The philosophy behind Seven
Most task managers are built around intention.
What do you plan to do today. What should you prioritize. What can you optimize.
Seven is built around something else.
Time.
Time changes things
A task does not stay neutral.
The day you write it down, it feels light. A week later, it feels different. A month later, it occupies space in your mind.
Most tools treat tasks as static objects. They sit in a list until you check them off. Nothing about them changes.
But in real life, things change.
They gather weight. They drift. They begin to represent something larger than the words you typed.
Seven makes that visible.
Awareness over urgency
Seven does not push you. It does not reward streaks. It does not manufacture urgency.
Instead, it records time.
Every seven days, a task earns a mark. Not as punishment. Not as shame. As a simple record of how long it has been present.
A strike is not a failure state. It is information.
The goal is not pressure. The goal is awareness.
When you can see how long something has been waiting, you can decide what it means.
Completion as release
In many apps, checking a box feels transactional.
In Seven, completion has context.
When you finish something, the accumulation stops. The marks stop. The weight ends.
You are not just completing a task. You are releasing something that has been sitting with you.
Momentum becomes visible because time was visible first.
Rhythm, not optimization
Seven defaults to seven days because a week is human. It mirrors the natural rhythm most people already live by.
But you are not locked into that cadence.
Daily. Weekly. Custom.
Seven adapts to your pace. It does not try to define it.
This is not about squeezing more output from your day. It is about understanding your relationship to the things you carry.
Privacy as a principle
Seven does not require an account. It does not collect analytics. It does not track behavior.
Your data lives on your device and in your iCloud account if you choose to sync.
The philosophy of awareness only works if the space feels safe. Your tasks are personal. They should remain yours.
A different question
Most productivity tools ask:
What will you do next.
Seven asks:
What has been here the longest.
That shift matters.
Because sometimes the most important thing is not the newest task. It is the one that has been quietly waiting.
Seven is not trying to manage your life.
It is trying to reflect it.