Turn a personal goal into a six-week trial

A six-week action plan with observable measures and weekly review prompts.

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Claude: drafts measures, actions and log in one project

One Claude project holds the goal, plan and weekly log. You correct between passes and add each finished log.

  1. You

    Write the goal

  2. Claude

    Suggest measures

  3. You

    Cut what does not fit

  4. Claude

    Draft weekly actions

  5. You

    Trim and approve

  6. Claude

    Build weekly log

  7. You

    Read and decide

  1. Have ready: goal, weekly time, baseline

    Use: You

    Write your nonclinical goal, weekly time and today's baseline in plain words.

  2. Suggest weekly measures

    Use: Claude

    Open a new Claude project, paste the goal, time and baseline, and ask for things you can observe each week.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Task: Goal statement, baseline and proposed evidence of progress. Suggest measures I can observe myself each week. Keep the goal nonclinical. Do not predict results and do not give medical, financial or professional advice.

  3. Cut measures that do not fit

    Use: You

    Cut or reword any measure that does not fit your intent, list open questions, and ask Claude in the same project to apply your changes.

    Check

    Check the measures match your intent and avoid sensitive inferences.

  4. Draft six weekly actions

    Use: Claude

    Ask for six weekly actions that fit your weekly time.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Task: Six weekly actions within stated time limits. Draft one small action for each of six weeks within my weekly time. Do not promise results and do not create calendar events. Do not resolve open questions.

  5. Trim actions and approve the list

    Use: You

    Trim any action that needs more than your weekly time, then approve the list.

    Check

    Check each action fits your stated weekly time.

  6. Build the weekly log

    Use: Claude

    Ask for a weekly log with action, evidence, adjustment and one review question per week.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Task: Weekly action/evidence/adjustment log with review questions. Make a table with a row per week and columns: planned action, what I did, evidence, review question, adjustment for next week. Write no outcome promises and add no reminders.

  7. Read the log and decide changes

    Use: You

    Read the log and measures, decide your changes, then add each finished weekly log to the project Files section.

    Check

    Check the log makes no promise of results and sets up no reminders or events.

Before you paste into any AI tool, remove any confidential information. Put it back at the end.

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Final check

Owner agrees the plan and keeps it nonclinical.

No outcome is promised and no calendar events or commitments are made.

Study, mastery or employment-development goals belong to other outcomes.

Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.

What still needs checking
  • The starter lead was not copied; it used ChatGPT with no cited evidence.
  • No page read states that any named tool drafts measures, actions or review questions suited to a personal goal; the goal owner checks each.

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