Before the Crash

Learn what tends to happen before you run out of steam

Track a few daily signals and look for patterns in the days when your energy drops or life starts feeling harder. Over time, Before the Crash helps you compare what changed beforehand — sleep, stress, workload, symptoms, routines, and anything else you choose to track.

See what Before the Crash gives you

Real output from comparing the five check-ins below. Part of the result is shown; nothing is reworded.

Five days of check-ins

Oct 3: energy 7, sleep 8, stress 3, mood 7 — "Slept properly, walked at lunch." Oct 4: energy 8, sleep 4, stress 6 — "Wired. Big launch day, four coffees." Oct 5: energy 4, sleep 5, stress 7 — "Third late night this week." Oct 6: energy 5, sleep 6, stress 5 — "Did the minimum, didn't text anyone back." Oct 7: energy 2, sleep 3, stress 9, marked as a crash day — "Two weeks of saying yes caught up at once."

Real run, 2026-10-08 — the tool's five built-in example check-ins, dated as five days in a row.

What changed

A five-day arc from a solid baseline to a marked crash day, with energy and mood both lower on the crash day than on Oct 3, and sleep at its worst on the crash day — though none of the three declined steadily across every intervening day.

Patterns worth noticing

In each of the four transitions available, sleep on one day was followed by an energy reading the next day that moved in a similar direction.
Brain fog and withdrawing were both logged on the same two check-ins.
The highest-stress days (Oct 5 at 7 and Oct 7 at 9) each included multiple physical signals; Oct 3 (lowest stress at 3) logged none.

Not enough evidence yet

Whether the Oct 4 launch day — high caffeine, high energy, low sleep — played a role in the days that followed. It appeared once in this set and cannot be separated from other things happening that week.
Whether the pattern of declining signals would have continued without the crash day, or whether the crash day represents a natural stopping point in a longer cycle.

In a Nutshell

When: You've burned out before and don't want to again.
You give: A sixty-second daily check-in: energy, sleep, stress, symptoms, warning signs.
You get: Your own pattern before a crash — what tended to change in the days before it.
The edge: It learns your indicators rather than generic burnout symptoms — which is why it needs a few days before it's useful.

Good to Know

Log EVERY day, even when things are good - you need baseline data
Be honest about ratings - this is for you, not performance
If you think 'I don't need this today', that's when you need it most
Show analysis to someone who knows you - external validation helps
Autistic users: Count masking as energy drain even if it doesn't 'feel' draining
ADHD users: Medication can mask fatigue - log actual sleep/rest, not perceived energy
If analysis says urgent intervention but you disagree, do it anyway - trust the pattern
Recovery from ignoring warnings: 2-4 weeks. Prevention from following warnings: 2-4 days.

Questions people ask

How can I tell burnout is coming before it hits?

Track a few things every day — energy, sleep, stress, mood, a short note — and mark the days you hit a wall. After a week or two, compare the days before those with your usual. Before the Crash does that comparison for you.

Does it predict when I'll crash?

No. It compares your own check-ins and points out what changed and what showed up together. It doesn't predict, diagnose or give risk scores.

Where is my data kept?

Your check-ins stay in your browser. They're sent only when you ask for a comparison.