or: The calendar that honestly shows whether you were productive or just very committed to procrastinating

The Heatmap shows how active you have been throughout the month.

Not with boring numbers.
Not with Excel tables.

Instead, with small calendar squares that turn greener the more things you finish.

Or put differently: the calendar slowly turns green when you actually get things done.

And stays gray when you mostly drink coffee and think very deeply about your life.

Do not worry.
That still counts as activity. Just not in the heatmap.

How the heatmap works

Each day of the month is represented by a small square.

The more tasks you complete on that day, the greener the square becomes.

The legend below explains the color system:

– Gray → basically nothing completed
– Light green → at least something got done
– Green → productive day
– Very green → you were clearly a functioning human being today

Or simply: the greener the day, the more things you actually finished.

A few honest everyday examples

Monday

You complete:

– cancel internet contract
– answer two important emails
– take out the trash
– clean up your To-Do list

Boom.

The day turns nicely green.

Tuesday

You complete:

– buy milk
– pay one invoice

Okay.

The day becomes light green.

Not heroic, but also not a total failure.

Wednesday

You complete:

– open Instagram
– read a Wikipedia article about octopuses
– wonder why octopuses have three hearts
– continue reading Wikipedia

The day stays gray.

But hey. Now you know a lot about octopuses. Please let us know where this knowledge helped you in real life. We are curious.

Calendar overview

The heatmap shows a full month.

You can switch between months and see how your productivity has evolved.

For example:

– one week full of green days
– one week full of chaos
– and that one Wednesday where you apparently decided to just exist

That is also part of life.

On the left side you will also see the calendar week numbers, so you can recognize whether you tend to be productive during certain weeks.

Today

The current day is highlighted.

This is basically the app looking at you and saying:

“So… are we getting something done today, or is this going to be another Netflix day?”

The pressure is subtle.

But effective.

Why the heatmap is motivating

Lists usually only show you:
“Here are 47 things you still need to do.”

The heatmap shows you something different:

“Hey, look. You have actually accomplished quite a bit this month.”

It also helps calm that little impostor voice that sometimes insists you have done nothing at all.

And suddenly you do not want to break those little green squares anymore.

Because your brain thinks:
“Another gray day in the middle would feel a bit embarrassing.”

And that is how productivity streaks happen.

Not through discipline.

More through your inner “I do not want to ruin this streak” feeling.

In short

The heatmap is your personal productivity calendar.

It shows:

– when you completed tasks
– how active you were
– and which days fall more into the category of “mental preparation”

Or even simpler:

If your month keeps getting greener, your life is probably going reasonably well.

And if not, tomorrow is a pretty good day to add a little more green.