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It's midnight. You leave at 6. The suitcase is still empty.

Packing should take 30 minutes. Instead it takes three hours because you can't decide what to bring, you get distracted folding, you realize you need to do laundry, and suddenly you're reorganizing the closet. A backward plan from when you need to be in bed gives each packing step a time box so you actually finish.

Open-ended decisions, one after another

Packing is a chain of open-ended decisions: what to wear, how much to bring, what you might need. Each choice is a micro-stall. You hold up two shirts for five minutes. You check the weather three times. You wander into the bathroom and forget what you went for. The task expands because nothing is timeboxed.

Timebox each category

Ready Time works backward from when you need to be asleep. Clothes: 15 minutes. Toiletries: 10 minutes. Electronics and chargers: 5 minutes. Documents and essentials: 5 minutes. Final check: 5 minutes. Each step gets a notification. You don't need to make perfect choices. You need to make choices within the time box and move on.

Pack for Trip
11:00 PM
10 min Pull out suitcase & make list 9:50 PM
15 min Pack clothes & shoes 10:00 PM
10 min Toiletries & medications 10:15 PM
5 min Electronics & chargers 10:25 PM
5 min Documents, wallet, keys 10:30 PM
10 min Final check & zip up 10:35 PM
15 min Set alarm & wind down 10:45 PM
Pack for Trip 11:00 PM
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Ready Time

You know what you need to do. Ready Time tells you when.

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