How do I tell Thinker I am on holiday?

Settings, then the Rest days tab: pick the first and last day, choose Away, not working, and press Add rest days. Or just tell Thinker in the chat that you are away next week.

What happens to my rituals and tasks on a rest day?

Your Success Day is replaced by a rest screen, rituals pause with nothing marked as missed, and your tasks keep exactly as they were. Nothing is lost or rescheduled behind your back.

What is a lighter day?

You still get a day, but roughly half a normal load and nothing heavy, with a strip at the top saying that is on purpose. Good for the day after a launch, a day you are ill but not that ill, or a day full of school things.

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Rest days and lighter days

Tell Thinker when you are off or need a gentler day and it stops planning for you, pauses your rituals, and does not mark anything as missed. How to set them and what actually changes.

Updated 8 Aug 2026

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How do I tell Thinker I am on holiday?: Settings, then the Rest days tab: pick the first and last day, choose Away, not working, and press Add rest days. Or just tell Thinker in the chat that you are away next week.
What happens to my rituals and tasks on a rest day?: Your Success Day is replaced by a rest screen, rituals pause with nothing marked as missed, and your tasks keep exactly as they were. Nothing is lost or rescheduled behind your back.
What is a lighter day?: You still get a day, but roughly half a normal load and nothing heavy, with a strip at the top saying that is on purpose. Good for the day after a launch, a day you are ill but not that ill, or a day full of school things.

A planning app that keeps building you a day while you are on a beach is a planning app you will start ignoring. Tell Thinker you are off and it genuinely leaves you alone.

The Rest days tab in Settings. — Rest days live in Settings. Tell it once and the whole app respects it. See it full size

Setting them

1Go to Settings and open the Rest days tab.
2Pick a first day, and a last day if it is more than one.
3Choose the kind: Away, not working, or Lighter day.
4Optionally say why, in your own words. It sets the tone of your briefing.
5Press Add rest days.

Upcoming rest periods are listed underneath with a Cancel button if plans change.

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What Away actually does

Your Success Day is replaced by a rest screen. No plan, no list, nothing to feel bad about.
Rituals pause. Nothing is flagged as missed for those dates, so your history stays honest.
Your tasks keep. Nothing is lost or rescheduled behind your back.

What a Lighter day does

You still get a day, but a deliberately gentle one. Roughly half a normal load and nothing heavy. A strip at the top of the page reminds you that is on purpose.

Good for the day after a launch, the day you are ill but not that ill, the Friday before a holiday, or a day full of school things.

Coming back early

The rest screen has a link straight to your rest day settings. Cancel the period and your normal day comes back.

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