Maddy · Feature Mockup

Proposal · not built yet

Time Off · Vacation & Away

Pause task expectations for a trip or a break, without it reading as missed days. A caregiver sets it (a solo subject sets their own), picks Totally away or Keep a few things, and the app carries the rest: quiet reminders, an intentional away marker on the rhythm strip, and a no catch-up return.

Strip key

Showed up
Away (nothing scheduled)
Quiet day
Today

Caregiver sets it up

A caregiver sets it for Sam

A caregiver plans Sam's weekend away from the caregiver settings. A caregiver can set a multi-day period; Sam (a supported subject) cannot start one themselves. Sam still has their own one-day Rest day, which is a separate thing.

9:41Sam's circle
Settings
Sam's app
Theme & sounds
Reminders
Time off
Pause things for a trip or a break
Rewards
Screen time
min
STEP 1

Caregiver Settings

A new Time off row lives with the other per-subject controls. Tapping it opens the modal.

9:41Sam's circle
Settings
Time off
How should Sam's things behave while they are away?
🌴Totally away
Nothing is expected. Every thing pauses and reminders go quiet until they are back.
🪥Keep a few things
Pick the things that still matter (teeth, meds). Those stay normal; the rest pause.
Next
STEP 2

Choose the mode

The one real choice, up front: pause everything, or keep a short list. Amber is the away identity.

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Pick the days off. You can change or end it anytime.
Just today
This weekend
Custom range
Until I turn it off
Starts
Sat · Jul 5
Ends
Sun · Jul 6
Next
STEP 3

Pick the days

Presets for the common cases. "Until I turn it off" leaves the end open. Same step for both modes.

9:41Sam's circle
Checked things stay on. Everything else pauses for the weekend.
🪥Brush teeth10 min
🚿Shower15 min
💊Meds20 min
🧺Laundry30 min
🍽️Dishes15 min
Kept things keep their reminders and rewards, exactly like a normal day.
Next
STEP 4

The away set

Only shown for Keep a few. Same checklist a solo subject uses. Kept means fully normal (Decision D3).

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Sam is on time off 🌴
📅  Sat Jul 5 to Sun Jul 6
✅  Keeping: 🪥 Teeth · 🚿 Shower · 💊 Meds
🌙  Everything else pauses. Late alerts to you go quiet.
Sam sees a calm time off screen. Their days-here count will not move backward.
Start time off Not yet
STEP 5

Confirm

Plain summary of exactly what changes. One warm confirm; nothing happens silently.

9:41Sam's circle
Settings
Time off · active
On until Sun
Keeping 3 things · everything else paused
Edit days or kept things
End time off now
Ending early just brings Sam's full list back. No penalty, no catch-up.
STEP 6

While it is running

The row flips to a live status with Edit and a gentle End now. Auto-resumes when Sunday passes.

9:41Sam's circle
Today
Still on their list
🪥
Brush teeth
Done · 8:10a
+10
💊
Meds
Waiting
Paused things are not shown as late. Nothing here needs you.
Today
Things
Rewards
Care
STEP 7

Caregiver view during

A banner explains the quiet list so an empty Today never reads as "Sam fell off."

What Sam sees

Supported subject · experiences it

Sam does not set time off up. They just land in the calm version of it. Two flavors depending on the mode the caregiver picked, plus the rhythm strip and the welcome back.

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🌴
You are on time off
Nothing is due. I am just here to hang out.

Your things will be here when you are back. No rush, no catching up.
Actually, I want to do something →
Home
Things
TOTALLY AWAY

The calm screen

The whole task list is replaced by presence. A quiet escape hatch stays for the "actually" days.

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Today
🪥
Brush teeth
Upper right to lower right
+10
🚿
Shower
Every day
+15
💊
Meds
Every day
+20
Home
Things
KEEP A FEW

Just the essentials

Only the kept things show, and they are fully normal: values, reminders, earning. One soft banner sets context.

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You
42 days here 🌱
This week
W
T
F
🌴
S
🌴
S
M
T
Showed up
Away
Sat and Sun were Totally away. No things scheduled, so they read as away, not blank. The count never drops.
THE STRIP

Away is not missed

Fully off days get the 🌴 marker (Decision D4). A Keep a few day would show a normal filled or quiet dot instead.

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Today
🪥
Brush teeth
Every day
+10
🧺
Laundry
Back on the list
+30
🍽️
Dishes
Back on the list
+15
Home
Things
RETURN

Welcome back

The day after it ends, the full list is just back. One warm, one-time note. No backlog, no guilt.

Solo subject sets their own

No caregiver in the circle

A subject with no caregiver runs their own show, so they get the same setup, reached from their own Settings and voiced in the first person, then experience the identical calm screens above.

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Settings
Your app
Theme & sounds
Time off
Going away? Pause things without it looking like a miss.
STEP 1

Own Settings

Same row, first person copy. A solo subject is their own admin, so no gate.

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Settings
Time off
How do you want your things to work while you are away?
🌴Totally away
Nothing is expected. I will hold it all and keep things quiet.
🪥Keep a few things
Choose what stays (teeth, meds). The rest takes a break.
Next
STEP 2

Choose the mode

Identical flow, warmer voice: "I will hold it all," not "reminders suppressed."

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Pick your days. You can change or end it whenever.
Just today
This weekend
Custom range
Until I turn it off
Starts
Fri · Jul 11
Ends
Mon · Jul 14
Next
STEP 3

Pick the days

Same date step. A longer custom trip here. The table model (D1) handles any range, planned ahead.

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These stay on while you are away. Tap to keep.
💊Meds20 min
🪥Brush teeth10 min
🚿Shower15 min
🏃Move my body15 min
Whatever you keep works like a normal day: same nudges, same rewards.
Next
STEP 4

Your away set

Same chooser component; the subject decides what is worth keeping for themselves.

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You are on time off 🌴
📅  Fri Jul 11 to Mon Jul 14
✅  Keeping: 💊 Meds · 🪥 Teeth
🌙  Everything else takes a break. Your days-here count stays put.
Start my time off Not yet
STEP 5

Confirm

First person summary. After this, the solo subject lands on the same calm screens Sam sees above.