Hey, Ovidiu the author here.<p>So how could this be interesting to you?<p>The app<p>I read a book called Deep Work to improve the quality of my work and found the simple "shutdown ritual" idea powerful. I started with a dead simple list that I went through every evening to clear my mind and disconnect from work.<p>Then I decided to build a simple app and keep iterating in small increments every day I also use the app. After about 2mo I use it daily and it looks good enough to draw a line. So I made it public in case anyone else finds it useful.<p>The codebase<p>Meanwhile, I wanted to learn React Native and try react-native-web. I also wanted to see how well styled-components behaves "unversally" and how to do server-side-rendering with RNW. It worked pretty well (for the most part...) and I learned a lot.<p>If you're interested in this tech stack I encourage you to dig through the codebase and maybe run it locally to get a feel.<p>If you have any questions related to the app or the codebase, fire away. I'll answer gladly!
I've printed my own custom notebooks to track my planned vs. actual daily activity in 30 minute blocks, inspired by Deep Work.<p>This would make an excellent companion to that. The lessons I've learned from that book have been incredibly valuable in helping me work more efficiently and happily. Thanks for building this.
Very nice! I have added your project to Awesome Humane Tech [0], in the Mindfulness section. Thank you!<p>[0] <a href="https://github.com/engagingspaces/awesome-humane-tech" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/engagingspaces/awesome-humane-tech</a>
I think I will try doing this. It's a bit embarrassing to admit but I really struggle to go to bed at a regular hour. It's really bad when I'm "in the zone" and working hard on a project. I'm based overseas and all of my clients and customers are in the US, so I already stay up very late (usually at least 2am so that I have enough overlap with PST/EDT.) But then 2am turns into 3am, 4am, and eventually the sun comes up.<p>Maybe this will help. I think I'll schedule an event on my calendar to visit jobs-done.now.sh and go through the checklist. Then it would be good to relax for an hour or two and read/watch something before sleeping. The problem with my weird schedule is that I usually go to sleep immediately after finishing work, so I don't think that's very good.
This layout immediately reminded me of a Typeform form, and then got me thinking that if this were a Typeform form it would automatically log your responses and you could have historical data on your tasks, thoughts, and actions.
Hmm, nothing seems to happen when I press the Start button.<p>Windows 10, Google Chrome Version 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit)<p>It works on Firefox Quantum though!<p>EDIT: It seems on Chrome I need to press on the Start text itself; clicking the button doesn't work.
>I extended the original shutdown ritual with the last step because I've often found myself clueless about how to spend my evening after a day fully immersed in work.<p>This must have been the most depressing thing I've read in a long time.
Does it play the sound from Hearthstone? That would be fun!<p><a href="https://youtu.be/bBCB0y9Mgns" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/bBCB0y9Mgns</a>