Goals & Streaks
Set daily and weekly hour targets, build productive streaks, and visualize your progress over time.
Overview
Goals and streaks help you build consistent work habits by setting hour targets and tracking consecutive productive days. Together, they turn time tracking into a feedback loop for productivity.
- Goals define how many hours you want to work per day or week
- Streaks count consecutive days you meet your daily target
- Dashboard widgets show real-time progress and historical trends
Goals and streaks require the Pro plan (€7/mo) or higher. See Subscription & Billing for plan details. Goals are personal productivity targets, not billing requirements.
Setting Up Goals
Configure your targets in Settings under the Goals section. Enter hours as decimal values (e.g., 6.5 for six and a half hours).
Open Settings and find the Goals section
Set your daily hour target (recommended: 5-7 hours of focused work)
Set your weekly hour target (tip: slightly below daily x 5 for buffer)
Save - progress indicators appear on your dashboard immediately
Daily and weekly targets work independently. You can set one without the other, or use both together.
Daily vs Weekly Goals
Both goal types serve different purposes and complement each other well.
| Daily Goal | Weekly Goal | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Encourages daily consistency | Accounts for natural day-to-day variation |
| Display | Progress ring/bar on dashboard | Cumulative tracker for the current week |
| Resets | Every day | On your configured start-of-week day (default: Monday) |
| Best for | Building daily habits | Overall workload awareness |
| Streak impact | Drives the streak counter | No direct streak impact |
How Streaks Work
A streak counts consecutive days you meet your daily hour target. Miss a day and it resets to zero.
- Calculated based on your configured timezone
- Weekends and non-working days can be excluded from streak calculations
- Dashboard shows current streak and your all-time longest streak
- Streak tracking can be paused during vacations to protect your progress
Research shows that tracking streaks is one of the most effective motivational tools for habit formation.
Goal Features
Goals integrate throughout Nareli to keep your targets visible without being intrusive.
- Real-time progress ring on the dashboard that updates as you log time
- Seven-day weekly view highlighting which days you hit your target
- Historical goal hit rate as a percentage with trend arrows
- Average daily hours over the past week and month
- System notifications when you reach your daily target
- Day view progress indicator on the time entries page
Tips for Success
Start modest and increase gradually. A 30-day streak at 5 hours beats a perpetually broken streak at 8 hours.
- Track time as you work for real-time feedback, not at end of day
- Use the weekly target as primary accountability, daily as a guide
- Review streak history monthly to spot patterns in productive vs light days
- Adjust targets based on data rather than aspiration
Consistency beats intensity. Five focused hours every day is more valuable than alternating 10-hour sprints and zero-hour crashes.
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