Close your day and your week

Recipes, updated 6 October 2026

The eight recipes of the daily and weekly rhythm.

On this page

  1. Choose what to do with next week
  2. Keep your streaks on a busy day
  3. Close your day
  4. Close your week
  5. Mark how a milestone is going
  6. Mark a month as a break
  7. Mark a week or a day as a break
  8. Switch between Plan and Review

Choose what to do with next week

At the end of a week, you want to name where next week is going.

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  1. 1

    The Week screen, on a phone.

    Find What do you do with next week.

    The three options at the end of the week review on a phone
    The three options.
  2. 2

    The Week screen, on a computer.

    Read the three options.

    The three options at the end of the week review on a computer
    Keep going, Reduce the plan, Change direction.
  3. 3

    A row of three options.

    Tap the one that fits.

    Tap it again to clear it.

  4. 4

    The Plan tab of next week.

    Read the line, Last week you chose.

What follows

  • You can close a week without answering; nothing counts it as a miss.
  • Your pick shows on next week's plan and nowhere else.

Keep your streaks on a busy day

You have only thirty seconds and want to keep your streaks.

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  1. 1

    The Habits tab, on a phone.

    Tap the habits you did.

    The habit rows for today on a phone
    The habit rows for today.
  2. 2

    A habit you did not fully do.

    Tap it twice to mark Lazy day.

    Either mark keeps the streak going.

  3. 3

    The rest of the day card.

    Leave the reflection as it is.

What follows

  • On a computer, do the same on today's Review tab.
  • A habit you check off keeps its streak, in either form.
  • A habit with no mark at all breaks its streak.
  • A blank reflection and unset priorities count against nothing.

Close your day

You want to close today in about three minutes.

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  1. 1

    The Today screen, on a computer.

    Tap Set today's plan.

    The Review tab opens.

  2. 2

    The Home tab, on a phone.

    Under Reflect on today, tap Start.

    The Next step card on the Home tab of a phone
    The Next step card on Home. Once today has a plan, it reads Reflect on today.
  3. 3

    The Reflect on your day card.

    Check off the habits you did.

    The habit list inside the Reflect on your day card on a computer
    The habit list on a computer.
  4. 4

    The same card, on Energy.

    Set the dial for how today went.

  5. 5

    The Reflect on your day card, further down.

    Write one line about today, good or bad.

  6. 6

    The same card, further down.

    Write one thing you learned today.

  7. 7

    A button at the end of the card.

    Close the day.

What follows

  • On a short day, checking off the habits and closing is enough.
  • You can leave the dials and the text fields blank.
  • The app opens on Home, not on this screen.
  • In Full Mode you also set Stress and Mood.

Close your week

You want ten minutes to close the week and set up the next one.

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  1. 1

    The Week screen, on a phone.

    Tap the Review tab.

    The Review tab of the week on a phone
    The Review tab on a phone.
  2. 2

    The Review tab, on a computer.

    Check off what you finished this week.

    The week review with its checklists on a computer
    The week review on a computer.
  3. 3

    The Review tab, further down.

    Set the status of any milestone that is due or late.

  4. 4

    The Review tab, in Key learnings.

    Write what the week taught you.

  5. 5

    The Review tab, near its end.

    Pick one of the three options for next week.

  6. 6

    A button at the end of the tab.

    Close the week.

What follows

  • The Review tab opens after you set the week's plan, or after the week ends.
  • The checklists are Main focus this week and Deliverables this week.
  • In Settings, set Reflection depth to Short to see only the checkboxes and the ratings.
  • In Full Mode you also answer What worked and Biggest challenges.
  • In Full Mode, change Hours done for a main focus when it differs from the plan.

Mark how a milestone is going

You want to rate a milestone, or mark it finished, without leaving the screen.

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  1. 1

    A Review tab on Year, Quarter, or Month.

    Find the milestone card.

    A milestone card on a Review tab on a computer
    A milestone card on a computer.
  2. 2

    A timeline pill for a milestone.

    Tap it to open the same card.

  3. 3

    A card, under Confidence.

    Tap On track, At risk or Off track.

    The three confidence marks on a milestone card
    The three confidence marks.
  4. 4

    The same card, under the grading row.

    Tap Achieved, Partial, or Abandoned.

    Achieved plays confetti and opens a poster.

What follows

  • The confidence mark and the status are two separate calls.
  • You confirm a second time, and your milestone lists no longer show it.
  • You can reopen an abandoned milestone in the milestone list on its goal card.
  • The peek card adds a link to the month plan and to the goal card.

Mark a month as a break

You want to travel or rest, without the app counting a missed month.

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  1. 1

    The Execute screen, in the cascade pills.

    Tap the Month pill for that month.

    The cascade pills with the Month pill on a computer
    The month plan on a computer.
  2. 2

    The month plan, next to its headline.

    Tap Mark as a break.

    The break pill and its line on the month plan
    The break pill and its line.
  3. 3

    A week inside that month.

    Look at its headline.

    It has the break tint and no button to unmark it.

  4. 4

    The month plan, when the pause is over.

    Tap Remove break.

    The pill and the tint go.

What follows

  • The execution score in Insights skips break days.
  • The catch-up clock skips break days, so a break never starts the recovery flow.
  • A printed sheet adds a line about the break.
  • A break month tints every week and day inside it.
  • You remove a break only where you set it.
  • The phone has Mark as a break for days, weeks and months.

Mark a week or a day as a break

One rough week or day needs the same pause, without pausing the whole month.

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  1. 1

    The Execute screen, in the cascade pills.

    Tap the Week pill, or the Today pill.

    The cascade pills with the Week pill on a computer
    The cascade pills.
  2. 2

    The week plan, next to its headline.

    Tap Mark as a break.

    The break pill and its line on the week plan
    The break pill and its line.
  3. 3

    A day inside that break week.

    Look at its headline.

    It has the tint and no button to unmark it.

  4. 4

    The week plan, when the pause is over.

    Tap Remove break.

    The pill and the tint go.

What follows

  • A break week tints every day inside it.
  • A break day never tints its week.
  • The execution score in Insights skips break days.
  • The phone has Mark as a break for days, weeks and months.

Switch between Plan and Review

You want the plan you set for a period, or its check-in.

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  1. 1

    The Week screen, on a phone.

    Find the Plan and Review tabs.

    The Plan and Review tabs on a phone
    The two tabs on a phone.
  2. 2

    The Week screen, on a computer.

    Find the same two tabs.

    The Plan and Review tabs on a computer
    The two tabs on a computer.
  3. 3

    The tab bar.

    Tap the other tab.

    Review opens after you set the plan, or after the period ends.

What follows

  • The two tabs are on Year, Quarter, Month, Week and Today.
  • The Review tab stays gray until you set the plan.