Start with what you need right now.

You don't need motivation. You need to get started.

Stuck, ready to focus, or unsure how to plan it? Choose what would help and start using it here.

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Free while we're in alpha. No card, nothing to install.

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What would help you right now?

No card. No installation. Start before you sign up.

The moments nobody teaches you

Starting is hard for different reasons. Each reason has a move.

Find what's making it hard to start. Your coach gives you one move to try.

Your move

Your coach helps you name one small, doable first move, so a blank page stops being the thing that blocks you.

How startwith works

Each session makes starting the next one easier.

You don't need a perfect plan. Each session gives you a clear move, and what you learn makes the next start easier.

Plan
Start
Monitor
Adjust
Reflect

Pick one move, start, notice what gets in the way, and adjust for next time.

If you don't know where to start

Answer three minutes of questions. Leave with a plan.

Big work is hard to plan alone. The coach asks what you're doing, what's in the way, and how much time you have, then turns it into sessions you can actually start.

You can change the plan. You don't have to build it from a blank page.

Your plan · built in 3 minutes

Finish the first draft

Due in 5 weeks

  • Mon 9:00 · 25 min · Outline the argument
  • Tue 9:00 · 25 min · Draft the first section
  • Thu 14:00 · 45 min · Rewrite the opening
Added to your calendar

When you get stuck

When the week goes off track, adjust the next step.

Different problems need different moves. Tell your coach what's happening, and it adjusts to help.

I can't start

Shrinks the task until the first move is small enough to just do.

I'm overwhelmed

Clears the noise and picks the one thing that matters right now.

I'm stuck

Asks what you've tried and finds a different angle in.

I'm distracted

Helps you name the pull and set up a short, protected stretch.

Getting stuck isn't failure. Adjusting is part of the plan.

What you keep

The project ends. What you learn about how you work stays.

Your coach learns from what you actually do: how quickly you start, what helps, when you ask for help, and what gets you moving again. Over time, it shows you patterns you can use next time.

An insight

“Twice this week you got moving fastest when you started with the smallest possible first step. When the goal felt big, naming one move seemed to matter more than adding time.”

The evidence behind it

Tue · started in under 2 minThu · shrank the task, then began2 sessions after a rescue

Try next time

Open your next session by writing the smallest first step before you set the timer.

Your coach

AI that helps you think, not think for you.

No magic and no all-knowing tutor. Just a coach for the process, measured by what it helps you do.

Helps you choose a clear next move
Asks useful questions instead of giving you answers
Responds to what's actually getting in your way
Supports your work without taking it over
Steps back as you get better at starting

Where startwith fits

Works with the tools you already use.

Your notes, documents, reading, and supervisor all stay where they are. startwith helps you plan and start the work around them.

Your existing tools Phone, tablet, or desktop
No. It coaches the process around your work: planning, starting, focusing, adjusting, and reflecting. The work stays yours.
It's for work you need to manage yourself, like a thesis, course, portfolio, or side project. If nothing is forcing you to work on it today, it's the right fit.
You keep what you learned about how you work: what helps you start, what slows you down, and what gets you moving again. That makes the next project easier to begin.
No. Start a session with a move you already have in mind, or ask the coach to suggest one. Build a plan with the coach when you want more structure.
From what you actually do. The coach looks at how quickly you start, what helps you begin, when you ask for help, and which sessions you finish. It looks for patterns and tells you when the evidence is limited.
Yes. It runs in your browser on your phone, tablet, or desktop. There's nothing to install.
It's free during the alpha. There's no card required, and your sessions and reflections remain yours.

Start before you feel ready.

One session gets you moving. Five gets you the first honest read on how you actually work.

Start a 25-minute session