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If a goal is too big to start, keep breaking it down until today’s first action is clear.
When should you use it?
“I want to lose weight over the next two months” gives you a goal, but not necessarily something to do today. Even researching how to begin can feel like another barrier.
Break Down Further… lets a coach turn one step into a smaller sub-task. If it still feels too big, split it again. You can choose a different coach at every level.
This example follows the Chinese demonstration from a two-month plan down to “take out the scales and tape measure.”
1. Ask Miss S to plan the weeks
Choose Miss S, explain your situation and goal, and specify the structure:
Make me a two-month plan, broken down by week. Each step should cover one week and say what I will do that week.
The example produces eight weeks, beginning with measuring a baseline and continuing through food, exercise, sleep and review.
Read the result before going deeper. If it does not fit your time or current state, edit the plan first.
2. Break week one into daily tasks
In the step list, long-press “Week 1: Measure a baseline” → Break Down Further….
The input screen carries over the selected step and attaches its parent task.
Keep Miss S selected and change the request to:
One step per day.
Generate the plan. The coach already has the selected step and original plan as context, so you only need to describe how this part should be split.
In the example, Monday begins with measurements and photographs, with food records during the week and a baseline review on Sunday. For me, recording a starting point makes later progress visible and gives me a reason to keep going.
3. Still reluctant? Let Coach W split the first day
Long-press Monday’s step and choose Break Down Further… again. This time, select Coach W, keep the carried-over task text and generate a plan.
The first move is simply to take out two objects. You do not need to tackle the whole goal at once.
Miss S handles the overall structure; Coach W lowers the starting barrier. Each split is another chance to choose the coach that fits.
Let coaches hand work to one another
You could first ask Miss S or the parrot coach to arrange “exercise → cook → sleep,” then split the individual steps with a fitness coach, the cooking coach and Chang’e.
To return to the bigger picture, tap the parent-task arrow at the upper left of a sub-task. You can work back from Monday to week one and then to the two-month plan. Parent tasks also have arrows leading to their sub-tasks.
If working through a plan always feels exhausting, revisit its approach. A smaller first step and a better-fitting plan can make the next attempt easier. Share your coach combinations and suggestions in the comments.