Congrats on the launch, this is such a creative way to visualize intentions! I do some mindfulness meditation myself, so seeing it turned into a living garden you grow every day really caught my attention.
Curious to hear from Victor or anyone else here, now that the launch is done, how are you all thinking about getting this in front of more people? Would love to hear your thoughts on growing something like this.
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@victor_tanaka
Answering your question honestly: the thing that deserves my attention today is the part of my work that doesn't produce anything visible. I shipped a launch this morning, and the pull is to keep refreshing numbers rather than sit with the one problem I'm actually trying to solve.
The line about your subconscious accepting whatever it's given, repeatedly, with feeling, that's the bit I'll be thinking about. Building solo, most of what I repeat to myself daily isn't chosen.
One thing I'd want to know as a user: what happens if I miss a few days? Whether the plant dies or just waits says a lot about whether the app becomes another thing to feel guilty about.
The Garden of Mind
@fasathor Hi Frank, thank you for you reaction.
The plant never dies and nothing ever resets.
The first two missed days cost nothing. A new seed is fully protected for its first week. After that a missed day pulls growth back a little and the plant visibly wilts. Water it again and both recover, your history stays. And if you're away on purpose there's a pause: nothing wilts while the garden rests.
No guilt mechanics was a design rule from day one. :)
@victor_tanaka That's a better answer than I expected - the pause is the part most habit apps get wrong. "No guilt mechanics from day one" is worth putting on the launch page itself, honestly. It's the objection every one of us has before we try another one of these.
Congrats on shipping it.
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@fasathor Nice, thank you for the insights!
Dial
@victor_tanaka the ritual is the honest part here regardless of what you believe about the subconscious claim - writing one sentence and sitting with it for two minutes a day is just a small, well-designed habit loop, dressed up as a garden instead of a streak counter. i'd be careful leaning on the murphy framing though, since "plant a thought and it manifests" invites the obvious pushback that this is affirmation practice with extra steps. do you track whether people who stick with it for a few weeks report anything changing, or is that explicitly not a claim you're trying to make?
The Garden of Mind
Before the world tells you what matters, what deserves your attention today?