Set goals as a family. Show up for each other, every month.
Become is where your family sets real goals across different areas of life, checks in once a month in under 2 minutes, and actually sees each other trying.
Maya
Basketball after school
A year of showing up, one month at a time.
Most goals die quietly.
A resolution in a notebook, a streak app nobody else sees, a promise made alone at midnight on December 31st. These fizzle out for the same reason: no one else knows they exist, so no one notices when they slip. Solo goals are easy to let go of.
Sharing a goal changes the odds. In the Dominican University study on goal accountability, people who sent someone a weekly update on their goal were far more likely to follow through than people who kept it to themselves.
76%
hit their goal or got at least halfway there, after sending weekly updates to someone else
43%
said the same when they kept the goal to themselves
How it works
Name the behavior, not just the outcome
Instead of “read more,” commit to something you can actually do: read for 20 minutes every night after the kids are in bed. Small, repeatable, and easy to know whether you did it.
Check in once a month, in under 2 minutes
Tap a status for each goal: moving forward, slower than planned, paused, or completed. Add a quick note if you want to. That's it.
Your family sees it, every month
No comment required, no grade given. Just your status, visible to the people who matter most - and that alone changes the odds.
Six areas of life, one goal at a time
Every family is different. Pick what applies this year, and leave the rest for next year.
Physical
Taking care of your body.
For example
“Run 3 mornings per week before the kids wake up.”
Intellectual
Learning and growing your mind.
For example
“Read for 20 minutes every evening after the kids are in bed.”
Spiritual
Strengthening your relationship with God.
For example
“Read one chapter of scripture every morning before I check my phone.”
Social
Loving the people around you.
For example
“Have a one-on-one conversation with each of my kids for at least 10 minutes every week.”
Emotional
Knowing and tending to how you feel.
For example
“Name one feeling out loud at dinner, even if it's small.”
Financial
Being thoughtful with your resources.
For example
“Transfer $50 into savings every payday before spending anything else.”
Your family sees it. That's what makes it work.
No ranking, no red for a hard month, just where everyone stands.
Mom
Walking most nights
Moving forwardEmergency fund
Completed
Dad
Back to daily scripture
Slower than I'd likeKept private
Paused - needs a reset
Maya
Sitting with someone new at lunch
Moving forwardBasketball after school
Paused - needs a reset
Every goal can be made private, too. When it is, your family still sees the category and this month's status, just not the details underneath.
Why this works
Become is built on two ideas that hold up: goals framed as regular behaviors work better than goals framed only as outcomes, and visibility, just knowing your family can see where you stand, beats pressure or guilt every time. So there are no streaks to break, no scores to fall behind on, and no red for a month that didn't go as planned. Just a quiet, steady record of a family trying, together.