PomoZentraA fixed weight in the same arithmetic, not a mood rating read back to you later.
Every logged block gets one question: did this move the area forward? There are three answers, yes, partly, no, and the middle one is the one that matters most.
The binary version fails first
A yes-or-no check forces you to round every block up or down. Round up too often and the number stops meaning anything. Round down too often and the app starts feeling punitive for exactly the kind of slow, real work that doesn't resolve in 25 minutes.
Partly is what most real blocks actually are. You made progress on the proposal but didn't send it. You debugged the issue but didn't ship the fix. That's not nothing, and it's not a full block either.
Half credit, not a mood score
Partly counts as exactly half a block toward that area's plan. Not a vibe, not a judgment call read back to you later. A fixed number that feeds the same plan-alignment math as a full yes.
The effect is that alignment stays honest without becoming discouraging. A week full of partly-productive blocks reads as real, partial progress, not a string of failures.
Why not just measure time
A stopwatch can't ask this question at all. It only knows a block ran, not whether it moved anything. The Yes/Partly/No check is the one part of the loop that has to be answered by you, honestly, right when you still remember what actually happened.
Key takeaways
- A yes-or-no check forces you to round every block up or down, and both directions ruin the number.
- Partly counts as exactly half a block, a fixed weight in the same arithmetic as a full yes.
- Half credit keeps alignment honest without making slow, real work feel like failure.
- The check is the one part of the loop only you can answer, so it has to be answered while you still remember.
Try the honest check on your next block
Run one block and answer the question when it ends. That single tap is the whole data set.
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