lumie

for students who get stuck

a learning companion that learns you.

it learns how you really work, tells you the one thing to do next, and builds small habits that stick.

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it learns you. it picks one thing. you start small.

you don't need more willpower. you need a system where the next step is always clear and small enough to start. lumie builds that system around you out of atomic habits: steps so small you can't talk yourself out of them, repeated until they stick. it gets better the longer you use it. it is early, so every part below is marked as working in the beta or still in the works.

  • it learns you.

    how long things really take you, when you focus best, what you keep putting off. the plan is built on that, not on a perfect student.

    in the works

  • it reads your syllabus.

    upload it once. every assignment, due date and grade weight gets pulled out for you.

    in the works

  • it weighs every class.

    all your courses side by side, so you can see what moves your grade and what can wait.

    in the works

  • it picks one thing.

    tell lumie how long you have. it gives you the one thing worth doing in that time, not a list.

    in the beta

  • you start small.

    one short timed session. small enough to begin, easy to repeat tomorrow. that repeat is the atomic habit.

    in the beta

  • your phone waits outside.

    the apps that pull you away stay locked until the session is over, so the habit has room to form.

    in the works

the research behind it

every system in lumie borrows from published psychology research. here is what each study found and what we did with it.

  1. 55.5 dayswhat a 33.9 day plan really took

    we all guess time badly.

    students were asked how long their thesis would take. they said 33.9 days on average. it took 55.5. knowing they had run late before did not help.

    in lumie it times your real sessions and plans with your numbers, not your hopes.

    buehler, griffin and ross (1994), journal of personality and social psychology. simon fraser university and university of waterloo. read the study

  2. 94 testsof deciding the next step in advance

    a decided next step beats a good intention.

    across 94 tests, people who decided in advance exactly what they would do, and when, reached their goals far more often than people who only meant to. the effect was medium to large (d = .65).

    in lumie you never open it to a list. you get one specific thing for the time you have.

    gollwitzer and sheeran (2006), advances in experimental social psychology. new york university, university of konstanz and university of sheffield. read the study

  3. 66 daysmedian time for a habit to stick

    habits take longer than a streak.

    new daily habits took a median of 66 days to feel automatic, and anywhere from 18 to 254. missing one day did not undo the progress. the habits were everyday ones, like drinking water with lunch, not studying.

    in lumie this is the atomic habits idea: keep the step tiny, repeat it, let it compound. lumie is built for months, and a missed day is just a missed day.

    lally, van jaarsveld, potts and wardle (2010), european journal of social psychology. university college london. read the study

  4. 36%of app opens dropped after a short pause

    a small pause is enough.

    when a short pause appeared before a distracting app opened, people backed out of 36% of attempts, and after six weeks they reached for those apps 37% less. one of the three authors built the app that was studied, so read it with that in mind.

    in lumie during a session, it puts a pause between you and the apps that pull you away. this part is still in the works.

    grüning, riedel and lorenz-spreen (2023), pnas. max planck institute for human development. read the study

these studies shaped how lumie is designed. they did not test lumie, and none of these universities or authors is involved with it. we are college students, not clinicians, and lumie is not a medical product. the phrase atomic habits comes from james clear's book of the same name. we are not affiliated with him. we just think he is right.

you're not lazy. nobody showed you where to start.

lumie is the system: atomic habits, repeated, until studying is just something you do.

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