Feature 12 · research mode
Momentum
A first research project stalls not from lack of interest but from losing the thread. Momentum keeps the next step in front of you and turns showing up into a streak you can see.
Always know the next step
End every session by writing the one concrete thing to do next. It’s the simplest cure for the restart paralysis that makes you avoid the project for days — you never sit down to a blank page again.
Systems beat willpower
Log the days you actually work and watch a streak build. A daily minimum — even 25 minutes — keeps the chain alive, so consistency comes from the system rather than from motivation you may not have.
Break it down
Split the project into milestones and small, checkable tasks. A live progress bar shows how far you’ve come, so a big, vague thesis becomes a sequence of finishable steps.
In research
Momentum lives in research mode beside your literature review, instrument and data. It’s built for the long, lonely middle of a project — the part where most first attempts quietly stop.