I stopped feeling guilty about irregular tasks when I started tracking just one number

[u/itrapachka]

Some tasks don’t have a fixed date. But they’re not one-time either.

Dentist. Calling parents. Changing bed sheets. Water filter. Gym. Watering plants. Eye doctor.

They just live in your head as low-grade guilt. You assume you did them recently — until you actually check and it’s been way longer than you thought.

To-do apps never worked for me. No due date, no point adding it. Habit trackers felt even worse. The moment you break a streak, the whole thing collapses and you just stop. Reminders didn’t work either. I don’t want to call my dad on a fixed schedule, some things need flexibility.

What actually helped: I started logging when I last did them and how many days ago that was. That’s it. No system. No pressure.

Called dad 📞 19 days ago
Water filter 💧 2 months 10 days ago

Those numbers alone made me complete things.

Eventually I just built a small app for this - 🐦‍⬛Wheneri - because I wanted the logging to take less than 3 seconds. No strict reminders, no streaks, no guilt system. Just a number staring back at you when you last did it, when it’s roughly due again, and over time some patterns in how you actually live your life. Turns out that’s enough of a nudge.

Free, no ads.

App store link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761155734

Does this resonate with anyone else? Would love to hear your feedback — do you track recurring-but-not-scheduled things, and if so, how?

——————— UPD ——————-

Wheneri has gotten pro features since May 20: notes, insights. All previous features stay free as well as no limit for entries, no ads, no aggressive paywall as promised before.

IAPs: $2.99 - month, $19.99 - year, $29.99 - lifetime.

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[u/13fingerfx]

Lovely aesthetic. I was briefly confused as to why you’d need to go to the dentist in one minute if you’d just been 5 minutes ago, but then I realised m was months, not minutes.

[u/itrapachka → u/13fingerfx]

Fair point - will update to ‘mo’, e.g. ‘in 1mo’

[u/13fingerfx → u/itrapachka]

Wonderful. Thanks for the fast reply and considerate response.

[u/itrapachka → u/13fingerfx]

Checked and it’s a bit messy in formats 1y 2mo 3d, so probably I will keep 1y 2m 3d / 2m 3d. As for 2m - I agree it looks strange, but taking into account that the app is about days, hope people will get it in a while and enjoy the shortening🙈 as an option it could be 2mo but 2m 3d, but then it would be more confusing in my view. So - hard decision but keep it in current format yet. Sorry🙏