Step 1
🎵 Brain Dump by Section (with Lofi)
Go through each section below. Read the prompt, then write everything that comes to mind. Lofi music plays in the background.
🎵 Lofi Music
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⚙️ Work & Commitments
- Hard deadlines: Report due today, deliverable by Friday
- Critical issues: Bug/outage affecting users, boss waiting
- High-consequence promises: Things you told someone with consequences
- Career: upcoming interview, imminent opportunity
- ⚠️ Skip for now: Slack messages, generic emails, vague deadlines
🏠 Home & Systems
- Broken & blocking: No heat, leak, no internet, broken door
- Safety issues: Anything that could cause harm
- Last-minute move deadline, time-sensitive repairs
- ⚠️ Skip for now: Organizing closet, "should clean eventually", vague fixes
👥 People, Events & Waiting
- Scheduled commitments: Meeting in 2 hours, dinner tonight, call at 3pm
- Someone waiting NOW: Response they're expecting today
- Time-specific promises: Deadline you committed to, event you promised
- Escalating conflicts that need immediate resolution
- ⚠️ Skip if vague: Generic "call mom", follow-ups without specific dates
💰 Money & Life Admin
- Hard cutoffs: Bill due TODAY (penalties if late), rent deadline
- Crisis: Fraud alert, failed payment, eviction notice
- Taxes near filing deadline, forms with expiration dates
- Subscriptions & savings: Cancel unused services, review recurring charges, cut unnecessary spending
- ⚠️ Skip for now: Browsing deals, "organize budget someday", vague planning
🧠 Worries, Avoidance & Mental Load
- Decision that's blocking: Can't move forward without deciding this
- Avoidance with consequences: Thing you're avoiding that has a deadline or impact
- What's actually urgent vs. what FEELS urgent right now
- Anxiety about time-sensitive things
🔁 Open Loops & Time Pressure
- Blocking other tasks: Can't move forward on X until this is done
- Interrupted projects with upcoming deadline
- Things on your mind that feel unresolved
- ⚠️ Skip if vague: "Finish eventually", no clear deadline or consequence
🧭 Direction, Growth & Decisions
- Decision with deadline: "Must decide by end of week"
- Opportunity with expiration date (apply by Friday)
- Usually Q2/Q4, but flag if time-sensitive
- ⚠️ Skip if vague: Dreams without deadlines, vague long-term goals
🏥 Health, Energy & Self
- Urgent medical: Appointment scheduled, symptoms worsening, time-sensitive meds
- Health crisis: Injury, severe symptoms, medication needed now
- ⚠️ Skip vague goals: "Get healthy", "exercise more" without specific appointments
✨ Wants & Desires
- Ideas, projects, things you want to explore
- Skills or habits you want to build
- Things that excite or inspire you
- Bucket list items, dreams, aspirations
📅 Deadlines & Time-Sensitive
- Specific dates things are due
- Events, meetings, appointments
- Hard cutoffs and time-critical commitments
- What must be done by when
Step 2
🏷️ Classify & Specify
For each item, decide what type it is and what the next step would be. Not everything is a task.
Your Brain Dump
Add Your Tasks
Step 3
📊 Prioritize Tasks
All your tasks are shown at the top. Tap each task to assign it to a priority level.
✅ What the science says:
Not everything on your mind was a task. By separating worries, ideas, and notes first, you reduce list bloat and mental load. Only your actual action items are here.
Step 4
⏱️ Pomodoro Timer & Plan
Each task has been assigned a realistic estimate. Use the timer below to track your work sessions.
🍅 Pomodoro Timer
25:00
Ready to focus 🚀
Step 5
🎯 Your Complete Plan
Here's everything together. Print this, bookmark it, or modify as you go.
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All your items are captured and organized. You can reference this anytime.