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Break a goal into tasks

Turn a measurable goal into schedulable tasks so progress moves on its own. This walkthrough shows the full loop: define the goal, attach tasks, watch the progress bar advance.

The Tase TeamTase LLC2 min read

A goal without tasks attached is just a wish that lives in a list. Tase connects the two: when you define a measurable goal and link tasks to it, completing a task nudges the goal forward automatically. You stop having to manually update a progress bar.

What makes a good goal here

Pick something measurable. "Get healthier" is hard to track. "Run 20 times this month" or "Finish the first draft of the report" are concrete enough to attach tasks to.

Walkthrough: from goal to moving progress

  1. 1

    Open the Goals tab

    Tap the Goals icon. On web, open tase.app/goals in your browser. Both surfaces show the same data, synced in real time.
  2. 2

    Create a new goal

    Tap add and give it a clear title. Set the target as something countable, for example "12 workout sessions" or "30 study hours."
  3. 3

    Add a milestone if the goal is large

    Tase marks milestones at 25, 50, 75, and 100 percent. For long goals, these checkpoints help you notice when momentum drops.
  4. 4

    Attach schedulable tasks

    From the goal detail, add tasks that roll up to it. For "run 20 times," each task is one scheduled run with a date. These tasks also appear in your normal Tasks view.
  5. 5

    Complete a task and watch progress move

    When you finish one of the linked tasks, Tase advances the goal bar. You can see the new percentage on both the goal card and the detail view.
  6. 6

    Review the milestone list

    As the bar crosses 25, 50, and 75 percent, Tase records the date. This gives you a honest timeline of how the goal actually progressed.

Why linking matters

The reason most goal trackers stall is that updating progress is a separate chore from doing the work. By attaching tasks, progress updates happen as a side effect of completing real work. There is no second step to forget.

Manual progress is still available

If a goal is not naturally countable (for example "read more this year"), you can set progress manually on a 0 to 1 scale. Milestones still fire at the same thresholds.

The goal does not need to be ambitious. It just needs to be measurable and connected to tasks you will actually do. Once those two things are true, the progress bar takes care of itself.

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