CORE CONCEPT

What is Momentum?

Most productivity systems track what you've done. MomentumForge tracks your behavioral velocity. It turns daily actions into a physics engine for your life.

The Momentum Engine

Momentum is a continuous score from 0 to 100. It is not a simple point counter—it behaves like physics. It builds with consistent action and gradually decays when you stop.

How It Increases

Every meaningful action—completing a project task, finishing a workout, or logging a journal entry—earns base points.

However, points are subject to diminishing returns. The higher your momentum, the fewer effective points each action contributes. This prevents gaming the system and rewards sustained, long-term effort over short bursts.

How It Decays

Momentum decays daily, but the rate depends on your activity. It never resets to zero abruptly. It bleeds off gradually, giving you time to recover.

Idle day (no actions)−7% decay
Active day (1+ actions)−3% decay
Rest day (configured)−2% decay

Life Domains

Momentum isn't just a global number. Every single action you take is attributed to one of 6 Life Domains. This reveals where you are actually investing your energy, turning invisible patterns into visible data.

Work

Project tasks, deep work

Health

Workouts, hydration, sleep

Learning

Reading, courses, skills

Finance

Budgeting, planning

Creative

Journaling, writing, art

Home

Chores, maintenance

The Domain Balance Radar

The Insights page features a radar chart that plots your momentum across all 6 domains. A perfectly balanced life shows as an even shape. If you've been grinding at work but neglecting your health, the shape stretches and collapses, visually mapping your current life phase.

The Momentum Ledger

Just like a bank account has a ledger for every transaction, MomentumForge maintains a precise Momentum Ledger for your behavioral energy.

  • Every point earned is timestamped and categorized.
  • Daily decay is logged automatically every night.
  • Bonus multipliers (like completing all Daily Objectives) are explicitly tracked.
  • You can flip your Dashboard widget to see today's net change in real-time.
TODAY'S LEDGERNET +14.2
WorkShip landing page
+5.4
HealthMorning run (45m)
+3.8
SystemMission Complete Bonus
+5.0
SystemDaily active decay
-2.1