Earlier in the year I decided to try setting goals over a 90 day period. The idea being they are a large enough time to achieve a lot but are shorter than a year so you get the coming up to a deadline productivity boost more often.

It hasn't really worked out. For me that is, but let me explain as it might work out for you.

The amount of time I can devote to my goals is fairly variable. I obviously have a mixture of goals. I am speaking to the more creative/technical side rather than family, health, financial or other personal ones.

This variable amount of time has a time period of about one week. Some weeks I seem to have a lot of time and some my time is a scarce resource. The problem is obviously here.

For me this leads to I will do it next week when I have more time and as the deadline is many weeks away I don't worry and a week passes without progress and then another.

The comment, it appears these goals are not a priority is true. The lack of priority and urgency combined with not distant deadlines means I do not form habits. Some time is consumed with other goals and they seem to be progressing well so it is not like my life is a disaster.

The lack of habit does mean procrastination rather progress on technical projects. I am thinking of moving back to monthly goals, I track others on a monthly cadence and that seems to be working.

Whys have goals? Why not just do what I enjoy as it's not top priority? Goals imply planning and focus on getting what has been added to the goal done.The deadline effect combined with clarity are something I like.

I am also asking myself the Why questions, find your why and everything else falls into place. I'm not very far along but I know I have not found it if I still scrolling through shorts.

Finally, I am asking the question, why should would anyone want to read about productivity tips coming from someone who is openly admitting that I am not feeling productive in my tech hobbies. Am I spending way too much time thinking and writing about the evolution of my systems rather than actually using them?

I do like Kaizen style posts I wrote as they try to focus on this is working but the broader goal setting/process/systems I think I will try to avoid until I have something that is producing results.