Memento Mori

A productivity app designed to help you focus on what truly matters by limiting multitasking and prioritising your primary focus.

Overview

This app is built around the philosophy that multitasking is the enemy of meaningful progress. Instead of juggling endless tasks, Memento Mori helps you define a single primary focus and structure your week around it.

To keep things grounded, the app features a Memento Mori death clock—a reminder of the finite time you have left. This isn't meant to be morbid, but motivating: when you see your remaining hours ticking away, you naturally want to spend them on what matters most. We balance this existential nudge with Positive Affirmations that you can customize.

Core Concepts

• One Primary Focus: Define your primary focus (e.g., "Your Business", "Writing", "Music"). This is the one thing you should be working toward.
• Limited Objectives:
  • 3 long-term objectives (clear monthly/quarterly/yearly)
  • 3 weekly objectives (clear weekly)
  • 2 weekly necessity objectives (clear weekly)
• Necessity Blocks: Four categories for life's required activities: Work, Chores, Exercise, and Relaxation (customisable names)
• Time Blocking: Drag-and-drop colored bricks onto a weekly schedule to visualise where your time goes
• Fresh Slate Philosophy: Objectives reset weekly/monthly, preventing backlog buildup and forcing prioritisation

Features

• 🎯 Focus-first design - One primary focus with supporting objectives
• ⏰ Death clock - Real-time countdown of hours remaining in your expected lifespan
• 📝 Editable affirmations - Customise motivational messages
• 🧱 Block Bank - Adjustable brick counts for each time category
• 📅 Weekly schedule - Drag bricks to plan your week visually
• 🔒 Schedule locking - Lock your schedule to prevent accidental changes

Setup and Deployment

This application is designed to be deployed on Vercel with a Turso (libSQL) database.

Prerequisites

1. A Vercel account.
2. A Turso account and database.

Deployment Steps

1. Setup Vercel Project:

   • Import this repository into a new Vercel project.
   • Select SvelteKit as the framework (Vercel usually detects this automatically).

2. Setup Turso Database:

   • Create a new database in Turso.
   • Get the DATABASE_URL and DATABASE_AUTH_TOKEN.
   • The database will be automatically seeded on first run.

3. Create Password Hash:

   • The app uses a simple single-user authentication system. You need to generate a bcrypt hash for your desired password.
   • You can do this via a node script:

     node -e "console.log(require('bcryptjs').hashSync('YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE', 10))"

4. Environment Variables:

   • In your Vercel project settings, add the following environment variables:
     • DATABASE_URL: Your Turso database URL (e.g., libsql://...).
     • DATABASE_AUTH_TOKEN: Your Turso authentication token.
     • ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH: The bcrypt hash you generated in step 3.
     • AUTH_SECRET: A random string used for signing session cookies (e.g., generate with openssl rand -base64 32).

5. Deploy:

   • Trigger a deployment in Vercel. Once finished, your app should be live and protected by the login screen.

Database Reset

To reset the database and reseed with default data:

export $(grep -v '^#' .env | xargs) && npx tsx src/lib/server/db/reset.ts

Then restart the dev server to trigger seeding.

Customization

Default Data

Edit static/default-data.json to customize:

• Initial affirmations
• Default age for death clock calculation
• Primary focus label
• Necessity block names and colors
• Starting objectives

Necessity Blocks

The four necessity blocks can be renamed in the app under Block Bank → "Customize Block Names". Default blocks are:

• Work (blue) - Employment, contracting, etc.
• Chores (gray) - Household tasks, errands
• Exercise (green) - Physical activity, health
• Relaxation (pink) - Rest, hobbies, social time

Limitations

• Single User: The authentication system is designed for personal use by a single user.
• Intentionally Limited: The restricted number of objectives is a feature, not a bug—it forces prioritization.
• Fresh Slate Philosophy: Objectives don't carry over indefinitely. If something wasn't important enough to complete, re-evaluate whether it belongs in your life.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to improve the app or adapt it for your own use cases, feel free to fork the repository.

Guidelines

1. Fork and Clone: Fork the repo and clone it locally.
2. Branching: Create a new branch for your feature or fix (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature).
3. Linting: Ensure your code passes linting checks (pnpm run check and pnpm run lint).
4. Pull Request: Submit a Pull Request with a clear description of your changes.

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Built with SvelteKit, Svelte 5, Tailwind CSS, Skeleton UI, and Drizzle ORM.