---
title: "Start fresh when you fall behind"
description: "Unfinished tasks never pile up in red. Each morning, one decision each, then a clean day."
section: "Plan your day"
keywords: "overdue, fresh start, sweep, carry over, yesterday, behind, missed, leftovers"
canonical: https://kairo.jaimansoni.com/support/fresh-start
---
# Start fresh when you fall behind

Unfinished tasks never pile up in red. Each morning, one decision each, then a clean day.

Source: https://kairo.jaimansoni.com/support/fresh-start
Section: Plan your day

## What the sweep does

If tasks were planned for a day that has passed and are still unfinished, Kairo opens the **Fresh start** panel the next time you visit Today. It lists each leftover and asks for a single decision.

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. |

There are also **all → today** and **all → later** buttons for when the answer is the same for everything. Anything you don't explicitly choose defaults to **Later**.

> **Heads up:** **Let go** in the sweep deletes immediately, without an undo prompt. Use **Someday** if you're unsure.

## Repeating tasks are different

A [repeating task](https://kairo.jaimansoni.com/support/recurring) 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.”*

> **Good to know:** A high carry count almost always means the task is too big or too vague. [Breaking it into steps](https://kairo.jaimansoni.com/support/steps) is usually the fix.

## Dismissing and reopening

**Not now** closes the panel without changing anything. A small button then appears in the Today header, `🌅 3 from before`, to reopen it whenever you're ready. It returns on its own the next morning.