This page explains how to achieve objectives that are defined by numbers.

Between Start and Goal: The target line

We like to make fast decisions, act immediately and directly see the result. Unfortunately it is not always that easy.
One example for a common peronal goal is to lose weight. That is a process that might take weeks, months or years. And that is o.k., because reducing weight too fast often causes damage on your health or makes you gain even more weight after you stopped your diet. But someone who is loing weight too slowly doesn't see any effects and might give up soon without having reached his aim too.

What we need is a constant improvement that is observable, adjustable and effective.
And it helps to visualize the development, to see whether you are within the wanted range or not.

meineZIELE provides a special graphic chart for this issue: the so-called "target line".

 

Reducing weight

The example on the right shows that someone is trying to lose 25 lbs in 5 months.

The weight at the beginning is 225 pounds on the 1st of January 2014. The aim is to have only 200 pounds at the 1. of June 2014.

The diagonal shows the average weight on this way.

The black line shows the real weight, which is entered by the person every day.

Green means that the weight is even lower than needed.

To see the pounds shrinking can be really motivating. And keeping the motivation up is very important when you are trying to lose weight!

 

Reducing weight is just an example. The target line can be used for all kind of issues.

 

How it is done:

Open the line menu by right-clicking on the chosen line. Chose "Create target line"

 

 

This is how the window for the target line looks like:

 

To change the dates and figures click on the button for settings (screw wrench) .

 

Now you can enter the values for start and target and change the dates. When you are using the target line for reducing weight, you enter the current date as the "start date" and your current weight in the field "start value".

The "target value" must contain the weight you want to have reached on the "finish date".

Entering values

Click on on the screw wrench button    again to save the chosen settings.
Now you can start entering current values.

When you are moving the courser over the field a navigation is showing date and weight.
Enter the current weight every day by clicking at the appropriate position.

 

How to delete or change entered numbers

To delete or change an entered number change to the view of "1-click-filing"  .
Select a line by clicking on it. Use the delete button for deleting the selected line.
With this button you open the field in which the line can be changed manually.

 

Setting colors above and below the target line

This is done in the window "Settings target line" that opens when you click on .
When you are trying to lose weight you might chose red for the area above the target line and green for the area below. The aim is to stay in the green area.

Click here to change the color above the target line: 

Click here to change the color below the target line: 

 

The balance curve

When you are trying to keep something balanced and you want to avoid extremes the balance curve might be an useful instrument for you. To start it, click on   .

A horizontal line is shown. Define the extremes above and below it. Use    to visualize what is close to the curve and goes to the extremes.

As there is no defined ending after a while the curve is "moving" out of sight. You can move the time window by using   and entering the start and ending dates of the time period you want to be shown. You also find the entered figures saved in the 1-click-filing ( ). 

How to delete old figures of the balance curve

1. You can delete old entries one by one in the 1-click-filing  .

2. To delete all entered figures at once (including the current ones) click on  .

3. By clicking on     you can remove all entries that are older than 10 days before the ones currently shown in the time window.

 

Ticking off

Another useful function is "ticking off". It is made for countable aims like "writing 20 emails" or "call 10 clients today" . It can be really motivation to see what is already done.

How to do it

Open the target line and click on this button:  .
Define your settings by clicking on  :

 

 

If you don't choose another icon, this one will show what is still to be done. To change it, click on it, so the icon store will be shown. Click on the icon you want to use and pull it on the icon you want to exchange. Do it the same way with the icon that show that it is already done .

When you finished the settings, save them with  .

For ticking of the icons for the activities you have already done, just click in the field:

-  left click: ticking off

-  right click: remove the ticking off sign.

Use    for deleting all entries.

When you set a time period for more than one day the red background shows you the recess compared to the average that has to be done yet.  The green background shows that  you have winning margin:

 

 

 

 

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