep weeks. A steady running base. The wrap-up ends with room for a third focus area next year.

What a typical Monday looks like

6:30. Awake before the alarm, then coffee and a text to a friend.

7:30. A 30 minute walk by the river, then the habit goes green.

9:00. Work, steady, with no overtime.

22:25. Lights out, and the sleep habit ticked.

What he got wrong first. His first plan had four focus areas, to make up for lost time. He cut it to two, because a comeback year is allowed to be small.


How to use these plans

If you are stuck in your own first session, do this.

  1. Find the plan closest to your situation.
  2. Read the shape of it, not the words.
  3. Check that each goal is one sentence, with a date and a measure.
  4. Check that each focus area has one or two habits, never five.
  5. Check that each habit has a lazy day version.
  6. Write your own plan now.

What you can change

What the six have in common

Open the walkthrough when you are ready to write your own.