Arcs

An Arc is a finite chapter of focused effort. It has a start date, a planned duration (any number of days from 30 to 365, with quick presets at 30, 60, 90, 120, and 365), a set of rituals you commit to, and a daily log that captures whether you showed up. When the Arc ends, you reflect, and the next one starts cleaner.

Arcs exist because indefinite goals tend to drift. A bounded promise such as "for the next 60 days I will…" is easier to honor and easier to measure than an open-ended one. The structure does the work that willpower struggles to do alone.

Why a fixed duration matters

A clear end date forces you to choose. You cannot fit every habit you have ever wanted into a 60-day window, so you pick the ones that matter most right now and let the rest wait. That filtering is the point.

A clear end date also creates a natural moment of reflection. When your Arc finishes, you have a real dataset to look at: what you actually did versus what you planned to do. That is the kind of feedback that lets the next Arc be better than the last one.

Watch: Arcs in two minutes

Common questions

What duration should I pick? Whatever feels achievable for you. Most people start with 30 days. If you have never run a structured discipline cycle before, do not start with a year.

Can I pause an Arc? Not on demand. The only time an Arc is paused is automatically, in response to a subscription issue. As soon as your subscription is active again, the Arc resumes from where it was, and the days it sat paused do not count against the planned duration.

What happens when an Arc ends? You go through the End Arc flow, see your full record, and start the next one. Your rituals from the just-finished Arc are pre-loaded into the new Arc setup so you do not have to retype them. From there you can keep them, retire some, or add new ones before committing.