"A goal is a dream with a deadline"
- Napoleon Hill

There's always time to launch your dream

David Heinemeier Hansson from 37 Signals has written a most excellent blog post that I recommend you read.
http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1619-theres-always-time-to-launch-your-dream

How to use Dreamliner

Step 1. Dream List - Know what you want
You start here by adding what you would like to be, do and have (add the cost for it. add a note if you want.) in your life.

Step 2. Actions - Just do it
When you have added enough be, do and have in the Dream List, you add the be, do and have you want to go after into the Actions List in Actions. You choose 6 or 12 months timeline while adding. When done, press Start.

Step 3. Status - Keep up-to-date with your progress
Here you set your Monthly Expences and add your Income (as they come in) and also add your Action Steps (as soon as you know what they are) and set your action steps to Done, when you are. The large circle represents days left. The left small circle represents how much total income you have in relations to what is needed. The right small circle represents how many action steps you have done in relation to the total number of action steps you have entered. By touching the center of each cricle, you get detailed information of each. The flip-icon at the upper right corner is for fliping between 6 or 12 months view (view status for 6 or 12 months timeline).

Step 4. Focus - It's all about motivation
It's importent to stay motivated and that's what Focus is for. Add pictures (1024 px by 1024 px) that relates to your goals, into Focus. Use the view- and zoom-feature to keep focus and stay motivated. Use the iPod feature in iPhone and iPod touch to listen to music that inspires you while viewing the pictures.

Step 5. Make a choice
Read David Heinemeier Hansson's blog post (if you haven't already).

(note: Dreamliner works great on both iPhone OS 2.2.1 and iPhone OS 3.0)

How does Dreamliner work?

Your Status-view shows you time left, what to do and how much money you earn per day (DI) in relation to what you need to earn (TDI). The Dreamliner icon (in the iPhone home screen) shows you how many timelines you have running at the moment, so you get reminded to check your status (next action step, how much time is left, and DI/TDI) every so often. You can do this on paper, but why not use Dreamliner that does the calculations and organisation of dreamlines for you.

Below are more detailed explanation of what each item in Status means and does.

Days
Shows you how many days has passed since you started and how many days is left.
(the large circle)

Money
- Income/Goal: Shows you your accumulated income (total income entered via the Income-button in Status) and how much money is required (Goal Income).
- DI/TDI: Shows you your Daily Income in relations to your Targeted Daily Income.
- Monthly Expenses: By setting your Monthly Expenses in Status, your monthly expenses will be added to your targeted income and targeted daily income (+ adding 30%). So if your monthly expenses is set to 1570, then Dreamliner calculates that as 1570 * 1,3. This will give you 471 extra for savings per month (this after the cost for your dreamline that month + your monthly expenses).
- Extra: Shows you how much extra money you have accumulated. Also, the 30% added to Monthly Expenses for savings, is now showed separately in Extra, inside parentheses and with a plus-sign. This is displayed to the right of Extra (in the Money popup).
(the left small circle)

Steps
Shows you how many Action Steps you have done in relation to how many Action Steps you have entered. So that you both visually and in numbers, can see how you are in relation to Days and Steps.
(the right small circle)

Action Steps
Shows you your list of Actions Steps entered (for 6 months in 6 months-view and 12 months for 12 months view). And also shows you which one is checked to done or not.
(the lower tableview)

Timothy Ferriss

Dreamliner is inspired by the dreamlining chapter in Timothy Ferriss book titled: The 4-Hour Work Week (#1 New York Times & WSJ bestseller). Watch Timothy Ferriss @ TED. Follow Timothy Ferriss on Twitter.

About Me

My name is Carl H. Blomqvist and I'm an independent iPhone developer from Sweden. I hope you find Dreamliner as usefull as I do. You can find me here on Twitter. I've also done Code for iPhone, iPod touch and Mac OS X.