Goals and Wishlist

Purpose

Goals and Wishlist do different jobs. Goals tell Brik what should shape your active direction. Wishlist gives important but non-urgent ideas a safe place to live without competing for today's bandwidth.

When to use it

Use this page when:

• you are unsure whether something belongs in active work or parked ideas
• you want Brik to optimize toward a bigger outcome
• you need to get an idea out of your head without turning it into pressure

Step-by-step flow

1. Open Goals when you want to name a direction Brik should care about over time.
2. Add a goal using a short summary of the outcome you want.
3. Open Wishlist for ideas, experiments, or ambitions that matter but should not enter the main queue yet.
4. When a wishful idea becomes real work, choose:
   • Move to inbox if Brik should reconsider it with the rest of your captured work
   • Make it next if you already know it deserves immediate attention
5. Delete wishlist items only when you are sure they no longer deserve space.

What Brik is doing in the background

Brik uses Goals as directional signal when it evaluates what should matter more in the queue. Wishlist items stay out of the active sequence until you explicitly promote them, which protects your day from turning every interesting idea into immediate pressure.

Common gotchas and reassurance

• A goal is not the same thing as a task. A goal is a direction. A task is a step.
• Wishlist is not a graveyard. It is a pressure-release valve.
• If you keep forcing wishful ideas directly into Today, the queue can start feeling noisy again.
• If an item matters now but still feels fuzzy, promote it to inbox instead of next.