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Plan Tasks Around Your Energy

Design a daily planning tool that pairs necessary tasks with realistic timing and supportive prompts rather than guilt.

Mobile1 to 2 hours

The brief

Understand the problem

Background

A standard task list treats every unfinished item the same. People are more likely to start difficult work when a task is small, timed appropriately, and easy to reschedule without losing context.

User context

Fara balances a full workday with exercise and language practice. She tends to postpone both in the evening, then feels discouraged when overdue reminders accumulate.

Product problem

The product should help Fara choose a manageable next action without using streak pressure or turning missed plans into failure.

Objective

Design task setup, daily planning, reminder, and compassionate rescheduling states.

What to design

Define the experience

Required experience

  • Task setup with effort and timing
  • Daily plan
  • Supportive reminder and reschedule

Screens and states

  • Today view
  • Task detail
  • Reminder action
  • End-of-day review

Core user flow

Follow the critical path

  1. 01

    Fara adds a twenty-minute language task

  2. 02

    She places it in a high-energy morning slot

  3. 03

    A meeting disrupts the plan

  4. 04

    She chooses a shorter fallback action and moves the full task

Product rules

Requirements and constraints

Requirements

  • Separate priority from effort
  • Offer start, shorten, reschedule, and skip choices
  • Keep reminder language neutral
  • Show a realistic daily workload

Constraints

  • The app cannot infer health or mood
  • Notifications may be disabled
  • Daily plans must remain editable

Reality check

States worth considering

Several tasks become overdue
A task has no obvious smaller step
The user skips repeatedly
A calendar event changes

Ready-to-use content

Mock data

Use this content to test hierarchy and realistic data states. You can expand it when the concept needs more depth.

Today's tasks

  • Review Spanish vocabulary, 20 minutes, medium energy
  • Walk after lunch, 15 minutes, low energy
  • Prepare client notes, 45 minutes, high energy

Finish line

What to deliver

  • Three to four mobile screens
  • A reminder component with four recovery actions

If you want more

Optional extensions

Add calendar integration
Design a weekly reflection without streaks

Optional direction

Visual resources

Use these as a starting constraint if you want one. They are not part of the required solution.

Font pairing
Open SansLibre Baskerville

Open Sans & Libre Baskerville

Clear interface writing gives people the confidence to understand what changed and decide what to do next.

Icons
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