Objectives
Goals on four horizons — this week, this month, this quarter, this year — with tasks linked and progress tracked for you.
Objectives are how Fokus keeps "what am I doing today?" connected to "what am I actually trying to achieve?". Each objective lives on a horizon — week, month, quarter, or year — and earns its progress from the tasks linked to it.
Creating one
Open Objectives from the dock (the target icon), press O anywhere, or use the + in any column — that column decides the period. Give it an outcome-shaped title ("Grow the newsletter to 500 subscribers", not "Newsletter"), optionally a bucket, and you're set.
Linking the work
Progress comes from tasks, and you can link them from either side:
- From a task — the Objective field in the task view, or the
^objectivetoken in Spotlight. - From the objective — add tasks (and subtasks) right on the card.
- With AI — the Generate tasks with AI button hands the goal to ODA, which proposes a breakdown you approve.
Each card shows its completion count and progress bar; the column header sums up focus time and completions for the whole period. Check things off anywhere in Fokus and the objective updates by itself.
As periods roll over
When a week or month ends with an objective unfinished, Fokus can roll it into the new period (with its history preserved, so you can see it took two months — no judgment ⚓). Completed objectives file into the history panel — toggle it with Alt+O. The objective-rollover behavior is configurable in AI Scheduling settings.
Keep the count honest
Two or three objectives per horizon is plenty. If everything is a goal, nothing is — and the progress bars stop meaning anything.
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