My Favorite Goal-Setting Exercise

Getting your life together in 15 minutes

Download a free PDF of the Passion Roadmap here.

Almost a decade ago, 23-year-old Angelia Trinidad launched the Passion Planner — a weekly planner designed to help you get your life together and achieve your goals. I remember buying the Passion Planner that very first year it launched, and I’ve been a proud member of the #pashfam ever since.

The planner starts with a 15-minute goal-setting exercise called the Passion Roadmap. To this day, years after I’ve stopped using the planner itself, the Passion Roadmap is still my go-to exercise for goal setting. Every time I feel the need to hit reset, to manage my anxiety, to reassess my life and my goals, I print out this exercise sheet and go through it with a nice cup of tea and some background music.

You can get the Passion Planner as a physical book or as a digital planner. They have a Buy One Give One model, so for every planner you buy, one is donated for free to someone in need. However, all planners are also available as a free download on their website.

Your wishlist

The first step towards your passion roadmap is creating your wishlist. In this exercise, you are given five minutes and a piece of paper that’s divided into four quadrants: 3 months, 1 year, 3 years, and lifetime.