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It's 6 PM. You haven't thought about dinner.

You knew you'd need to eat. You've known all day. But the decision of what to make, plus the effort of actually making it, created enough friction that you put it off until now. A backward plan from when you want to sit down and eat tells you when to start, and breaks "make dinner" into steps small enough to actually begin.

Five questions before you even start cooking

"What's for dinner" isn't one decision. It's a chain. What do I have? What sounds good? Do I have all the ingredients? How long will it take? Each question is a fork, and if you stall on open-ended decisions, you stall on the first one. By the time you pick something, it's 7:30 and you order takeout.

Start with the timeline, not the recipe

Pick something simple. Ready Time works backward from when you want to eat. Decide at 5:45. Prep at 6:00. Cook at 6:15. The notifications move you through each step so you don't stall between them. Even a basic meal (pasta, a protein, a vegetable) feels manageable when each step has a start time.

Weeknight Dinner
7:00 PM
5 min Pick a meal & check ingredients 6:10 PM
10 min Prep & chop 6:15 PM
20 min Cook 6:25 PM
5 min Set table & plate up 6:45 PM
10 min Serve & sit down 6:50 PM
Weeknight Dinner 7:00 PM
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Ready Time

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

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