01 / Direction
Goals live somewhere else.
Your goals, projects, habits, calendar, and daily tasks often end up in separate systems. The connection between them depends on you remembering it.
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Plan today around the life you’re building.
Start with the outcomes you care about. Shape a week that fits. Then choose today’s commitments with the larger picture still in view.
A clearer plan, grounded in what you chose to care about. Realistic about the time you actually have.
Kojoshin
Tuesday · September 15
Good morning.
Three priorities. 4h 15m planned. The rest can wait.
This week’s direction68%
Ship the first usable version of my productToday’s focus
Finish onboarding flowProduct launch · Milestone 190m
Write landing-page draftProduct launch · Marketing60m
30-minute walkHealth · Weekly habit30m
Review tomorrow’s commitmentsDaily planning15m
The problem
Your task list can be full while your priorities go untouched.
Most planning tools are excellent at storing things to do. The harder problem is deciding what deserves your time and keeping today connected to what matters beyond today.
02 / Reality
A list is not a plan.
Twenty-seven tasks can all be “important.” Your day still has a limited number of hours. Kojoshin is being built around choosing realistic commitments, not collecting infinite ones.
03 / Momentum
A full day can still miss the point.
Small urgent work is easy to finish. Meaningful work is easy to postpone. A goal-aware planner keeps the reason behind the work visible while you plan.
04 / Reflection
Plans change. That’s normal.
The goal is not a perfect schedule. It is a planning loop that helps you notice what changed, adjust deliberately, and carry the right things forward.
How it works
Direction → planning → execution → reflection.
Kojoshin is designed as a repeatable planning loop: decide direction, narrow the week, make today concrete, then use the result to plan again.
Choose direction
Define the goals and outcomes you want to move toward, without turning your life into a dashboard.
Plan the week
Turn direction into a small set of realistic weekly commitments across projects, habits, and life areas.
Commit to today
Choose what actually fits. Let each commitment keep its source visible. The goal, project, milestone, or habit.
Review and adjust
Reflect on what moved, what slipped, and what should change before the next planning cycle begins.
Built around alignment
Keep the big picture close without making every day feel “big.”
The surface stays simple. Underneath, the planning layers preserve enough context to show how a daily commitment entered the plan.
Know why a task is on your list.
Keep source context attached to work as it moves from longer-range planning into this week and, finally, onto today’s list.
Launch my first product2h 30m today
Take care of my health30m today
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Plan for capacity, not fantasy.
Use estimates and deliberate daily commitments to make a plan that respects the hours you actually have.
Bring time into the picture.
Calendar and time-blocking support can help commitments live next to the rest of your day instead of competing with it invisibly.
A different productivity philosophy
Productivity is useful only when it moves the right things forward.
Kojoshin is not being built to maximize the number of tasks you finish. It is being built to help you choose what deserves attention, follow through more intentionally, and change the plan when life changes.
- Goals provide direction, not pressure to optimize every hour.
- Planning should reduce re-deciding, not create more maintenance.
- Missed plans are information to learn from, not a reason to punish yourself with red streaks.
- AI, when added, should assist your judgment rather than silently take control of your plan.
Founding access
One product. One straightforward plan.
The founding plan is intended for early users who want to shape the product while it is still young.
Planned founding price
$10 / month
Or $96/year. Founding members are intended to keep their founding price while their subscription remains active.
Join the early-access listPricing and launch details may change before paid access opens.
- Goals, projects, milestones, tasks, and habits
- Weekly and daily planning workflows
- Progress and reflection views
- Early access to new planning features as they ship
- A direct line for product feedback during the founding period
From the blog
Notes on planning a life, not just a day.
Ideas behind a calmer, more deliberate way to plan and notes from building Kojoshin.
Early access
Build days that point somewhere.
Kojoshin is still in development. Leave your email if you want an invitation when early access opens.