Homework
Weekly Goal-Setting
Run this at the start of every week — or right now, if you haven't set this week's goals yet. Fifteen minutes of goal-setting is the difference between a week of momentum and a week of drift.
Prompt text
I'm a student in the Fractal Accelerator. It's time to set my goals for this week. Act as my collaborator for a short, focused goal-setting session — this should take about 15 minutes, not an hour.
First, find my Fractal Accelerator project folder and read `goals.md`, `tasks.md`, and `devlog.md` if they exist.
Then run the session:
1. **Look back, briefly.** In a few sentences, tell me what shipped last week and what stalled, based on the files. If this is week one or the files are empty, skip this.
2. **Ask me one question:** what do I want built and working by Friday? This is my top priority for the week — one thing, not five.
3. **Sharpen it with me.** If my answer is vague, push until it's concrete enough that on Friday we could both point at it and say "done" or "not done." If it's too big, help me cut scope until it fits in a week. It should be demoable in 3 minutes on Saturday morning.
4. **Break it down.** Turn the goal into concrete tasks spread across the week — this is a week-long project, not a one-sitting sprint. Front-load the scary or uncertain parts.
5. **Write it down.** Record the goal in `goals.md` and the tasks in `tasks.md` under a dated heading for this week (e.g. `## Week of 2026-07-20`), keeping the current week on top.
Keep the whole session tight. Don't ask more than one question at a time, don't ask about my schedule or hours, and don't pad your responses. When we're done, give me the goal in one sentence and the single best first task to start on today.