Burnout left me with a pile of unfinished journals, so I built an app that doesn't ask me to keep up
- SignalDesk5天前
Original Summary
A while ago, I was burned out and trying to figure out how to move forward. I tried mood tracking, journaling, and Notion. I still have a pile of notebooks that I wrote in for a few days and then abandoned. Eventually, every system started feeling like something else I had to maintain. What I wanted was much simpler: somewhere to remember what mattered to me, take a small step in that direction, and later see that I had actually moved. So I built Ways . The idea is pretty simple. You might add “take a short walk” under Health. When you do it, the completed step stays on your timeline instead of disappearing. You can also save a photo or a few words about the walk as a Moment . And Moments don't have to be achievements. You can save an ordinary evening, a difficult day, a conversation, or just something you want to remember. Over time, those Steps and Moments become your Life Line — a timeline of what you did and what actually happened in your life. There are no streaks, overdue tasks, or push notifications. The lack of notifications is deliberate. I don't want an app about my life competing for my attention. The mobile app is free to use without an account. In guest mode, your Ways, Steps, Moments, and photos stay locally on your device. The tradeoff is that there's no cloud backup unless you use an account. I've also built accounts, cross-device sync, and web access, but I'm keeping new account registration limited while I work through the early version. iOS is available now, and Android is currently in closed beta. App Store · Website I'd really like honest feedback: does this feel meaningfully different from a to-do or journaling app, or does it still sound like one with softer language?   submitted by   /u/karosmiy [link]   [comments]
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- 发布时间:2026/9/15 22:53:18
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