PEP — Personal Energy Planner

Work with the energy you have.

Low on energy and not sure what to do with it? Tell PEP how much you have in you right now. Get something that fits. Try it. Tell PEP how it went. PEP uses your own history to make better suggestions next time.

Overview

PEP treats your energy as something you report, not something it measures. Tell it your capacity, available time, mood, and location, and it suggests one manageable activity plus a couple of alternatives — never framed as guaranteed to help. Try something and rate how it actually went, and that becomes real evidence PEP can use the next time you're in a similar spot. Save activities you want it to remember for another low-energy moment.

How to use it

  1. Set your energy (1-10), how much time you have, and optionally your mood and location
  2. Add anything else worth knowing — what you've been doing, what sounds awful right now, what you need to be ready for next
  3. Get a top pick with a first step and a stopping point, plus up to two alternatives
  4. In a hurry? 'Just tell me what to do' skips the menu and gives one suggestion
  5. After trying something, tell PEP how helpful it was and your energy afterward — that's what personalizes future suggestions

Example

Scenario: It's the evening. Energy is 2/10, you have 15 minutes, you've been staring at screens all day.

What you do: Set energy to 2, time to '15 minutes', and mention the screen fatigue in the open field, then submit.

Result: Top pick: something low-demand and screen-free that fits the 15 minutes, with a first step, a duration, and a concrete stopping point — no promise about how it will make you feel.

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