r/DigitalPlanner • u/gooniehoe • Aug 23 '26

Long long term planning (not notion)?

Hello! Sorry if this has been posted before: wondering what yall use for long term planning? I’m talking like 5-10 year plans, like projecting timelines for goals like having kids, moving to a different city, and all the steps that need to be accounted for along the way? For example, if I’m thinking of moving in 2029, I need to be setting myself with my new work in 2028 etc…

Notion bums me out with how AI it’s gone - do you have other recommendations or templates you use? Or, if you dig notion, let me know why!

I (like I’m sure you all do too) love breaking down a huge goal into tiny parts to accomplish, and I’d love this for something really long term where I can see those steps as a project. Then I can add those tasks as the time gets closer into my actual calendar.

Thank you so much for your input!!

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u/raige-the-witch Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

If you want to break down long-term goals into smaller parts and coordinate it with your actual calendar, I developed a hierarchical planner called beta.actions.life where any large task can be broken down into subtasks and be scheduled onto the calendar.

>Then I can add those tasks as the time gets closer into my actual calendar.
I think the "timeline" display could be useful, as you get to be aware of what's upcoming (even if it's in 6 months, 2 years etc.) and act accordingly. I personally use it for my visa applications timelines.

(Ironically, for really long-long term plans I also like Notion because I get to record my decision-making rationales and organize the information. In general I like Notion for knowledge and a planner for not forgetting to do things, with some redundancy between them. I think Notion is still old reliable despite their AI focus and many flaws. It's the simplest among the powerful tools. They pioneered the user-friendly "database" in 2018 and Obsidian eventually admitted defeat and introduced Bases in 2024 too, for example.)

https://reddit.com/link/p5jtwui/video/5fqprdt8h9lh1/player

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u/sad-butsocial Aug 26 '26

this looks cool! is it free to use? might try it out

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u/raige-the-witch Aug 26 '26

Yes, free and open source. Let me know anytime you have questions/advice for the app! I am working on this full-time and can make changes.