Finally learning to stop.

Last week, I opened the roadmap for Mudo v2 and saw a feature I'd been planning: Mood Timeline. It would show your emotional patterns across weeks, maybe months. Visual. Useful. The kind of feature that makes an app feel complete.

I already had 30-40% of the logic laid out. I could finish this in 2 weeks, or I just… don't.

The thought surprised me. I've spent a decade starting projects and never finishing them because they were never "complete enough." There's a folder on my laptop I haven't opened in two years—full of half-built apps that died the moment I convinced myself they needed one more feature. Or that they aren't good enough yet. They aren't "perfect."

But this time, I moved Mood Timeline to the backlog. And it didn't feel like giving up. It felt like finally understanding the difference between building and hiding.

I've been avoiding marketing Mudo. I know I should be doing it. But every time I think about it, I find another feature to add instead. Just one more thing. Just one more polish.

Coding feels safe. Launching feels exposing. I've been running away from that forever.

But postponing Mood Timeline wasn't about being lazy or cutting corners. It was about recognizing the pattern: I was about to add a feature I didn't need yet, just so I could delay showing the world what I'd built.

Mudo is supposed to help people notice their patterns. Turns out, building it is forcing me to notice mine.

Mudo v2 already has Weekly Reports, deeper insights, and a lot of under-the-hood improvements. It's enough.

Mood Timeline will come eventually—v2.1, v3, whenever it makes sense. But it won't be in v2. And I'm okay with that.

Mudo v2 launches January 8th. I'm even thinking about raising the price—but that's another battle for another newsletter.

I'm still using Mudo daily. Still noticing patterns. Including the pattern where I code to avoid marketing.

When's the last time you let something be done? Reply and tell me. I read every response.

That's all for now.

See you soon.