Actually do the things you mean to do.

Donna is an AI executive function partner that helps you follow through on what matters to you, without maintaining a planner or relying on willpower.

You have a 90-minute gap before lunch. The deck is done.

Draft your speaker notes.

You said last week you wanted to actually use these gaps. Here's one.

one slidelater today
Q2 presentation1h 30m

The moments planning falls apart.

  • 01

    The planner that lasted a week.

  • 02

    The list you couldn’t pick from.

  • 03

    The 8-minute task that took 3 hours to start.

  • 04

    The plan that was great Monday, gone by Wednesday.

  • 05

    The day with energy and no idea where to spend it.

  • 06

    The thing you’ve been carrying for months that won’t move.

Not personal failures. Predictable failure modes.
Donna is built around them.

Plan less than you think you should.

Keeping a plan alive takes energy away from doing the work. And when the finish line is three months out, today rarely feels urgent. By the time it does, you’re already behind.

Instead of living in the middle of everything, you reach the end of something.

the version of me who finished it — the book i've been carrying for three years.
THIS CYCLEAPR 25 — MAY 1
4 sessions on the part you’ve been avoiding
2 of 4
  • “wrote two paragraphs that matter”MON · 90 MIN
  • “this morning — kept going”TUE · 90 MIN
FROM DONNA
  • i'll check in wednesday if you haven't started
  • i'm watching for the wall pattern when this section gets hard
your words

“i always quit at the part where i don't know what comes next.”

since february · 31 sessions · 38 hours

Reply to Marcus.

11 days, getting weird. 8 minutes, draft to send.

try a smaller onenot today
build the kind of network that outlasts jobs8 min

One task at a time. Sized to right now.

Most apps end at the to-do list. Donna starts there.

When you finish, Donna connects the effort back to the bigger thing you’re working toward, so the time you spent feels like progress toward something real.

Donna meets you where the day is.

D
Donna

When the thread goes quiet

Donna can check in outside the app with a small, timely message about what still makes sense today. The message stays light unless you tell it to.

listening
youmarcus, the Q3 intro, design review prep. i don't know where to start.
donna captured
reply to marcus · 8 min, send first
Q3 intro · second pass at 10
design review prep · after standup

When typing is too much

Some thoughts are easier to say before they're clear enough to write. Talk to Donna about what feels stuck, scattered, or overwhelming, until it turns into something you can act on.

thursday · may 7 · 67° and clear

good morning.

worth your attention today
marcus intro · 11 days, getting weird
design review prep · you flagged Monday
Q3 report · the expense section is still cold
improve the room · the lunch is the gap
start with the marcus reply.
open the draft.

Before the day starts

Donna turns yesterday's loose ends into a short brief: what's heavy, what still matters, and where the first move might be.

thursday · may 7 · 9:30p

end of day.

you moved four things today.

  • marcus introsent
    servedbuild the kind of network that outlasts jobs
  • Q3 reportintro + body drafted
    servedship the Q3 report by Friday
  • team lunchpulled in two quiet voices
    servedbe the person who improves the room
  • design reviewwalked in prepared, held the timeline pushback
    servedlead the team well

the report shifted the most. you’re three days ahead of where you’ve been on Q reports historically.

Follow-through is easier when the system stays with you.

Donna is built for the gap between intention and done. Not to make you more “productive.” Just to help you keep showing up for the things you said mattered.

Donna remembers how you work, adapts to the day in front of you, and turns what matters into something you can actually do.

You bring the intention. Donna helps it become real.