The One Goal Page That Keeps You Focused All Year
If you’ve ever made goals you really meant… and then somehow lost them under real life by mid-February, you’re not flaky. You’re normal.
Goals don’t disappear because you don’t care. They disappear because they don’t have a home you actually see.
That’s why this one goal page matters so much. It’s a simple, realistic page you keep in your planner that keeps your focus tight and your progress steady all year long.
No fancy spreads. No bullet journal art school. Just one page that does its job.
Let’s build it.
Why you need one goal page (not twelve)
A lot of planners and goal systems go sideways because they’re too complicated.
You end up with:
Goals written in five different places.
Trackers you don’t want to fill in.
A “goal section” you forget exists.
This page fixes that by becoming your planner’s home base.
If you only used one goal tool all year, it should be this.
Think of it like your goals’ address.
If they don’t have an address, they float.
What this page is for
This page does three jobs:
It keeps your goals visible.
It connects goals to habits.
It gives you a quick monthly check-in spot.
So instead of restarting every few weeks, you keep adjusting and moving forward.
The One Goal Page (simple layout)
You can set this up in 10 minutes. Use one sheet of paper, a printable, or a single planner page.
Section 1. Your 3 focus areas
At the top of the page, write your three focus areas for the year.
Examples:
Health and Energy
Home and Daily Life
Work or Creative Projects
Keep them broad enough to hold your real life, but not so broad that they mean nothing.
Section 2. One goal per focus area
Under each focus area, write one clear goal.
You want goals that are specific enough to recognize success, but flexible enough for real life.
Examples:
Focus Area: Health and Energy
Goal: Walk 3x a week and strength train 2x a week.
Focus Area: Home and Daily Life
Goal: Weekly reset every Sunday and keep counters clear nightly.
Focus Area: Work or Creative Projects
Goal: Publish two YouTube videos a month.
That’s your whole year in three lines.
Simple on purpose.
Section 3. The one habit that supports each goal
Here’s where most women skip, then feel behind.
Goals are destinations. Habits are vehicles.
So under each goal, write the smallest repeatable habit that moves you toward it.
Examples:
Goal: Walk 3x a week.
Habit: Put walks on calendar Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Goal: Publish two videos a month.
Habit: Outline videos every Tuesday morning.
Goal: Weekly reset.
Habit: 15 minutes every Sunday evening.
If you only did the habit, you’d still make progress. That’s how you know it’s right-sized.
Section 4. Your “minimum standard”
This is your plan for messy weeks.
Write one line:
“When life gets full, I will still do ______.”
Examples:
One 10-minute walk counts.
A 5-minute mini reset counts.
One paragraph counts.
Restart within 24 hours.
This is how you stop falling off for weeks at a time.
Section 5. A tiny monthly check-in box
At the bottom, draw 12 tiny squares (one per month), or just leave space for quick notes.
Each month, you jot a sentence:
What worked.
What didn’t?
What I’m adjusting next month.
Example monthly notes:
January: Walks worked, evenings were better. Adjusting to shorter strength workouts.
February: Weekly reset slipped, moving to Monday mornings.
March: Great momentum, adding one extra walk.
That’s it. You’re not writing a diary. You’re steering your year.
Where to put this page in your planner
Put it where you’ll actually see it.
First page of your planner.
Inside your Yearly Reset section.
Folded into your monthly tab if you flip there constantly.
If you have to hunt for it, you won’t use it.
How to use this page all year
This is the part that makes it work, even if you’re busy.
Weekly Reset
Glance at your goal page.
Pick your Weekly Top 3 based on it.
Schedule your habit anchors.
That’s your alignment.
Monthly Reset
Look at your three goals.
Ask, “Which one needs attention this month?”
Set 1–3 Monthly Priorities that support those goals.
Write a quick note in your monthly check-in space.
That’s your momentum.
When you feel behind
Go to this page first.
Not your whole to-do list. Not your guilt spiral.
Ask:
What’s the smallest habit that counts today?
What’s my next step this week?
This page is how you restart without drama.
A real-life example of this page
Here’s what your finished page might look like in words:
Focus Areas:
Health and Energy
Home Calm
Creative Work
Goals:
Walk 3x/week + strength 2x/week
Weekly reset Sundays + counters clear nightly
2 YouTube videos/month
Habits:
Walks on calendar M/W/F
15-min reset Sunday evening
Outline videos Tuesday mornings
Minimum standard:
“When life gets full, I still do 10 minutes.”
Monthly notes:
Jan: Great walks, strength too long, shortened.
Feb: Reset moved to Monday, better.
Mar: Solid rhythm, keeping steady.
Simple, visible, alive.
Why this works (when other systems don’t)
Because you are not trying to think about goals every day like a robot.
You’re giving yourself:
One clear place to return to.
A small set of habits that keep progress moving.
A gentle monthly steering wheel.
This page supports your real life instead of fighting it.
And that’s why it sticks.
Your next step
Make this page today.
Write your three focus areas.
Write one goal for each.
Attach one habit to each.
Choose your minimum standard.
Give yourself space to check in monthly.
Then keep it visible.
Because a goal page you see is a goal page you use, and a goal page you use is how you stay focused all year.
