novelties

novelties delivers one brief, randomly generated activity each day to help you disengage from automatic thought patterns and re-engage with your immediate surroundings.
Each “novelty” invites you to pause and notice textures, sounds, scents, balance, and movement in the world around you. One prompt is all it takes to spark curiosity, refresh focus, and see the ordinary anew.
Each prompt lasts no longer than five minutes and concludes with a concise reflection question.
Completed prompts and reflections are stored in an “Inner Archive”, giving you a private log of past novelties and insights.
Notification time, color palettes, task durations, activities and reflection questions are all selected at random to interrupt cognitive autopilot and stimulate the brain’s salience network, encouraging awareness of both internal and external stimuli.


BENEFITS
Introduces a structured pause in environments dominated by speed and continuous output.
Strengthens present-moment attention without lengthy meditation sessions.
Stimulates curiosity, sensory awareness and cognitive flexibility through varied, low-stakes tasks