Todo
How to use Todo
Plan today’s work in Todo Planner. Add tasks, set priority, check them off here or inside a focus session.
Read guideGuides
How to use the app
Four short guides, in the same language as the app: plan the day, take a purpose system, run a session, then read your stats.
Programs
How to use purpose systems
A purpose system has an outcome, sections, and tasks. In the app it shows up as a Program. Put a task on today, then run it in Todo and Focus.
Read guideFocus
How to use the focus system
One loop: Prepare, Activate, Focus, Close, Reflect. Complete the five pillars, then sit down and work.
Read guideStats
How to read your stats
Stats is your history: sessions, scores, streak, and whether you are getting better — not a feed to scroll.
Read guideWhy the loop is built this way
Short science notes
Not a research dump. Each note is for the person sitting down to work.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow: why a clear session feels better
Flow is deep absorption when the task is clear, feedback is quick, and the challenge matches your skill.
Read noteGloria Mark
Why switching costs more than you think
Gloria Mark’s work shows that interruptions and tab-switching shrink attention and raise stress — the restart is the expensive part.
Read noteK. Anders Ericsson
Practice only counts if you can see it
Ericsson’s research: skill grows from structured, effortful practice with feedback — not from hours that feel busy.
Read notePeter Gollwitzer
Decide before you start, not during
If-then plans close the gap between ‘I will focus’ and actually starting. You pre-decide the cue and the action.
Read noteAngela Duckworth
Consistency is the product, not a perfect day
Grit here means showing up again after an ordinary session — not never missing a day forever.
Read noteBJ Fogg
Make the start small enough to repeat
Habits stick when the action is easy, the prompt is obvious, and you do not wait for high motivation.
Read noteCal Newport
Treat deep work like an appointment
Deep work is distraction-free concentration on something that matters. You schedule it. You do not squeeze it into leftover minutes.
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