Flow — Weekly reflection ritual

Summary

5-minute, both-partners-in-app, weekly ritual. This is the retention-defining flow.

Audience

couple (both partners active)

Entry

Saturday morning push notification: "Ready for your weekly check-in? 5 minutes." Or user opens app and sees ritual prompt on surface-mobile-home-shared.

Steps

#	Step	Surface	Notes
1	Ritual start	surface-mobile-journal-reflection-ritual	Both partners see "start together" prompt
2	Partner A answers	surface-mobile-journal-reflection-ritual	Stage-aware prompt 1 of 4 (private, not visible to partner B in real time)
3	Partner B answers	surface-mobile-journal-reflection-ritual	Same prompt, own answer
4	Reveal	surface-mobile-journal-reflection-ritual	Both answers shown side by side; brief discussion prompt
5	Repeat for prompts 2–4	surface-mobile-journal-reflection-ritual	4 total prompts
6	AI summary	surface-mobile-journal-weekly-couple-report	Claude Sonnet 4.5 produces "what's alive between you this week" — 3 short paragraphs
7	Save + close	(system)	Saved to journal as ritual-session; visible from surface-mobile-journal-list

Exit

Both partners have completed the ritual; the weekly report is saved and pushable. Streak increments in surface-mobile-motivation-streaks (soft, not celebrated).

Escapes

• Only one partner starts → app waits up to 24h before generating a solo report.
• User skips a prompt → prompt is marked skipped, ritual continues.
• User closes mid-ritual → resumable within 48h.

Sources

• motivation-is-ritual
• pillar-journal
• .context/designs/mobile/journal/reflection-ritual.html