An inbox for the things you are carrying.

How it works

Most things on your mind are signals about something you would benefit from doing or learning. Settle treats each one as a small task and walks you through it.

1. 1
   Add

   Name the thing. One sentence is enough.

2. 2
   Understand

   Four short prompts: what is it asking for, what would doing it well look like, what is the smallest action you could take.

3. 3
   Act

   Do the small action. Or schedule it. The point is to convert the item into something tractable.

4. 4
   Clear

   Mark it cleared, partial, or deferred. Move on. The archive is there if you want to look back.

Why this shape

The prompts are deliberately constrained so you do not get stuck thinking instead of acting. Settle does not score you, label your items, or interpret what you wrote. You write, you decide, you move on.

The loop is informed by an old essay on emotional processing. We took the loop and rejected the parts that ranked people on how well they were managing themselves. There are no good or bad users here, just items you want off your mind.

What Settle is not

• Not a substitute for professional mental-health support, and not a crisis tool. If you are in distress, please use the services on the Support page.
• Not a mood tracker. No sliders, no valence labels, no inferred emotions.
• Not a journal. You can use it like one, but the prompts steer toward action, not length.
• Not a habit tracker. No streaks, no levels, no badges, no celebration animations.
• Not connected to anyone. Items stay on your device. Other people cannot see them. We cannot see them.

Who it is for

Overthinkers who want to act. People with a lot of mental tabs open. People who like a structured loop more than they like a vibe. If unguided journaling has not worked for you, this might.

The prompts work best when you already have a rough sense of what the thing is. If you do not, no smallest action will land, and that is a different kind of work. Settle will not pretend otherwise. Defer the item, or use a different tool for that part.

If you want passive mood tracking, infinite venting, or a coach in your pocket, Settle will not give you that. There are other tools for those things.

Your data

Items live in your browser via IndexedDB. Settle has no server-side store of what you write. Export your data as JSON at any time. Delete everything in one click. The full picture is in the privacy policy.

Who built this

Settle is built by Lotlsoft, a sole-trader software shop in Melbourne. Email feedback to hello@lotlsoft.com. No phone, no live chat. Replies happen when they happen.