I (Jake Lyons, founder of PactPodz) have tried just about everything the modern world has to offer in terms of methods to keep on track with my goals and aspirations. 

Productivity coaches were great in theory but charged hundreds or even thousands of dollars per month and offered little besides weekly 15 minute check-ins and some esoteric sense of “if you pay lots of money for it, maybe you’ll care more.” 

Body doubling services can create a manufactured sense of social connection but ultimately fall short of establishing real community or fostering any reason to care about these random people on the screen. 

AI centered chatbots may know everything there is to know about what you need to do and how you can go about doing it, but as humans we know it’s not the same coming from that kind of source. 

Punishment-based “do the task or you owe us money” services can work well, but A. are easy to get out of if you really try, B. fail to reinforce the intrinsic motivation of why you wanted to do this thing in the first place. 

Calendars, task lists, planners, reminders, organizers, supplements, medications, self-help and wellness content.. All great and important tools, but they will only take you as far as your consistency and drive are willing to let you go. 

The downside that all of these have in common is that they are “lone wolf” tools. 

People need each other more now than ever.

For 99% of human history, we have been a social species. The thought of not truly interacting with other people on a daily basis was nearly impossible. We had co-workers in physical spaces. We had classmates in physical classrooms. We had routines where we saw and interacted with people on a daily basis. 

Obviously these things all still exist, but we all know it’s just different now. We are more isolated than ever. We don’t have the same kind of opportunities to bounce ideas off of other people, or to share our hopes and dreams with like-minded individuals who also have things to accomplish.

We are social creatures. We thrive on communication and accountability. PactPodz aims to recapture that via daily, hyper-intentional meetings between small, rotating groups of people who want to accomplish something. 

Who is this for?

Anyone with a goal in mind and who is ready to make a real commitment to themselves and to the other members of their pod to show up as their truest selves and to not shy away from their biggest dreams. 

Anyone who has had the experience of having a great idea and not following through on it. Or of wanting to better themselves in some way but feeling like they lack the confidence, motivation, drive, or consistency necessary to see it through. 

Anyone looking for a tight-knit community of like-minded, goal-oriented, and supportive people.