# Give it your first goal

Canonical: https://godspeedmissioncontrol.com/guide/first-goal

A goal is something you want to reach, in your own words. Godspeed works on it every day from now on.

## Give it a goal

1. In your notebook, click **Goals** in the sidebar, under **Dashboard**.
2. Under **Your first goal**, write your goal into **What do you want to reach?**, for example "Run 10 km without stopping by June".
3. Click **Start**. Godspeed takes your time zone from your browser.

Your goal now shows on the **Goals** page, with what was done for it and how it is going ([Add, follow, change or stop a goal](/guide/goals)). You can also give a goal in the chat: "My goal is to run 10 km without stopping by June."

## What happens next

Your first goal starts Godspeed's daily work, at these times on your own clock:

- **00:15** It researches your goal: who reached it from a start like yours, and chances with a closing date.
- **05:30** It picks up to three pieces of work on your goal for today.
- **08:00** It reminds you of a deadline when one comes close.
- **10:00 and 16:00** It does that work, and tells you when something is ready to read.
- **Sundays at 18:00** A short check-in with you about your goal, prepared the day before.

On a server, its results come to you in Telegram. On your own computer, open **Notes** in the notebook and look in the folder **From your routines**.

It asks you before anything that costs money or reaches another person. With an API key, this daily work uses your AI account every day; what it costs depends on the model you chose. [How the daily work runs](/guide/daily-work) explains it all.

## See it working

Open **Settings** and scroll to **Routines**. Each job your goal started has a row with its next run. After a run, the row says when it last ran and whether it worked.

![The routines in Settings, each with its time, its next run and a Pause button](/guide-images/routines.png)

## Next

You are set up. Two good next steps:

- [Tell it about yourself](/guide/tell-it-about-you), a five-minute chat, so its work fits you.
- [Track your weight, or anything else](/guide/trackers) with one message.