Investigation Dashboard
Sarah's dashboard. 5 of 7 evidence logs filed.

Investigation Dashboard

Every subject sees this view, built live from their own filed evidence. This is Sarah's, five days in.

Goal Progress

How close to the strong-morning threshold

38
of 50
76%
Baseline
18/50
Delta
+20 pts
Forecast
42/50
Daily Rings

Every day, at a glance

18
D1
24
D2
31
D3
33
D4
37
D5
38
D6
-
D7
Sub-Score Averages

The four levers, weekly average

Each ring shows one dimension out of 10. The smallest ring is the lever with the most room to move.

6.0
/10
Wake
5.7
/10
Fresh
6.2
/10
Clarity
5.8
/10
Motiv.
Investigation Timeline

Baseline → Now → Projected Close

Baseline
18/50
Day 1
Latest
38/50
Day 6
Forecast
42/50
Day 7
D1D2D3D4D5D6D7
Logs filed
6
of 7
Strong streak
4
days ≥ 25
Non-negotiables
3.2
of 4 / day
Point delta
+20
vs baseline
At A Glance

Sarah's progress so far

6 of 7 days logged. Strong upward trend.

18
/ 50
Baseline
38
/ 50
Today
42
/ 50
Day 7 Forecast
Progress since Day 1 +20 pts
Time in Bed After Alarm

Sarah's single biggest shift

Day 1 baseline
38 min
Day 6 now
3 min

That is a 35 minute improvement from her baseline. Not through trying harder. Through removing the friction.

Trajectory

Overall morning score

Each dot is one logged day. The line shows where she's heading.

123456702550Baseline
Wake vs Freshness

Where the gap lives

If Wake Ease leads but Freshness lags, sleep upstream is the lever. If they move together, the evening routine is doing the work.

12345670510
Wake
6.0/10
Fresh
5.7/10
Clarity
6.2/10
Motiv.
5.8/10
Evidence Heatmap

Score by day

Every filed log rendered as a coloured tile. Empty tiles are days without evidence.

D1
18
D2
24
D3
31
D4
33
D5
37
D6
38
D7
-
0-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
Best day
Day 6 · 38/50
Toughest day
Day 1 · 18/50
Habit Impact Matrix

With it vs without it

For each non-negotiable, the average score on days it was done compared to days it was skipped.

Water on waking
With
30.2
6d
Without
no data
0d
No phone in first 45m
With
32.6
5d
Without
18.0
1d
Daylight exposure
With
34.8
4d
Without
21.0
2d
Alarm across room
With
34.8
4d
Without
21.0
2d
Score Composition

Shape of the week

Average of every filed sub-score. A skewed shape locates the exact lever that would move the total most.

WakeFreshClarityMotiv.Overall
Strongest
Overall · 6.5/10
Weakest
Fresh · 5.7/10
Pattern Discovery

What the evidence is revealing

Correlations the investigator has surfaced from your filed logs. Each one is a lead, not a verdict.

  • Best morning stack (Day 6)
    Score 38/50. On file that day: Water + No phone + Light + Alarm away. This is the stack the evidence recommends repeating.
  • Light exposure lifts Freshness
    Freshness averages 6.5/10 on days with daylight vs 4.0/10 without. A 2.5 point lift is a strong signal.
  • Phone-free mornings score higher
    Total score averages 33/50 on phone-free mornings vs 18/50 with phone access. A 15 point delta.
  • Latency collapsing
    Time in bed after alarm has dropped from 38 min on Day 1 to 3 min on Day 6. Environment is doing the work.
  • Snoozing correlates with lower scores
    Snooze mornings averaged 24/50 vs 36/50 on days without snooze. Same subject, 12 point spread.
What's Working

The habits lifting her score

  • No social media in first 45 mins of waking
    +15 pts on days she does it
  • Daylight exposure
    +14 pts on days she does it
  • Alarm across the room
    +14 pts on days she does it
What's Draining Her

The patterns pulling scores down

Most common drains this week
Late nightPhone in roomNo prep done
The Evidence Room · Lessons

For each habit the evidence has flagged, here's what it's costing the morning and the specific change that fixes it.

The Habit

Going to bed later than the target bedtime

What It Does To The Morning

Cutting an hour off the front of sleep cuts disproportionately from deep and REM stages, which is where memory consolidation and hormonal recovery happen. The morning body wakes with the wrong ratios of the hormones that should be running the show.

The Ongoing Cost

A single bad night is manageable. Three or more in a row shifts the baseline, and the subject starts calling their new lower energy 'normal.' Motivation, appetite regulation, and emotional bandwidth all quietly degrade.

The Solution

Set a fixed bedtime, protect the last hour before it, and treat it as more important than the wake time.

Why This Works

Sleep quantity is decided at bedtime, not at wake time. Fixing the bedtime is upstream of everything else in the morning. It is the one variable that changes every other variable.

The Habit

Screens in the last hour before bed

What It Does To The Morning

Blue light and stimulating content suppress melatonin and keep the brain in an alert state well past bedtime. Sleep onset is delayed, deep sleep is shortened, and the morning arrives with the body having done less recovery than the clock suggests.

The Ongoing Cost

The subject wakes feeling behind before the day has started. Energy dips harder in the afternoon and the temptation to compensate with caffeine and sugar rises, which then damages that night's sleep in turn.

The Solution

Put the phone down thirty to sixty minutes before bed. Charge it outside the bedroom. Read, write, or sit in low light instead.

Why This Works

Removing stimulation lets melatonin rise on its natural curve, which drops sleep onset time and lengthens the deep sleep window. The morning that follows is not the reward. It is the receipt.

The Habit

No evening preparation for the morning

What It Does To The Morning

Every decision left for the morning (what to wear, what to eat, what to do first) has to be made in the least rested state of the day. The result is decision fatigue at 7am and a slow start.

The Ongoing Cost

Mornings feel chaotic even when nothing goes wrong, because every day begins with a small stack of unfinished decisions. The subject calls this being disorganised. It is actually being under-prepared by the night before.

The Solution

Five minutes the night before: clothes out, water by the bed, first task written down, alarm placed across the room.

Why This Works

The rested self writes the plan. The tired self only has to follow it. This shifts the morning from decision-making mode into execution mode, which is calmer and faster.

Sarah's Day 7 Forecast

If she keeps doing what's working and stops what's draining her, she's on track to finish at 42/50 by Day 7. That's a +24 point shift from her baseline.