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Daily Quests
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✦ The Quest System
✦ The Quest System
Natural language input: Type tasks like "leg day tomorrow @5pm" or "meeting next monday".
Priority levels: Use words like "urgent", "asap" for HIGH, or "soon" for MEDIUM priority.
Guide Me: Focus on your 3 most important quests for today.
Priority levels: Use words like "urgent", "asap" for HIGH, or "soon" for MEDIUM priority.
Guide Me: Focus on your 3 most important quests for today.
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✦ Smart Input
✦ Smart Input
Dates: "tomorrow", "next monday", "in 3 days"
Times: "@5pm", "at 3:30pm", "@noon"
Priority: "urgent", "asap" → HIGH, "soon" → MEDIUM
Times: "@5pm", "at 3:30pm", "@noon"
Priority: "urgent", "asap" → HIGH, "soon" → MEDIUM
Sacred Shrine
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✦ Your Sacred Space
✦ Your Sacred Space
Your shrine heals with kintsugi gold as you complete quests and log habits.
Stages: Progress through 5 stages of repair
Spirits: Friendly ghosts appear as companions on your journey
Even if you falter, the shrine waits for you...
Stages: Progress through 5 stages of repair
Spirits: Friendly ghosts appear as companions on your journey
Even if you falter, the shrine waits for you...
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✦ The Art of Mending
You mend each day by completing at least one habit, and your streak grows when you mend on consecutive days. Missing a day doesn't erase your progress, it just starts a new chapter.
The science: Streak-based systems leverage loss aversion — Kahneman & Tversky's research shows we're roughly twice as motivated to avoid losing progress as we are to gain new rewards.
Consecutive-day tracking also builds automaticity. Research at UCL found that daily repetition at a consistent cue forms habits faster than irregular practice.
Sources: Kahneman & Tversky — Prospect Theory, Lally et al. (2010) — Habit Formation, Duckworth — Grit
Weekly Goals
Why Set Weekly Goals?
Goal-setting theory by Locke & Latham, validated across 1,000+ studies, shows that specific, measurable goals lead to 90% better performance than vague intentions like "do your best."
Weekly time horizons are ideal: short enough to feel urgent and actionable, but long enough to recover from an off day. Research shows weekly planning reduces decision fatigue throughout the week.
Tracking completion rates creates a feedback loop that recalibrates expectations — helping you set increasingly realistic and achievable goals over time.
Sources: Locke & Latham (2002) — Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting, Gollwitzer (1999) — Implementation Intentions
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Week's Mood
Why Track Your Mood?
Affect labeling — research from UCLA shows that simply naming your emotions reduces amygdala reactivity, helping you process difficult feelings more effectively.
Regular mood tracking increases emotional intelligence. Studies show that people who monitor their emotions make better decisions and regulate stress more effectively.
Mood patterns often correlate with sleep, exercise, and social activity — making tracking essential for identifying what supports your wellbeing.
Sources: Lieberman et al. (2007) — Putting Feelings into Words, Tugade & Fredrickson's Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions
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Activity Overview
Why Track Activity?
The measurement effect: A meta-analysis across 138 studies found that monitoring progress toward goals significantly increases the probability of achieving them.
Visual feedback like activity grids creates positive reinforcement loops. Research in behavioral psychology shows that seeing tangible progress sustains motivation far more effectively than abstract goals.
Seeing patterns in your activity helps identify your most productive days and routines, letting you optimize based on real data rather than guesswork.
Sources: Harkin et al. (2016) — Does Monitoring Goal Progress Promote Goal Attainment?, Amabile & Kramer — The Progress Principle
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Focus Summary
Why Track Deep Work?
Cal Newport's Deep Work research shows that the ability to focus without distraction is becoming increasingly rare — and increasingly valuable. Tracking focus time builds awareness of this critical skill.
Studies show that most people only achieve 2-4 hours of deep focus per day. Knowing your actual number helps set realistic expectations and improve incrementally.
Research by Csikszentmihalyi on flow states shows that tracking and extending focused sessions leads to greater satisfaction, creativity, and skill development.
Sources: Newport — Deep Work (2016), Csikszentmihalyi — Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mark et al. (2008) — The Cost of Interrupted Work
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Habit Consistency
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Why Does Consistency Matter?
Automaticity research from University College London found that consistent repetition is the primary driver of habit formation. Habits performed at the same time and context formed significantly faster.
The compound effect: Small, consistent actions compound over time. A daily 1% improvement leads to a 37x improvement over a year — a mathematical principle widely applied in behavioral science.
Missing one day has minimal impact on long-term habit formation, but missing two consecutive days significantly reduces success rates — making consistency tracking a powerful safeguard.
Sources: Lally et al. (2010) — How Are Habits Formed, European Journal of Social Psychology; Clear — Atomic Habits (behavioral science synthesis)
Your Sacred Shrine
As you rebuild through consistency, your shrine heals with gold and attracts gentle spirits.
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HEALING SOURCES
Why Track Habits?
The self-monitoring effect: A 2016 meta-analysis of 138 studies found that simply tracking a behavior significantly increases the likelihood of performing it.
Research by Wendy Wood at USC shows that ~43% of daily actions are habitual. Tracking creates awareness of these patterns and makes intentional change possible.
Building habits through small, consistent actions is more effective than relying on motivation alone. Research at University College London found it takes an average of 66 days to form a new habit.
Sources: Harkin et al. (2016) — Progress Monitoring Meta-Analysis, Lally et al. (2009) — UCL Habit Formation Study, Wood & Neal (2007) — Habitual Behavior
Focus Mode
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Why 4 Sessions?
The Pomodoro Technique, developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s, recommends 4 focused work sessions followed by a longer break.
The Science: Our brains operate in ~90-120 minute "ultradian rhythm" cycles. 4 × 25 min = 100 minutes hits this cognitive sweet spot.
Research shows productivity drops significantly after ~2 hours of sustained focus, making 4 sessions ideal before taking a longer 15-30 minute break.
Sources: Cirillo's Pomodoro Technique, Kleitman & Lavie's ultradian rhythm research
Your Journal
Why Journal?
Expressive writing, pioneered by James Pennebaker at UT Austin, has been validated in over 200 studies to improve both mental and physical health, including immune function and stress reduction.
Writing about experiences helps your brain organize and make meaning of events. Research shows journaling reduces intrusive thoughts, improves working memory, and enhances emotional regulation.
Categorizing reflections as wins, struggles, and insights activates different forms of cognitive processing, helping you learn from experience more effectively.
Sources: Pennebaker & Smyth — Expressive Writing Research, Baikie & Wilhelm (2005) — Emotional and Physical Health Benefits of Expressive Writing
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