“Three times a week”
never happens without the slot.

Research on implementation intentions shows that naming the specific time — Tuesday morning, not “this week” — makes you 2–3x more likely to follow through. Steadily schedules your goals before the week fills up.

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The named slot changes everything

Peter Gollwitzer’s landmark research shows why specific when-and-where planning dramatically outperforms vague intention.

The Research

In his 1999 meta-analysis of 94 studies, psychologist Peter Gollwitzer found that people who formed specific implementation intentions — “I will do X at Y time in Z location” — were 2 to 3 times more likely to follow through than those who only set goals. The mechanism: the situation itself becomes the trigger. No willpower required. The decision is already made.

Vague intention

“I’ll work out three times a week.”

Every day: Should I go today? Is today a workout day? I’ll do it tomorrow.

Result: It doesn’t happen.

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Named slot

“I work out Tuesday 7am, Thursday evening, Saturday morning.”

Thursday arrives: this is a workout day. The question isn’t “whether” — it’s “6pm or 7pm.”

Result: It usually happens.

The debate changes when the slot is set

With no scheduled slot, missing the workout means nothing happened. With a slot, missing it means rescheduling — not abandoning.

You move pieces around. You don’t just not do it.

When your commitments have real slots, the logic flips. “Thursday isn’t going to work this week” becomes a rescheduling problem, not a permission slip to skip. You decide: Wednesday night instead? Or Saturday morning in addition to the usual one?

The work isn’t negotiable. The timing is. That’s the difference between a minimum commitment you maintain and an aspiration you keep deferring.

A learning goal with specific session dates assigned in Steadily

What would you actually do consistently if it had a real slot?

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How Steadily schedules your minimum commitments

Goals get real dates. Sessions get real slots. Important work stops being “whenever there’s time.”

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Backward scheduling from your deadline

Steadily works backward from your goal date to calculate when each step must start. No guesswork about whether you’re on track — the math is already done.

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Sessions sized for the time you actually have

Tell Steadily how many hours a week you have for this goal. It builds the plan around that reality — not around an optimistic version of your schedule.

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Next step always visible alongside everything else

Your scheduled goal steps live alongside your daily tasks. Sorted by urgency. You don’t have to remember what comes next — it’s right there.

Stop meaning to. Schedule it.

Describe your goal and how much time you have each week. Steadily builds a plan with real dates so the important work has a slot before anything else takes it.

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“Three times a week”never happens without the slot.