Build a routine that repeats
Add repeating blocks to your week, skip or move a single day without breaking the series, and set reminders.
A routine is the shape of your week: the blocks that happen every day, on weekdays, or on the days you choose. GoalZen shows today’s blocks at the top of Today, so the plan is there without rebuilding it each morning.
Add your first block
Open Routine
Choose Routine in the sidebar, under Plan. On a new account you will see Build your routine. Press Use template to start from a ready-made week, or Add your own item.
Describe the block and when it repeats
Write what happens in the block, for example “Deep work” or “Evening walk”. Under Repeats, choose Every day, Weekdays (Mon–Fri) or Selected days and tick the days.
Set a Start time and End time. Starts on and Ends on limit the series to a date range; leave Ends on at No end for a lasting habit.
ScreenshotThe New routine item sheet with Repeats set to Weekdays and a start and end time. Say how fixed it is
Choose Fixed, Flexible or Movable. A movable block offers a one-tap Move to next free slot once its time has passed, so a missed block isn’t lost.
Optionally pick a category, a priority (Essential, Important or Optional) and a Goal the block works towards. Press Add item.
Change one day without breaking the series
Life doesn’t repeat as neatly as a routine. Every block has buttons for one-off changes.
Skip a day
Press Skip on the block. A message confirms Skipped for today with an Undo button. The rest of the series is untouched.
Move a day
Press Reschedule. Only that day’s occurrence moves; the rest of the series keeps its usual day and time. Pick the new Day, Start and End, then press Move. Back to usual time undoes it later.
ScreenshotThe Reschedule window, with the note that only this occurrence moves. Edit one day or all of them
When you edit a repeating block, GoalZen asks which days to change: only that date, that date and later, or all days.
Set reminders
Remind me before a block
In a routine item, choose a Reminder: at the start time, or 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes or an hour before. Routine reminders are shown by the GoalZen browser extension, once a day across your devices, so install the extension to get them.
Reminders for tasks
Tasks have their own Reminder time. To get these even when GoalZen is closed, turn on Task reminders in Settings and allow notifications in your browser. Without it they only appear while a GoalZen tab is open.