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Guides for starting from done

Every article we publish, in one place. Plain methods, honest research, and one next step in each.

Reverse journaling

The method itself: write the finish first, then work back to today.

• Reverse Journaling

  Reverse Journaling starts with the life you want and works backward to today's action.

  7 min read · reversejournal.com

• 30 Future Self Journal Prompts

  30 future self journal prompts grouped by step: author, picture, obstacle, reverse and evidence.

  6 min read · reversejournal.com

• Letter From Your Future Self: How to Write One That Helps

  A 6-step method, three templates and examples for a letter from your future self.

  7 min read · reversejournal.com

Goal setting methods

Ways to plan a goal that research and practice keep pointing to.

• Reverse Goal Setting: How to Plan Backward From Done

  Reverse goal setting starts at the finished goal and plans backward to today.

  7 min read · reversejournal.com

• The WOOP Method

  Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan: how mental contrasting works, with an example.

  5 min read · reversejournal.com

Manifesting with a plan

Popular manifesting routines, read honestly, with a next step attached.

• How to Manifest Your Dreams (Without Waiting on the Universe)

  Without magical thinking: write the goal as done, name the obstacle, work backward and log proof.

  7 min read · reversejournal.com

• Does Manifestation Work? A Fair Look at the Research

  A fair look at the research on positive fantasy, mental contrasting, if-then plans and the progress principle.

  6 min read · reversejournal.com

• Manifestation Journal

  A manifestation journal records the future you want.

  5 min read · reversejournal.com

• The 369 Method

  The 369 method means writing a goal 3 times in the morning, 6 in the afternoon and 9 at night.

  5 min read · reversejournal.com

• The 55x5 Method

  The 55x5 method means writing one goal statement 55 times a day for 5 days.

  5 min read · reversejournal.com

• Vision Board: How to Make One That Leads to Action

  How to make a vision board, or an AI vision board, that leads to an if-then plan and a next step.

  7 min read · reversejournal.com

Done lists and progress

Keeping proof of what you finished, so progress stays visible.

• The Done List

  A done list records what you finished instead of what is left.

  5 min read · reversejournal.com

Comparisons

How Reverse Journaling sits next to other methods and journal apps.

• Scripting vs Reverse Journaling

  Scripting writes a future as if it already happened. Reverse Journaling adds obstacles, milestones and daily action.

  5 min read · reversejournal.com

• Day One Alternative: How to Move Your Journal to Another App

  How to export from Day One, Journey, Daylio, Diarium and Apple Journal, with a sourced price comparison.

  8 min read · reversejournal.com