A practical guide to Lumahari’s task starter, timer and notes

Published 2026-11-06 · Updated 2026-11-06 · Sources checked 2026-11-06

Use one task, one small action and an optional quiet timer. Learn the field limits, temporary-note behavior and how to keep a lasting copy.

Lumahari’s free planning tools give you a place to write one action, try a short timer, and keep a few notes. You can use the parts you want without creating an account. This guide explains the current controls and what happens to the words you enter. This guide was checked against the running tools and their source code. It does not make claims about treating a condition, and it has not received clinical review.

Start with one thing

Open the task starter. The first field is labelled “One thing on your mind.” Write the activity you want to begin. That could be an email, a document, or a household task. The page does not choose a task for you.

The second field asks for “The smallest action you could take.” Use your own wording. If your first field says “write a report,” the action could be “open the document.” If it says “tidy the desk,” you could write “put one item away.” These are examples, not a required method or a promise about results.

There is also an expandable example section. Open it if another example would be useful, or leave it closed and continue. Both task fields need an entry before you choose “Focus on this step.”

Read the step you chose

After you choose the focus button, the page shows your broader activity and the small action together. Keyboard focus moves to that section’s heading. This lets you return to the wording you chose while the timer and notes remain available below.

When you decide the action is complete, choose “I did this step.” The section acknowledges completion. It does not award points, create a streak, or make a record in an account. If you want different wording, choose “Choose a different step” and edit the field. You can stop after one action or choose another. Nothing on this page requires you to keep working until a larger project is finished.

Choose a timer, if you want one

The timer offers two-, five-, and ten-minute options. Five minutes is the starting selection. Choose a duration and then “Start timer.” The displayed countdown shows minutes and seconds. While it is running, the duration buttons are unavailable; pause or reset before selecting a different duration.

“Pause timer” stops the countdown with the remaining time available. “Start timer” resumes it. “Reset timer” returns to the selected duration. When the timer reaches zero, the page displays a message. There is no alarm sound or browser notification. If you need an audible reminder, do not rely on this timer for one.

You can also leave the timer unused. It is a separate control, so starting a task does not automatically start a countdown. Closing or refreshing the page resets it.

Park something for later

The “Park a thought” area is a text box for anything you want to set aside temporarily. You might write “check tomorrow’s calendar” or “look for that file.” The box does not turn those notes into scheduled reminders or send them elsewhere.

Use “Clear thoughts” when you want to remove its contents. The page asks for confirmation before clearing the box. Cancelling that confirmation keeps the text. Clearing it removes the note from the current page, and there is no undo history built into this tool.

If a note matters beyond this visit, copy it somewhere you control before leaving. The parking area is temporary, rather than a saved notebook. You do not need to write anything there to use the task fields or timer.

Prepare questions in a separate space

The appointment-preparation page has four optional note areas: what you want help with, an everyday example, context you want to mention, and questions you want to ask. You may leave any of them blank. The page does not score the answers or produce an assessment.

The appointment-preparation page can download your notes as a text file. Choose “Download my notes” and check your browser’s downloads. The file is named my-appointment-notes.txt. Requesting the download does not send it to Lumahari or a clinician. You decide whether to share it later and with whom.

“Clear all notes” asks for confirmation before removing the current entries. If you downloaded a copy earlier, clearing the page does not delete that file from your device.

Know what is temporary

Task text, parked thoughts, and appointment entries stay in the page’s memory. Refreshing or closing the page clears those entries. Moving away from a tool can also discard its current state, so copy or download anything you want to keep before navigating elsewhere.

A downloaded file is different: it remains wherever your browser saves downloads. On a shared device, consider who can open that folder. If you decide to remove the file, use your device’s file controls. The webpage does not manage files that you have already downloaded.

These tools are not a place to store an important long-term record. Their temporary behaviour is part of how this version works, rather than a backup or account-sync feature.

Use only the controls you need

You can write one step without starting a timer, start a short timer without parking a thought, or use the appointment notes on their own. If you prefer a different notebook or timer, you can use that instead. The tools offer a few specific controls, and this guide describes those controls rather than promising a particular outcome.

For another visit, return to the task starter or appointment page and begin again. Bring only the information you want to work with in that moment, and keep any lasting copy in a location you have chosen.

For a related next step, see how to choose a first action and a stopping point and how to check tomorrow’s calendar in one short pass. Find more examples in the task initiation guide hub.

General information, not a diagnosis or personalized treatment advice.