Short answer
Yes, you can use I Remember When while you have more than one goal, but you usually get a cleaner practice by giving each goal its own context. I Remember When is a method for imagine looking back on a current difficulty from a later perspective in which circumstances or your response have changed. It does not become more effective simply because several outcomes are packed into the same session.
Why several goals can become messy
The practical problem is not that goals “cancel” one another. It is that using the exercise to dismiss current evidence or postponing action until you feel certain becomes harder to notice when a session carries too many jobs. If you are thinking about moving past a difficult job search and rebuilding confidence after a setback, ask whether the same cue and the same next action genuinely serve both.
Useful companion tool
Pair the selected goal with one future-perspective note plus a current action. That gives the session a concrete exit point and prevents the second goal from being added just because the first one still feels uncertain.
A better way to split the goals
For I Remember When, a proportionate split is to use separate brief scenes because each goal has different facts, timelines and next actions; do not collapse them into one vague “everything worked out” story. This keeps the method attached to a specific situation instead of making it an all-purpose ritual. The distinction also gives you clearer feedback about what changed.
Choose a lead goal for the session
Before starting, name the one goal that matters in this particular use of I Remember When. The other goal can wait for its own context, or it can be handled through ordinary planning. A lead goal reduces switching and makes whether fixation reduces and present-day options become easier to see easier to evaluate.
Do not multiply the workload
Avoid merging several future stories into one vague “everything is fixed now” scene. I Remember When works more cleanly when the later perspective refers to one present difficulty at a time. The other goal can have its own reflection, with its own facts and current action.
Use different evidence for different goals
The evidence for progress on moving past a difficult job search may be completely different from the evidence for progress on rebuilding confidence after a setback. Track the relevant behaviour, information or milestone for each one. Do not use a mood shift in I Remember When as proof that both outside outcomes are moving.
A two-goal experiment
For one week, use I Remember When only when its context clearly matches one of the goals. Write a one-line label before the session, then record whether fixation reduces and present-day options become easier to see afterwards. At the end of the week, compare which uses produced clearer action and which merely added ritual.
When one goal should leave the method
If one goal repeatedly creates using the exercise to dismiss current evidence or postponing action until you feel certain, move that goal out of I Remember When and into a practical plan, conversation or professional resource. You do not need to keep every objective inside a manifestation technique just because you started there.
Boundary
Using I Remember When for several goals still does not create authority over another person, a market, chance, health facts or timing. The method may shape your own attention or behaviour; each external goal remains subject to its real-world conditions.
Work the goals on different clocks
Not every goal needs attention at the same frequency. With I Remember When, ask when each goal actually gives you something to do. For moving past a difficult job search and rebuilding confidence after a setback, one may need action today while the other only needs a weekly review. Let the real timetable decide when the technique appears instead of maintaining both goals every day for symmetry.
A simple decision rule
Keep a goal inside I Remember When only when the session improves whether fixation reduces and present-day options become easier to see. If it mainly produces using the exercise to dismiss current evidence or postponing action until you feel certain, remove that goal from the technique for a week and handle it through the relevant plan, conversation or task. You can still care about the goal without rehearsing it.
Bottom line
Use I Remember When for more than one goal only by keeping the goals distinct. One session, one purpose, one relevant next step. For moving past a difficult job search and rebuilding confidence after a setback, separate contexts are usually more useful than a bigger ritual.