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Overview

Arre’s productivity metrics help you understand your work patterns and completion rates over time. Three key metrics are displayed on your dashboard: Productivity Velocity, Daily Focus, and Tasks Done.

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Productivity Velocity

The velocity chart shows your 7-day task completion rate as a smooth area graph.

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What It Shows

  • Completion trend: How many tasks you’ve completed each day over the past week
  • Efficiency trend: Percentage change in your completion rate (e.g., “+12% Efficiency”)
  • Visual pattern: Spot your most and least productive days at a glance
Reference: DashboardStats.tsx:37-46

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How It Works

The chart uses data from the past 7 days to plot your daily completions. The efficiency trend compares your recent performance to your baseline.
When you see green ”+ %” indicators, you’re improving your completion rate compared to previous periods. This is a good sign that your productivity systems are working.
Reference: DashboardStats.tsx:17-25

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Visualization Details

The velocity chart uses:
  • Cyan gradient fill: Area under the curve shows cumulative effort
  • Smooth curves: Monotone interpolation for clean, readable trends
  • Interactive tooltips: Hover over any point to see exact completion counts
  • Responsive design: Adapts to different screen sizes
Reference: VelocityChart.tsx:10-36

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Daily Focus

Track how many high-focus tasks you complete each day.

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What It Shows

  • High-focus task count: Number of “High” energy tasks completed today
  • Daily goal progress: Circular progress indicator (default goal: 3 tasks)
  • Focus trend: Comparison to yesterday’s high-focus completions
Reference: DashboardStats.tsx:48-75

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Why It Matters

High-focus tasks represent deep work - the meaningful, challenging tasks that require concentration. Tracking these separately helps you:
  • Prioritize important work over busy work
  • Identify your peak focus periods
  • Set realistic goals for deep work sessions
The default daily goal is 3 high-focus tasks. This is based on research showing that 3-4 hours of deep work per day is sustainable for most people.

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Visual Indicators

The focus metric uses a circular progress ring:
  • Purple accent: High-energy tasks are highlighted with a vibrant purple stroke
  • Animated fill: The ring fills based on your progress toward the daily goal
  • Trend comparison: Shows percentage change from yesterday
Reference: DashboardStats.tsx:58-73

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Tasks Done

A simple bar chart showing your daily task completions over the past 5 days.

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What It Shows

  • Today’s progress: Current count toward your daily goal (e.g., “5/8”)
  • 5-day trend: Bar chart of recent completions
  • Visual comparison: Today’s bar is highlighted in cyan, past days in gray
Reference: DashboardStats.tsx:77-104

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How to Use It

This metric gives you immediate feedback on your daily progress:
  • Morning check: See how many tasks you need to complete today
  • End of day review: Compare today to your recent average
  • Weekly patterns: Identify which days tend to be most productive

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Animated Bars

Each bar animates on load with a staggered delay, making it easy to see the progression over time. Hover over any bar to see the exact task count for that day. Reference: DashboardStats.tsx:84-101

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How Metrics Help Improve Productivity

Spot Patterns

Notice when you’re most productive and schedule important tasks accordingly. If Friday always shows low velocity, maybe that’s admin day.

Set Realistic Goals

Use your average completion rate to set achievable daily goals. If you typically complete 6 tasks per day, don’t plan 15.

Balance Task Types

The Daily Focus metric helps ensure you’re not just clearing quick tasks while avoiding important deep work.

Celebrate Progress

Visual trends make improvement tangible. Seeing your velocity increase over time is motivating.

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Understanding Your Data

When your completion rate is identical to the comparison period (yesterday for focus, previous period for velocity), the trend shows 0%. This indicates stable, consistent productivity.
Negative trends aren’t failures - they’re information. You might be:
  • Working on longer, more complex tasks
  • Dealing with unexpected interruptions
  • Intentionally slowing down to avoid burnout
Use trends to inform your planning, not to judge yourself.
Metrics update in real-time as you complete tasks. The velocity chart recalculates daily, while Daily Focus and Tasks Done update immediately when you check off tasks.
Metric export is not currently available but is planned for a future release. You’ll be able to download CSV files of your completion history.

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Best Practices

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Review Metrics Weekly

Set aside time each week to review your productivity metrics:
  1. Check your 7-day velocity trend
  2. Compare high-focus task completion to your goals
  3. Identify your most and least productive days
  4. Adjust your task planning based on patterns

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Don’t Optimize for Numbers Alone

Metrics are tools for insight, not scorecards:
  • Quality matters more than quantity
  • Deep work on important tasks beats checking off trivial ones
  • Rest and recovery are essential for sustained productivity

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Use Energy Levels Accurately

Daily Focus metrics only work if you’re honest about task energy levels. Don’t mark everything as “High” - reserve that for genuine deep work.

Task Management

Learn how completed tasks feed into metrics

Energy Filtering

Assign energy levels to improve focus tracking

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