11 Best Goals For Life (2022 Updated)

While I like the idea behind the Self Journal and while I believe it has a lot of good parts to it, I don’t think the actual physical product is designed well. These are my specific struggles with the design: * The first several pages are, ultimately, a user guide for how the journal can be used.

These pages take up space, make the journal bigger than it needs to be, and even have incorrect page references included in it. These pages could be removed from the actual journal, placed into an instruction manual that’s included in the boxed packaging, or could even be distributed via email after a purchase has been made.

* While I understand three distinct sections, the three sections being completely separated from one another, rather than integrated, was frustrating. The journal provides one goal sheet towards the beginning of the journal, then three months worth of monthly calendaring, then a section with thirteen individual weekly planning pages, and then a section with daily planners, and then two more goal planning sheets, and then a section for notes/journaling.

It required a lot of flipping back and forth from section to section, reviewing goals located in two different places in the journal, then to the monthly view, then to the weekly view, then to do the daily view, rather than seamlessly integrating each section.

I would have greatly preferred three goal planning sheets at the beginning, then a monthly calendar, followed by one weekly planning page, followed by seven daily planning pages, which is then followed by another weekly planning page, and seven more daily planning pages, and so on through the end of the book.

This would have made it feel more integrated and increased the ease-of-use. * In my opinion, the paper and binding quality of other planners, such as the Ink& Volt Planning Journal, is superior to the paper and ending quality of the Self Journal.

I do think that the real value add to the Self Journal is the thirteen-week goal planning sheets, which is why spreading them out into two different sections, one at the front of the journal and two at the end didn’t make sense to me from a design or ease-of-use perspective.

I also feel the daily reflection is valuable. I have been using the Self Journal for several weeks now mainly because I didn’t think I could honestly evaluate it’s effectiveness or value add to my work-life if I only tried it for a week or two.

It has strengths and, I believe, could be improved significantly. I am not planning to purchase another Self Journal in its current design/format.

I’ve always entertained the idea of starting a “gratitude” journal, or a five minute morning journal, or starting up a morning routine. I’ve never really had a morning routine at all. and well, I think I’ve done just fine so far without one, yet I’ve been hearing how it’s the trend and has been so useful to almost everyone who’s tried it, especially those podcasters like Pat Flynn and what not.

Also, note I’ve never been much of a “written daily planner” person since I always have a knack of keeping things scheduled and organized in my head – and when there is a super important event I usually put it in my phone calendar.

BUT, I have since started a new job with a lot of varied projects and the need to keep things a little organized. I decided one day a couple months ago that purchased this Self journal with the anticipation that I could use it as a morning journal, as an evening journal, and as a way to plan out my day.

I , too, bought into the idea that I would get a huge amount of satisfaction and just more grounding through being able to reflect on my day morning and night, and being able to plan out my schedule and write my biggest goals and targets.

I used it religiously for about a couple of weeks, trying to make an effort to write in it while having breakfast, remembering to bring it with me to bed to write my pieces of gratitude at bedtime, and trying to plan and schedule out my day.

Let me say that, if you were never a person that used a written planner to write out your schedule. this book will certainly NOT convert you into one because you start using it. I found that this book/journal.

while a fantastic idea for some people, is simply just not for me. It’s a bit too restrictive to have the same requirement each day. I feel I never have too much in my days going on to write anything in the scheduling section, and a lot of the tasks that I do are constantly changed and flexible.

so I feel it’s a blank waste of space on some days and can never feel satisfied with how to block and schedule things in. The book left me feeling guilty of having blank and empty sections because I simply don’t have the content to fill in the sections without overly repeating myself when I don’t need to.

What if, on some days, I feel like writing MORE than the three things of gratitude? Or just journaling any sort of thoughts that come into my head regardless of if they relate to gratitude or not? What if on some days, I really have more than just one goal? Or just ONE target? Also, is there not a place to just have a brain dump to just list down and write all of the tasks and things I eventually want to do someday but find it not feasible to just have it scheduled in yet? Unfortunately, after about 3-4 weeks I resorted to just finding a regular BLANK Moleskine notebook, dating the top, and just using it as a freeform notebook.

Write whatever I want and take up however much space I want, and not feel guilty if I leave any sections or spaces blank because I simply do not have the content to fill that day. It’s kind of stupid to have sections of a notebook there when you don’t need to use them.

It’s like scheduling a weekly meeting for the sake of just having a weekly meeting and repeating all the same stuff you’ve done over before in other meetings, instead of scheduling meetings only when it’s necessary to have a meeting, so it doesn’t end up wasting everyone’s time.

If I want to write down gratitude in it, then fine, I will. But unfortunately this SELF journal is just too restricting for my needs and doesn’t really allow me the flexibility to write down what matters most to me.

I love writing, and I agree that putting pen to paper on ideas gives a satisfaction and a “realness” to things as opposed to just using digital or virtual means. BUT I unfortunately found this book just wasn’t for me.

It might work for some people, but I can’t sustain this restriction in the long term.

This journal has changed my life! I am very goal-oriented, but tend to get overwhelmed and frozen in place when accomplishing my more complex goals. This notebook makes it easy for me to prioritize the tactics that are most important and determine when they need to be done.

I have noticed that when I end each night with a plan for the next day and when I use that plan throughout the following day, most, if not all of, my objectives and tasks get completed, or I have a better understanding of why I can’t get them done.

I’ve used this notebook to plan projects at work, lose weight, drink more water, meal prep, and take on household projects. The weekly goal tracking is also big for me! In the beginning I was not hitting any of the weekly goals I set for myself.

Seeing that I wasn’t doing the fundamental steps to accomplish my goals was very eye opening and gave me a sense of accountability and awareness into why I was coming up short day after day, or even year after year.

If completed, these weekly goals would propel my progress tremendously, and seeing that I wasn’t even taking those small steps made it clear why my goals seemed so overwhelming. It all starts making a plan, scheduling the tactics daily and hitting those marks each week.

Paired with my Project Action Pad and Weekly Action Pad, I’m able to break down my complex goals into an achievable process that can easily be transferred to my Self Journal each week and daily.

These goals are made to last. Built very sturdy and this for me warrants the price tag compared relatively to other goals I have had previously.

Well made. Heavy extruded aluminum. Will last a long time. Easy to follow directions.

Great product, well made and very easy to put up and take down, 2 minute job once you know what you’re doing, perfect size for my 7 year old, she loves them

I received my yeti 500X on 8/12/2020, I have used my yeti about 3 or 4 times a week. I read about the charge cycles and then spent time at the Battery University regarding the battery used in the Yeti 500X.

The day I received my Yeti 500X I charged it to 100% just like the instructions indicate. Then after it was charged up I used it until it was at 17%, and then I charged it up to 85 to 87%. I have cycled my Yeti 500X over several hundred times at maximum charge 87% and maximum discharge to 17%.

I also don’t fast charge my Yeti 500X, I use a couple of boulder 100 panels to charge up my Yeti 500X. I know there were some software issues when this unit first came out. I waited a while before I purchased my own Yeti 500X.

I am glad to say my Yeti 500X hasn’t had any issues and has been very reliable. There are a few and I mean very few times when I charged my Yeti 500X to 100% due to some upcoming snow storms here in Montana.

I will say I do wish the price point was lower but having said that I still remember what my dad told me ” you get what you pay for” so I will say due to the excellent customer service I have had, I will say the Yeti 500X is worth the money.

I will also say I first purchased the Yeti 200X to see how it would handle heat and cold and being thrown around in a pickup before buying the 500X. The 200X worked fine for almost 2 years and then one of the USB ports quit working, I was about a month away from the 2 year warranty so I called customer service to report the issue.

I had saved my box and after speaking to customer service I followed the instructions and sent my Yeti 200X back to Goal Zero. Soon thereafter I had a new 200X. This isn’t the first time I experienced great customer service from Goal Zero.

I had to recently contact Goal Zero as a new Yeti 1000X I had purchased from Costco for a really great price, wouldn’t even turn on, battery was wasted or so I thought. The guy at Goal Zero customer service gave me some advise as to how to get this dead Yeti 1000X up and running.

I closely followed his instructions and after a few charge and discharge cycles it is working like it should, and so I wish to say to the people at Goal Zero customer service a big THANK YOU. I am truly pleased with my Yeti 500X.

Keep up the good work Goal Zero. Just my thoughts from the banana belt of central Montana.

There are tons of reviews detailing the pros and cons of this unit. What’s difficult to find is real world data that can let you know if this will take the place of an expensive dual battery system. For me it does.

For my use case, I wanted something to act as a buffer, so that I could power a fridge from my Jeep en route and then seamlessly run off battery without risking the ability to start the vehicle. It’s hard to find in GZ literature whether you can charge and power devices at the same time.

You can. I have this plugged into the inverter outlet in my Gladiator’s bed and the fridge plugged into the GZ. When I’m driving the fridge is powered through the GZ and I don’t have to fiddle with anything when I stop to camp.

I do recommend GZ’s 120W fast charger. Every time I move to another spot the GZ has been fully charged upon arrival. The fast charger takes about 4 hours from dead. Testing at home, I was able to power the fridge for about 48 hours.

In the field, when running solely on battery power my ARB Classic II 63 QT can maintain a sub 32 degree internal temperature in 70-85 degree ambient temperature for about 2 overnights, a solid day and until noon the following day (about 40 hours).

So this is about 2 days. This with opening the full fridge to get drinks, prepare meals, etc. This is without any charging or assistance from a solar panel. I’m looking at solar power systems to extend this, but for my style of overlanding, where I like to explore and move around every few days, this unit has so far been perfect.

I’ve also been able to use it to charge a few lanterns while running the fridge. Obviously, other people’s experiences may differ with other ambient temps and other fridges and additional loads. A Geyser systems shower for example will draw 15% of this units battery to heat fully.

So for 2 showers, and the fridge, expect about 1 day/overnight of power. I hope this provides a baseline of what people can expect.

Purchased this unit on it’s specs stating works with various Solar panels up to 50V. I liked that it stated it has a built in MPPT charge controller and 12V regulator. First unit did not work with my 100 watt, 24V panel and sent it back to GZ.

Input light is on yet no charging. Also would not charge from shore power or altenator if Solar was plugged in. They sent me another unit and same deal. Got the run around from support and now they state only works with GZ solar panels! My GPSolar flexible panel worked fine with Jackery battery and feel the GZ MPPT controller is bad in second unit but GZ not working with me any longer and want to sell me a GZ panel at a 5% discount.

Frustrating. Also, purchased this unit for my camper van but the built in 12V regulator also locks up when running various appliances at once. I cannot run multiple appliances, fan, lights, TV, heater at same time.

Again frustrating. DO NOT PURCHASE A GOAL ZERO for camper van. This thing is only good for charging your phones, speakers, headphones. This is not a solution for Van Power. Wasted my money and now GZ not taking this unit back as I feel I have another lemon or GZ does not perform to specs advertised.

Easy assembly but not quick enough for easy portability (from home to practice/home to games and back, etc. ), thus 4 stars instead of 5. As can be seen in product photos, there are multiple velcro straps that need to be attached to hold netting in place, and that’s after connecting all the frame poles.

Interconnecting metal poles and netting material seem very sturdy, much more so than the pop-up goals we had previously. But the metal poles make the frame a good deal heavier than a pop-up goal. A set of two of these Franklin goals seems like it will make for long-lasting fun in our backyard.

They’re already standing up to the rowdy play of our two young sons ages 7 and 5. But for toting around to parks, pop-ups would work better (our previous pop-ups were easy to transport and set up, but toward end-of-life, balls AND players were literally running through the netting, it had become so flimsy.

). I was hoping for a more portable set to bring to our sons’ practice sessions or for fun outings at our local parks, but our two goals (we purchased two) will remain in the backyard.

I’ve put this up twice. It is very quick and easy to put up. The metal poles are strong and durable and lock solidly into place. My only concern for them will be potential rust. The net, on the other hand, seems very flimsy, like its made of those crunchy noodles at Chinese restaurants, and the velcro tie-downs rip in half easy, I’ve already lost 2.

My recommendation would be to buy another sturdier net with some plastic tie-downs when you purchase this, the poles are great so I still think its worth the price.

Once built this is one of the better portable basketball goals I’ve come across. It is easy to adjust and is extremely solid/sturdy relative to most portable goals. My knocks on it come down to instructions and assembly.

T The instructions are very detailed and a lot of the smaller parts are in bags with helpful letter codes on them, but other parts are just kind of “there” with literally nothing to label them, forcing you to eyeball them/measure them in the case of tubes and bolts.

I found myself having to flip back and forth in the instructions very often, because even though a drawing of a given part is generally provided on the page where it is used, it often looks similar to another part (especially the bolts), so I’d have to go back to compare the relative sizes to be sure I had the right one.

Slight confusion also came from a few small parts not actually matching their illustration. Due to a combination of the above as well as the nature of the design, it is very easy to put parts on wrong and potentially not even know it until much later, if at all.

It’s crucially important to check and re-check your work as you build it, because flaws may not be obvious. Also, the instructions sometimes fail to mention how tight to make the bolts (though generally it’s “only until the nut is flush”, so it’s usually a safe assumption to apply that rule).

Finally, the handle/grip for adjusting the height is incredibly janky. You are given a spring, a small steel plate (which slips into different slots on a tube to select the goal height), a plastic trigger piece, and two plastic halves of the handle itself.

The plate screws into plastic pylons on the trigger (which I believe may be intended to go through the holes in the plate, but are too large to), and then that and the spring have to be placed just right into the handle, which is then screwed together around the adjustment rod/tube.

The problem is so much can go wrong with the alignment here, especially if you don’t tighten the screws down enough. I initially had the screws set too high, and it wasn’t until multiple steps later after it was put together and installed, and I was struggling to make it work properly, that I had to take it apart.

I realized that the screw height was just barely preventing full motion on the trigger, causing the steel plate to jam when trying to alter the height of the goal. It worked great once I figured it out and rebuilt it but the instructions don’t do a good job making this sort of thing clear at all, and I highly question the long term reliability of this component regardless due to the inexplicably cheap parts used.

It’s certainly not up to par with the rest of the product. Last small complaint: Lifetime should pre-drill the holes in the backboard frame for the pads. Drilling through the metal is a needless hassle.

Summary: Awesome basketball goal if and once built properly. It just takes a lot of patience and even more vigilance. They should also revamp the height adjustment handle design. I can tell it will inevitably be the first thing needing repair in the future.

Two month owner review: Realistically takes about an hour. The other two hours are people reading the directions over and over and being nervous about assembly. Recommend a wrench and a ratchet of each size with the lock nuts being tough to fasten.

A nut driver is also advised for the self taping screws that attach the frame to the backboard. I assembled the hoop to the base facing the wrong direction and had to take it apart and reassemble. Overall this is a very nice system.

Backboard has a nice sound to it, the goal is nice, stable on shots. The only issue I have is that with the base filled I can’t move it by myself and I’m 170lbs. We shoot hoops for 30+ minutes daily and after two months I’ve got more than my moneys worth.

Such a nice set, everybody has their own basketball now. I installed the lifetime protector pad and added the LED lighting system for the rim. This is somewhat resolved however the sticker for the height adjustment should be a permanently painted onto the post.

The metal of the post is painted and has a texture to it. Initially, the sticker does not contact the entire surface of the post so every so often I would go out and press down all the edges. It’s secured at this point however a minor annoyance.

Bought this hoop and despite it arriving about 9 days after the date it was supposed to arrive, thus missing my son’s birthday, it’s pretty good quality. Was told the delay was because of an issue with the manufacturer but I was never notified nor was the tracking updated to show the delay.

I had to call after the arrival date passed and I didn’t receive it to inquire what was going on. Set up wasn’t as difficult as I expected. It took me about 6 hours total over two days and I set it up by myself without any issues.

Definitely were a couple steps it would have been easier with a 2nd person though. Labeling of parts, hardware, and bags of parts to use per each step could be a little better. Had one set of washers that were too small but otherwise no other problems.

Quality is not great but pretty good. Maybe it’s expected that a portable hoop would shake a little more than a hoop installed into the ground. Rim also shakes a bit as well but tried and can’t figure out how to tighten it to be a little more firm.

Overall I would recommend this hoop for the price. Maybe my case was an anomaly but might want to be sure and allow extra time in delivery.

Hi there, I hardly ever send feedback like this on products. But this journal is really good. It keeps me accountable, and im sure youve heard that before as a generic comment. I am a creative person, and my own boss.

With a million ideas. And what happens when you have a million ideas, is that you get lost in all of them, ending up doing none of them. Ive tried apps, documents on my computer etc, but this journal has been the most helpful.

We are all different in terms of productivity, and theres no correct answer. But. There is something deeper about the actual written word, pen to paper style. You, or at least I, tend to give each word and sentence a more impactful meaning.

Considering making a video about journalling in general on my YouTube channel (Daniel Bryn). It is about photography, visual content from all over the world, and a vagabond ish lifestyle. I was thinking if you would supply me with products, id mention your brand as well, because it is really good.

In any case, have a good one Daniel Bryn.

I have a family of soccer players and was in the market for a quality soccer goal that wouldn’t break the budget. I’ve owner other Lifetime products (outdoor basketball hoops), so I felt comfortable selecting their goal.

Actually, two of them (to make a full soccer field of course!). Compared to a less expensive goal I bought from Walmart, these are well built. The powder coated poles are strong and sturdy and the nylon net can take a beating.

We don’t adjust the size all that often, but it is a nice feature to have. I will fold them up, however, and store them for the winter. In this case, it’s nice to break it down to where it doesn’t take much space.

I will say these goals won’t last forever as the first one I bought is showing rust and the net has a gap that balls can fly through. But it has taken a beating over several years of being left out in the winter and teenage boys now kicking harder shots.

Overall, I am impressed with the goal and would recommend to anyone.

I bought a set of these for my boys, 6 and 10 who are soccer enthusiasts and they’ve been having a great time with them, inviting friends over for games and the like. They set up quickly out of the box with not a lot of hassle.

I love that I can fold them up for winter storage and they won’t take a lot of room in the garage. I saw that as a more compelling feature than the portability, which we probably won’t take advantage of, though it’s nice to know we can take them somewhere, if need be.

The dimensions are great for backyard games, though we have, so far left them at the largest size. If my 6 y/o brings some some soccer friends, we can make them smaller. Very strong construction, I expect we’ll be using them for years to come.

I purchased two of this goals, and love the expandable height feature. Use these goals every Wednesday and Saturday. The main body of goal is very strong enough, and will not be bend if ball or somebody hit the goal.

This goal is big enough for 7 to 10 players each team, and it’s easy to carry to play ground and set it up, then fold it and ready to go. For review, I want to give a 4. 5 stars because of the small assembling parts.

the pin to hold shape on the goals corner, and the push button could lose couple month later. But the customer service is very nice, they will send you the lost parts you want every time, and goal will restore after you put the new small parts on it.

Well. Now, this is a story all about how My life got flipped-turned upside down And I’d like to take a minute Just sit right there In Western Canada born and raised On the playground was where I spent most of my days Chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin’, all cool And all shootin’ some b-ball outside of the school When a couple of my brothers friends who were up to no good Started making trouble in my neighborhood I got in one little fight and my mom got scared, so she took down my hoop.

Now here we are 35 years later I final have bought my own. Well worth the wait!!! Catches the b ball well, even makes a whoosh sound as one would expect.

The rim is pretty nice and works well with most spalding backboards. I was even able to make it work with an ancient Spalding “Easy Lift” backboard after getting a little creative with my dremel tool.

While I have no complaints with the rim, I am extremely disappointed with the net. It is the flimsiest, lightest-weight net you could possibly provide and it does very little to provide any sort of meaningful “net action” when shooting hoops.

I’d much rather they increased the price another $5 to provide a heavy duty net, or reduce the price some and just not ship the rim with a net.

Thanks to the EXCELLENT customer service at Spalding we were able to get the exact replacement rim for our basketball setup. The customer service rep asked a couple questions and they had the rim delivered right away.

And it was the exact match. The rim was easy to put up. My son and I had it up in about 15 minutes. Thank you Spalding!.

I bought these 6ft. goals for my son in hopes they would improve his game. Not only are they durable and better constructed than I imagined, they came with extra ground pegs and straps! They are the envy of everyone who sees them and at 7lbs packed up in their cute little case, they go with us everywhere! Along with the World Cup Replica soccerball we bought from Soccer.

com, we’ve had pick-up games at the park, outside my office over lunch break, and when visiting Grandma’s house. Again, these are durable, pack and unpack very easily easier than a popup sun shade for your car windshield, and help kids visualize a soccer field in their own yard! Have they improved my son’s game? That is up for debate, but it’s definately boosted his confidence! And having fun playing soccer is more important to me than making goals.

Thanks Soccer. com for providing this great product.

Got some of these from work and they are great. i didnt realize how expensive these are. 120 on amazon but prime shipping gets it next day. here at soccer. com 80. 99 (if goal club 90. 00 without) plus an added 36 dollar Standard 5plus business day shipping cost.

I used to work for a children’s soccer company and we used smaller pop up goals than these and the frame on them were very sturdy. These ones however, are not very sturdy. The plastic doesn’t seem very strong so when they are open, they are very lightweight.

The goals have several positive features. They’re lightweight and easy to move around, but they will stay in place better than pug goals. However, they do tend to pull apart. Especially under heavy use.

I added some self tapping galvanize screws to all of the corners and the connection pieces. This seemed to help hold the goals together much better. Also, by using screws I can still easily pull it apart to replace the net.

I ordered two of these outside goals for my two grandsons to use in their backyards. They arrived on time and though I have not given them yet, I am sure they are just perfect. Price was good and size is fine for beginners to learn soccer skills with.

Love these goals, I have a group of adult males which get together every Sunday to play soccer at the park and had nothing but good comments about them as well. I can guarantee anyone at any age would agree with me.