Poll Builder

Results Analyst

Question: Where should we hold the team offsite?
Options:
- Lakeside cabins
- A city loft
- Stay remote, ship everyone a kit
- I don't mind, pick for me

Follow-up survey (optional, after the vote):
- How many days feels right? (1, 2, 3+)
- One thing the last offsite got right.
- One thing to change this time.

What I'm collecting

Audience: my team, about 20 people. Sometimes a wider company-wide poll.
Anonymous or named: anonymous for opinion polls, named when I need follow-up.
Single or multiple choice: single choice for decisions, multi-select for "pick all that apply."
One vote per person: yes for decisions, off for quick temperature checks.
Open for: usually a day or two, sometimes live during a meeting.
Reading results: I just want the leading answer and how close it is. Skip the deep stats.

How I run it

A scoreboard, not a survey tool. Deep navy screen (#16264A), big off-white type, thick horizontal bars, one hot green accent (#2FBF71) reserved for the leading option. Counts and percentages set large enough to read from the back of the room; total responses shown once at the top. No dense tables, no chart clutter.

Visual style

Traid

Put a question to a group and watch the answers come in. Builds live polls, surveys, and rating widgets where everyone sees the same running tally update as people vote.

Live Polls & Surveys

Tracker Builder

Status Recall

- Website redesign - client project, due 2026-07-10. Goal: new marketing site live before their launch.
- Fieldnote app - side project, no hard deadline. Goal: ship the export feature this month.
- Home office - personal. Goal: finish before the in-laws visit in August.

Projects

Website redesign:
- Finalize homepage copy - in progress, high, due 2026-06-19
- Get sign-off on the color palette - blocked, waiting on client since 2026-06-09
- Build the pricing page - to do, high, due 2026-06-26
- Set up the contact form - to do, medium

Fieldnote app:
- CSV export - in progress, high
- Export settings screen - to do, medium
- Fix the tag filter bug - to do, low (annoying, not urgent)

Home office:
- Order the standing desk - done 2026-06-08
- Patch and paint the wall - to do, medium
- Hang the shelves - to do, low, after painting

Tasks

A paper week planner. Warm paper ground with faint grid lines, ink text, and a red-pen accent reserved for blocked items and overdue dates. Cards read like neat handwriting on index lines: title, status, due date, details on tap. Generous spacing. Looks like a planner someone actually keeps, not a project management dashboard.

Turn your projects and to-dos into task boards, checklists, and weekly plans. Tracks what is in flight, what is blocked, and what is due from your own task notes.

Task Tracker

Budget Builder

Budget Coach

Monthly take-home (after tax): $5,400.

Fixed costs (auto-pay):
- Rent: $1,850
- Electric + gas: $110 (avg)
- Internet: $65
- Phone: $55
- Health insurance: $240
- Spotify + Netflix: $25
- Gym: $40
- Car payment: $295
- Car insurance: $130
- Student loan: $310

Total fixed: $3,120/month. Leaves $2,280 for variable spending and saving.

Income and fixed costs

- Groceries: $500 target. Usually right around this.
- Dining out: $250 target. I overshoot this almost every month, usually closer to $400.
- Transit (gas + occasional rideshare): $180 target.
- Personal (haircuts, clothes, household stuff): $150 target.
- Fun (concerts, museums, books): $100 target.
- Gifts: $60 target average across the year.

Flagged to watch: dining out. I want to keep it under $300.

Spending categories

- Emergency fund: $10,000 by Dec 2026. Currently at $4,200. Need to add ~$725/month.
- Pay off car loan: balance $8,400, currently paying $295/month. On track for Aug 2027.
- Trip to Japan: $3,500 by Mar 2027. Currently saved: $400. Need to add ~$345/month.
- Roth IRA: $500/month contribution. Auto-deducted.

Financial goals

- Checking (Ally): primary, paychecks land here.
- High-yield savings (Marcus): emergency fund + Japan trip.
- Roth IRA (Fidelity): retirement.
- Credit card (Chase Sapphire): everything goes on this, pay in full monthly.

I check balances every Sunday morning. Do not store account numbers or passwords here.

Accounts I track

Direct, non-judgmental, no moralizing. Treat me like an adult who knows tradeoffs exist.

When I'm overspending in a category, surface it with the number, not a sermon. ("Dining is at $380 this month, target was $250.")

Offer two or three concrete options when there's a tradeoff. No vague encouragement.

Three to five sentence replies for most questions. Longer when I ask for a breakdown.

Coaching tone

Show the math. If I ask "can I afford X?", show me the deduction line by line, not just a yes or no.

Prefer tables for anything with more than three numbers. Sentence-format only for single answers.

Flag assumptions inline. ("Assumes you keep saving $345/month for the Japan trip.")

Round to the nearest dollar in summaries. Show cents only on category totals where it matters.

How I want to see numbers

A calm, no-shame ledger. Soft gray-green paper, ink text, numbers in a monospace font so columns line up. Deep green for on-target and saved amounts; clay red only when a category is over. One big number leads each screen — left to spend, saved so far — with the detail beneath it.

Plan and track personal spending from your own categories and goals. Builds monthly budgets, expense trackers, savings projections, and 'can I afford this' calculators.

Personal Budget Planner

Reflection Apps

Reflection Coach

I am in my early thirties, work a desk job, and journal to stay honest with myself. I get caught up in long stretches where I am running but not noticing how I feel. The point of this is to slow that down.

What I am working on:
- Sleeping better (in bed by 11, off the phone)
- Less doomscrolling, more reading
- Showing up for two close friendships I have been neglecting
- Being kinder to myself when a day goes sideways

I want to notice patterns over weeks, not lecture myself day-to-day.

About me

Building:
- In bed by 11pm
- 20-minute walk most days
- One real conversation with a friend per week (not just texts)
- Five minutes of stretching after work

Breaking:
- Phone in bed (the big one)
- Late-night snacking
- Saying yes to plans I do not actually want

Rating each day on energy (1-5) and mood (1-5) at the end of the day.

Habits I am tracking

Gentle, curious, non-judgmental. I'm here to notice, not to be lectured.

Two to four sentences per reply. One question at a time. Make the question specific to what I just shared, not generic.

When I vent, let me vent. A short acknowledgment is enough. Do not pivot to advice.

Ground observations in specific past entries when relevant ("on Tuesday you wrote..."). Never moralize. Never offer unsolicited advice.

Minimal. One screen per mini-app, no tabs, no navigation.

Logging an entry should take under five seconds. Single tap or single field for the common case.

Clear labels, sensible defaults. No decorative fluff, no celebratory animations.

Calm palette. Quiet over flashy. The app should fade into the background once I'm done logging.

App style

Turn daily entries into mood charts, habit streaks, and weekly reviews. Quietly tracks patterns across your own notes.

Daily Journal Companion

Itinerary Builder

Trip Recall

Pace: slow and immersive. Two or three things per day, long lunches, evenings unstructured.
Interests: food (especially markets and casual neighborhood places), walking cities, architecture, small museums over huge ones, live music.
Dietary: pescatarian. Cannot do shellfish.
Mobility: fine with long walking days, but bad knees on steep stairs. Avoid sixth-floor walk-ups.
Travels with: partner most of the time. Occasionally solo.

About me as a traveler

- Lisbon, Mar 2024, with partner. Loved the Alfama food tour. Belem was too crowded. Hotel Memmo Alfama was the right call, would book again.
- Mexico City, Oct 2023, solo. Loved Coyoacan and Sunday at Bosque de Chapultepec. Skipped Frida Kahlo museum (line was 3 hours, never again).
- Kyoto, Apr 2023, with partner. Cherry blossoms in Maruyama Park, early-morning Fushimi Inari before the crowds. Ryokan night in Arashiyama was a highlight.
- Reykjavik, Jan 2022, solo. Northern lights tour was great. Blue Lagoon was overpriced and overrun.

Past trips

Lodging: mid-range, $150-220/night. Prefer small boutique hotels or well-reviewed apartments over chains.
Transit: public transit and walking. Rent a car only when there is no other option.
Daily budget (food and activities, excl. lodging): $80-120 per person.
Trip length: 6-10 days. Long enough to settle in, short enough not to burn out.
Booking style: lodging locked in early, restaurants picked the day-of.

Travel preferences

Itineraries:
- Two or three things per day. Long lunches. Evenings open unless I ask.
- Group activities by neighborhood. Walking distance preferred.
- Show approximate timing (morning / afternoon / evening), not hour-by-hour.

Assumptions:
- When you fill in a gap (lodging cost, opening hours, transit time), flag it inline so I can sanity-check.
- Default to off-peak hours when crowds matter.

Conversation:
- Three to five sentence replies for recall questions.
- When I ask "have I been to X?", answer plainly. Don't pad.

Plan style

A travel field journal. Warm sand paper, ink text, one sea-blue accent for days, places, and totals. A day reads as one card: morning, afternoon, evening. Generous margins, small route notes in the corners. No pins, globes, or postcard clichés.

Plan trips from your travel notes and preferences. Builds day-by-day itineraries, packing lists, and budget estimates from places you have been and places you want to go.