EARNED(1) · case file · active development
Earned
A personal Android tool exploring how progress can feel visible without becoming surveillance or a game one has to serve.
rules
A deliberate entry can acknowledge effort. Choices stay reversible, states stay legible, and the path from action to reflection stays short.
no account · no leaderboard · no social comparison
anti-rules
No punishment for pauses. No assumption that unlike tasks are interchangeable. No streak preserved merely because loss aversion keeps a person returning.
[trace 3/4] inspect minimum viable win
“I showed up” counts as a win; some requirements improve by becoming kinder.
local-state
The core daily flow and local data model are usable in development. Personal data does not need an account or remote audience to provide feedback.
working-model
Useful routines often have delayed rewards, yet measuring them can distort what measurement was meant to support. The current model uses a small number of states and deliberately quiet feedback.
open-questions
Language, rhythm, and the boundary between acknowledgment and pressure remain under test. This is not presented as a validated behaviour-change method. There is no public build or repository yet.