Start fresh when you fall behind
Unfinished tasks never pile up in red. Each morning, one decision each, then a clean day.
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What the sweep does
If tasks were planned for a day that has passed and are still unfinished, a Fresh start card sits at the top of Today the next time you visit. It lists each leftover and asks for a single decision, while the rest of your day stays in view below it.
This replaces the overdue list you'd find in other apps. Nothing rots, nothing turns red, nothing accumulates silently.
Your choices
| Choice | What happens |
|---|---|
| Today | Moves to today. Its carry counter goes up by one. |
| Later | Back to the Inbox with no date, decide another time. |
| Someday | Parked in Someday, guilt-free. |
| Did it | Marked done, and it shows up in your Log. |
| Let go | Deleted. Sometimes that's the honest answer. |
With more than one leftover there are also All to today and All to later buttons for when the answer is the same for everything. Anything you don't explicitly choose defaults to Later. Start the day applies your choices.
Repeating tasks are different
A repeating task offers three options instead: Today, Did it, and Skip. Skipping jumps to the next occurrence, so missing one gym day never deletes your gym habit. A repeating series can't be lost in the sweep.
When something keeps coming back
Each time you move a task to today from the sweep, Kairo counts it. After a couple of rounds you'll see a ↻ ×3 badge, and a gentle line: *“Keeps carrying over, too big? Try breaking it into steps, or let it go. Both are wins.”*
Dismissing and reopening
The × in its corner (Not now) folds the card away without changing anything. A small button then appears in the Today header, 3 from before, to bring it back whenever you're ready. It returns on its own the next morning.