# Goal Stress-Test Canvas

Fill this in before you commit to a new goal, or use it to rescue a goal you have already restarted twice. It turns a vague intention into a two-week experiment with a real review date.

## 1. Name The Goal Without Adjectives

- Vague version (what you'd say out loud):
- Specific version (what would visibly be true if you succeeded):
- Who would notice, and how would they notice?

If you cannot name a visible sign of success, the goal is not ready to test yet.

## 2. Capacity Check

Be honest about what already fills your week.

| Resource | What you actually have | What this goal would need |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Time (hours/week) | | |
| Energy (best hours, realistically) | | |
| Money | | |
| Attention / mental bandwidth | | |
| Support from others | | |

## 3. Trade-Offs

- What will get less time or energy if this goal gets more?
- Who else is affected by that trade-off (family, team, a co-founder)?
- Is this trade-off one you are actually willing to make for two weeks?

If the honest answer is "no," pick a smaller goal before continuing.

## 4. Constraints That Are Not Going Away

List the fixed facts you must design around, not fight against — a work schedule, a caregiving duty, a health limit, a budget ceiling. Do not write a plan that quietly assumes these disappear.

- Constraint 1:
- Constraint 2:
- Constraint 3:

## 5. The Smallest Two-Week Experiment

Not the goal — the experiment that tests whether the goal is achievable at all.

- Experiment (one sentence):
- Leading actions (things you control, not outcomes):
  1.
  2.
  3.
- Minimum version if a day goes badly:

## 6. Evidence You Will Collect

Pick something you can log in under a minute a day.

- What you'll track:
- Where you'll track it:
- What "worked" looks like at day 14:
- What "did not work, adjust" looks like at day 14:

## 7. Review Date And Decision Rule

- Review date (calendar entry, not "soon"):
- Who else should hear the result, if anyone:
- Decision rule:
  - Continue if:
  - Adjust and retry if:
  - Stop if:

## Boundary

This canvas structures a decision you are making. It does not replace medical, financial, or legal advice, and it is not a tool for justifying sleep deprivation, disordered eating, overwork, or unsafe exercise in pursuit of a goal. If a goal only "works" by damaging your health, the goal — not your discipline — needs to change.