The mechanism
Three misses. Then it steps in.
Nothing happens on the first two. On the third, the task moves one step to a roomier cadence and tells you it did.
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Miss 1
Every week
Nothing happens. Weeks go like that.
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Miss 2
Every week
Still nothing. It’s not keeping score against you.
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Miss 3
Every 2 weeks
One step roomier, with a notice showing the old cadence and the new one.
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3 on time
Every week
Three on-time finishes in a row and the original rhythm returns.
The limits
One step at a time, and only for to-dos.
Easing moves a cadence one step, never several, and it stops before a task can drift out of sight altogether.
| Every few days | Doubles, and turns weekly past six days (every 3 days → every 6 days, every 4 days → every week). |
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| Weekly | Doubles, and turns monthly at four weeks (every week → every 2 weeks, every 2 weeks → monthly). |
| Monthly | Doubles, capped at six months (monthly → every 2 months, every 3 months → every 6 months). |
| Habits | Never ease. They have no due date to miss. |
| Dailies | Never ease. They roll into the next day instead. |
If you disagree
Undo, and it stays undone.
Every adjustment arrives as a notice with the old cadence and the new one written out, and two choices.
| Keep it | The roomier cadence stays. |
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| Undo | The original cadence returns, and that task is protected from another adjustment for 30 days. |
It happens per task, never to your whole list at once, and it always says what changed in plain words.