MY ONE-GOAL AI PLAN
A free worksheet from Mariah Brunner, learnaiwithmariah.com/guides/one-goal-ai-plan-worksheet/
Print it or paste it into a note. Fill in every blank. Keep it to one page.

Started on: ____________________


STEP 1. PICK ONE GOAL
Not three. One. Circle the closest, or write your own.

  [ ] Get promoted
  [ ] Grow my side hustle
  [ ] Get 10 hours a week back for my family
  [ ] My own: ________________________________

Now make it specific. Fill in the sentence:

  By ______________ (date), I will ______________________________
  (a result I can count), so that _________________________________.

A few examples
  - By June 30, I'll be promoted to senior account manager, so I earn more and lead my own accounts.
  - By March 31, my side hustle will make $2,000 a month, so I can stop picking up extra shifts.
  - By the end of January, I'll be offline by 5:30 four nights a week, so I'm home for dinner.

The number I'll track every week: ______________________
Where it is today: ____________


STEP 2. WHERE DOES MY TIME GO?
List the tasks you do every week for this goal (or the busywork stealing time from it).

  Task                                   Hours a week    Do I dread it? (Y/N)
  1. ___________________________________   _______         ___
  2. ___________________________________   _______         ___
  3. ___________________________________   _______         ___
  4. ___________________________________   _______         ___
  5. ___________________________________   _______         ___

Pick ONE task. The best first pick happens every week, takes at least an hour,
and is easy for you to check.

  The one task AI will help with: _________________________________
  What AI will do: draft / research / summarize / organize / other: ___________
  What I still do myself: _________________________________________


STEP 3. PICK ONE TOOL AND GO DEEP
Circle one. Use only this tool for the next 30 days.

  [ ] Claude      [ ] ChatGPT      [ ] Avori (invite-only, waitlist at getavori.com)
  [ ] The one I already use: ______________________

Why this one (one line): _______________________________________

Set it up once:
  [ ] Make one Project for this goal
  [ ] Paste a short "about me + this goal" note into its instructions
  [ ] Add the files it needs (examples of good work, my notes)


STEP 4. MY 30-DAY PLAN
Small and doable. 20 to 30 minutes a session is plenty.

  Week 1 (dates ________): Do the one task with AI 3 times. Save the prompt that worked best.
     My plan: ____________________________________________________
  Week 2 (dates ________): Use AI every time this task comes up. Note what I keep correcting.
     My plan: ____________________________________________________
  Week 3 (dates ________): Fix the corrections. Put them in my Project instructions or my prompt.
     My plan: ____________________________________________________
  Week 4 (dates ________): Check my number. Keep it, change it, or swap to a new task.
     My plan: ____________________________________________________


STEP 5. ADD THINGS ONLY WITH A REASON
Before adding anything, it has to match one of these:

  I keep typing the same instructions      ->  a SKILL might help
     (saved instructions AI uses whenever this task comes up)
  I have an ongoing job for AI             ->  an AGENT might help
     (AI with the right context and tools that keeps handling one job)
  I need it done on a schedule             ->  a SCHEDULED TASK (routine) might help
     (a prompt that runs by itself hourly, daily or weekly)

  Things I added, and the reason:
  Date ________  Added ____________________  Reason __________________
  Date ________  Added ____________________  Reason __________________

  Things I'm skipping for now (no reason yet):
  ________________________________________________________________


STEP 6. WEEKLY CHECK-IN (every Friday, 5 minutes)
One question: IS THIS HELPING ME TOWARD MY GOAL?
If not, skip it for now.

  Week   My number   Helping? (Y/N)   Keep / Change / Skip
  1      ________    ___              ____________________
  2      ________    ___              ____________________
  3      ________    ___              ____________________
  4      ________    ___              ____________________

You are not behind. Nobody knows everything about AI yet.
Pick the goal, do the next small step, and check in on Friday.