diff --git a/src/components/MultilineTextField.tsx b/src/components/MultilineTextField.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad88513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/MultilineTextField.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import styles from "./TextField.module.css";
+
+export function MultilineTextField({
+  value = "",
+  setValue,
+  placeholder,
+  className,
+  id,
+  ariaLabel,
+  invalid = false,
+  minRows = 3,
+}: {
+  value: string;
+  setValue: (value: string) => void;
+  placeholder?: string;
+  className?: string;
+  id?: string;
+  ariaLabel?: string;
+  invalid?: boolean;
+  minRows?: number;
+}) {
+  const [readOnly, setReadOnly] = useState(true);
+  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState(value);
+  const textareaRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setInputValue(value);
+  }, [value]);
+
+  // Auto-grow logic
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const el = textareaRef.current;
+    if (!el) return;
+
+    el.style.height = "auto";
+    el.style.height = `${el.scrollHeight}px`;
+  }, [inputValue]);
+
+  const onCommit = () => {
+    setReadOnly(true);
+    setValue(inputValue);
+  };
+
+  const onKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
+    if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      (e.target as HTMLTextAreaElement).blur();
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <textarea
+      ref={textareaRef}
+      rows={minRows}
+      placeholder={placeholder}
+      value={inputValue}
+      onChange={(e) => setInputValue(e.target.value)}
+      onFocus={() => setReadOnly(false)}
+      onBlur={onCommit}
+      onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
+      readOnly={readOnly}
+      id={id}
+      aria-label={ariaLabel}
+      className={`
+        ${readOnly ? "drag" : "nodrag"}
+        flex-1
+        ${styles.textField}
+        ${styles.multiline}
+        ${invalid ? styles.invalid : ""}
+        ${className ?? ""}
+      `}
+    />
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/TextField.module.css b/src/components/TextField.module.css
index 1f40d85..308ec43 100644
--- a/src/components/TextField.module.css
+++ b/src/components/TextField.module.css
@@ -27,3 +27,13 @@
 .text-field:read-only:hover:not(.invalid) {
   border-color: color-mix(in srgb, canvas, #777 10%);
 }
+
+.multiline {
+  resize: none;          /* no manual resizing */
+  line-height: 1.4;
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  overflow: hidden;      /* needed for auto-grow */
+  max-width: 100%;
+  width: 95%;
+  min-width: 95%;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.default.ts b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.default.ts
index 88e4951..76dc3d1 100644
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.default.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { GoalNodeData } from "./GoalNode";
  */
 export const GoalNodeDefaults: GoalNodeData = {
   label: "Goal Node",
+  name: "",
   droppable: true,
   description: "",
   achieved: false,
diff --git a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.tsx b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.tsx
index 42f9bde..1ab883f 100644
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.tsx
@@ -10,18 +10,20 @@ import { TextField } from '../../../../components/TextField';
 import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
 import { DoesPlanIterate, PlanReduce, type Plan } from '../components/Plan';
 import PlanEditorDialog from '../components/PlanEditor';
+import { MultilineTextField } from '../../../../components/MultilineTextField';
 
 /**
  * The default data dot a phase node
  * @param label: the label of this phase
  * @param droppable: whether this node is droppable from the drop bar (initialized as true)
- * @param desciption: description of the goal
+ * @param desciption: description of the goal - this will be checked for completion
  * @param hasReduce: whether this node has reducing functionality (true by default)
  * @param can_fail: whether this plan should be checked- this plan could possible fail
  * @param plan: The (possible) attached plan to this goal
  */
 export type GoalNodeData = {
   label: string;
+  name: string;
   description: string;
   droppable: boolean;
   achieved: boolean;
@@ -49,6 +51,10 @@ export default function GoalNode({id, data}: NodeProps<GoalNode>) {
     updateNodeData(id, {...data, description: value});
   }
 
+  const setName= (value: string) => {
+    updateNodeData(id, {...data, name: value})
+  }
+
   const setFailable = (value: boolean) => {
     updateNodeData(id, {...data, can_fail: value});
   }
@@ -60,18 +66,29 @@ export default function GoalNode({id, data}: NodeProps<GoalNode>) {
         <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>Goal:</label>
         <TextField
           id={text_input_id}
-          value={data.description}
-          setValue={(val) => setDescription(val)}
+          value={data.name}
+          setValue={(val) => setName(val)}
           placeholder={"To ..."}
         />
-        
       </div>
+      
+      {data.can_fail && (<div>
+        <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>Description/ Condition of goal:</label>
+        <div className={"flex-wrap"}>
+          <MultilineTextField
+            id={text_input_id}
+            value={data.description}
+            setValue={setDescription}
+            placeholder={"Describe the condition of this goal..."}
+          />
+        </div>
+      </div>)}
       <div>
         <label> {!data.plan ? "No plan set to execute while goal is not reached. 🔴" : "Will follow plan '" + data.plan.name + "' until all steps complete. 🟢"} </label>
       </div>
       {data.plan && (<div className={"flex-row gap-md align-center " + (planIterate ? "" : styles.planNoIterate)}>
         {planIterate ? "" : <s></s>}
-        <label htmlFor={checkbox_id}>{!planIterate ? "This plan always succeeds!" : ("We " + (data.can_fail ? "will " : "wont ") + "check if this plan fails")}:</label>
+        <label htmlFor={checkbox_id}>{!planIterate ? "This plan always succeeds!" : "Check if this plan fails"}:</label>
         <input
           id={checkbox_id}
           type={"checkbox"}
@@ -91,7 +108,7 @@ export default function GoalNode({id, data}: NodeProps<GoalNode>) {
                       plan,
                     });
                   }} 
-                  description={data.description}
+                  description={data.name}
         />
       </div>
       <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="GoalSource"/>
@@ -109,7 +126,8 @@ export function GoalReduce(node: Node, _nodes: Node[]) {
   const data = node.data as GoalNodeData;
     return {  
       id: node.id,
-      name: data.description,
+      name: data.label,
+      description: data.description,
       can_fail: data.can_fail,  
       plan: data.plan ? PlanReduce(data.plan) : "",
     }