Momentum bridges a gap between what we know we should do, and what we actually do with our time. It’s here to help you zoom from big picture goals all the way down to what you’re doing today.
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Congratulations on the launch! In the world of productivity apps, Momentum is unique in its approach, making it easy to tie together long-term goals with what we do in the short term. I am so excited for the world at large to experience it!
@nakedbalance Ohhh, what lovely feedback, Ludmilla! Yes, tying together our long term goals and getting there step by step by what we do each day is the way forward. Thank you for helping us share this approach with the world. We're excited to help as many lovely, creative souls as we can.
@nakedbalance Thank you, Ludmilla. We appreciate your feedback and are excited that we get to share Momentum with you. Thank you for helping us spread the word, also.
I am so proud to be a Maker on the Momentum team because Momentum Planning has been a game changer for me over the last 4 years. Long before I was Team Momentum I was part of @charliegilkey and @angela_wheeler1 's Productive Flourishing community. They showed me that productivity isn’t simply a means of getting things done and checking items off a list but could be a path to a thriving life.
Pre Momentum Planning I would have multiple to-do lists for the different aspects of my life that didn’t work because:
* I’d have to continually rewrite my lists (beating myself up for all the things I didn’t get done)
* The list would hold tasks that would take me 15 minutes and some that were month-sized. There was no rhyme or reason. (likely the reason why things didn’t get to “done”)
* My lists focused more on the “shoulds” and “have tos” of work and life and little on the projects that I’d consider best work
Momentum addresses all these issues (and then some).
When I’m entering projects in Momentum I now think about the amount of time it will take me to realistically get something done (and that realistically can be a moving target some days). Instead of everything being on an endless and indecipherable list, it’s now organized by time horizon. And that shift between time horizons helps me get clarity on what needs to get done, why it needs to get done, and when it needs to get done (i.e. not everything needs to get done right now!).
And because everything is saved in the app, there’s no need to rewrite things over and over. If something needs to shift (because reality never seems to line up exactly as we plan) I can easily move things around in the app. There’s less beating myself up and more celebrating the wins. Because at Momentum we are all about celebrating the wins, big and small!
Momentum’s true magic is it’s centered around you. Think less about what is the correct way to use it and more about what best work projects you’ll move forward.
@charliegilkey@maghan_haggerty Awwww, Maghan, what a beautiful share about your journey from starting with us four years ago and realizing how much we love the human-centered approach to productivity to now being part of the team making this app. It truly is a testament to what we are doing, that we have long time friends and community members that want to join us on the team. <3
@maghan_haggerty I love this encapsulation of the approach and how it's changed planning and productivity for you! Even though we're on opposite sides of the top-down/bottom-up "divide" ;) (or maybe because of it!) it's great having your perspectives inform what we're doing with Momentum.
Thanks for being on the journey with us, @maghan_haggerty! I love that Momentum helps you do more of what sparks you and less of the shoulding that drains you.
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Wow…Momentum is an amazing App that not only organizes your life, but also has a”How” factor that encourages you to stay on task. It also simplifies life in a way where tasks, projects, events, etc. are complete efficiently in a timely manner. Congratulations to you @charliegilkey and your team for a planner app I could actually use.
However, at this time I am best able to write in a calendar; so, I wonder if your planner is in a book/calendar form. If not, how can I effectively use your work sheets? Thank you!! And best wishes!!
@charliegilkey@mrsclark Thank you Krisann for your support! There is no right or wrong way to plan, just the way that works best for you! If paper works best for you right now, we respect that! Regarding the worksheets, we're planning to roll out some content on the Momentum blog (https://www.hellomomentum.app/blog) in the coming months around how to use some of our popular worksheets to help with the planning process (no matter what way you plan). Stay tuned for more soon!
@charliegilkey@mrsclark Such a kind and circumspect response Krisann. Really can’t thank you enough taking the time to support us! One thing that’s actually amazing about the app is you can print off any page / or calendar view. Meaning you can print off the Weekly Planner and keep a digital version with you throughout your week, if that works best for you. It’s a “yes, and” situation. The best of both worlds.
@carafnparrish Thank you for the support and encouragement! We are honored to be here on Product Hunt today and really grateful for all the wonderful feedback we have gotten. We're always happy to help if you ever have any questions or feedback while using the app. And, we love to hear about our community's celebrations about what they were able to accomplish, so hit us up with those if you'd like.
@carafnparrish Thanks! We really appreciate your support!
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Congrats on an amazing launch! This feels like such a great extension of Productive Flourishing's approach that will help a lot of people, well, flourish!
@aminamoreau Thank you, Amina! That's our hope for Momentum - that it improves and extends and enriches the methodology, and more than those things, makes it accessible and actionable for those who've not been well served by the standard productivity offerings. Thanks for your support!
@aminamoreau Thank you, Amina! Here's to flourishing! We really appreciate your support and do hope that we get the opportunity to help more and more people as Momentum grows. It's our hope to meet people where they are at and gently guide them with some helpful boundaries they can put in place from day one to get them to do their best work. <3
@aminamoreau thanks so much for your support, Amina! Let's all flourish together!
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I've had the opportunity to collaborate with this team over the past few months. Truly appreciate the amount of thoughtfulness and insight that have gone into this product. And I'm psyched that they've reached the point of sharing it with a broader audience. Nice work @angela_wheeler1@charliegilkey and crew!
@angela_wheeler1@turoczy Thanks for the comment! It's been great to *finally* get to work with you, too, rather than semi-annual bump-ins across Portland.
@charliegilkey@turoczy Thank you, Rick! It's been an honor for us to get the chance to collaborate with you and learn from you and the PIE community. We are always learning and it's going to help us continue to make Momentum better and better. :-)
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Super Congrats Charlie and Angela. This is so needed across the world.
@smardyks Thank you, Stephan! We absolutely agree with you and are honored to have your support. We're excited to share this with as many amazing souls as we can!
I'm having a lot of fun today getting to meet and get to know our new users. We are excited to hear from you about how Momentum is working for you. We truly want to see you get your best work out in the world and hope Momentum can support you in doing that. Let us know what projects you are working on, if you'd like to share.
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@angela_wheeler1 Thank you for being so engaged! It's great to see 🙌
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the great thing for me about Momentum (and all the work + the awesome, intuitive, responsive team behind it) has been the ability to simply start where I am - some weeks it's the daily minutiae that can undermine progress, then other weeks it's the need to get big-picture. this is a tool that helps me keep in touch with all the levels.
i've tried all sorts of productivity philosophies and offerings but the Momentum Planner from Productive Flourishing and the support and community around it made it clear that this is the approach that works best for a person like me with lots of vision and a shortage of organizational attention. it has been turning me from a chaotic sprinter into an endurance planner and now the Momentum app has made the tools all more accessible for me.
I love seeing where the app is headed and appreciate the community that supports it - great combo.
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Ive been using Momentum since its beta, and Charlie's amazing products since the beginning (I am looking at my weekly planner sheet right now to get it ready for the week) this is an amazing product and I am so glad its finally launched and in other people's hands
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