Settings

General

The intuitive controls, sliders, toggles, and buttons we all have.

35 settings

Accessibility

Adjust your environment so you can succeed — instead of forcing yourself to struggle. Change the setup, not yourself.

36 stories
Faye Lane and the Green Bean Queen Francesca Hayes and the 3 A.M. Bicycle Krishna Kalyanen and the Cereal Manufacturer Walkout Krishna Kalyanen and the Diabetes Diagnosis Lisa Schroyer and the RV Cleanup

Airplane Mode

Knowing when to fully disconnect for safety, clarity, or self-preservation. A total systems safeguard.

19 stories
Marie Jollette and the Last Shift Bella Thorne and the Night She Left Millie Bobby Brown and the Breaking Point with Public Criticism Maria Georges and Turning Down the Bachelorette Johnny Knoxville and the End of Stunts

Anti-Alias

Whether you flatten the world into binaries, or allow for nuance, complexity, and blurry edges.

184 stories
Bob Byrd and the Broken Mermaid Dolly Parton and the Sad Ass Songs Darcy and Raised Nutrition's Identity Crisis Christopher Navarro and the Farmers Market Ceiling Pam and the Five Sisters — Learning to Read the Room to Survive

App Permissions

What you allow different areas of your life to access. The boundaries between work, relationships, health, and identity.

61 stories
Lisa Muchoki and the Ambush in Garissa Brian Turiabaje and the Wedding He Almost Missed Roy Seiders and Letting Yeti Go Paris Jackson and Calling Off Her Engagement Travis Barker and the Identity Split Between Rock Star and Dad

Auto-Lock

How quickly you shut down or disengage when not actively stimulated. Your threshold for idle before you check out.

6 stories
Joey Shama and the House of Cards Morning Amanda Burrell and the Naval Accident Mandy and the Paris Attack Claire and the Swim-a-thon

Background Processes

The fears, survival patterns, and old logic that keep running in your mind whether you notice them or not. Some were installed by you, some by your environment, some by people who raised you. This setting is not about stopping them — it is about whether you even know they are there.

191 stories
Jay Shetty's Friend and the Paycheck That Was Never Enough Jay Shetty and the Uncomfortable Truth About Having Money Lil Dicky at the Celebrity Basketball Game Pam and the Five Sisters — Learning to Read the Room to Survive Taylor Lautner-Dome and Saying Things Before She's Ready

Backup

The systems, people, and practices you have in place to preserve what matters — so nothing critical is ever truly lost.

11 stories
Roy Seiders and the Night Ivan Died Crevon Scott and the Vending Machines Heather Angel and the Old Man The Dallas Cancer Survivor and Learning to Trust Herself Michael Donovan and the Jungle Cat

Battery Level

Energy levels, drive, and what fuels or drains you. How you manage your reserves and when to switch into low-power mode.

99 stories
Roy Seiders and Letting Yeti Go Cynthia and the Ship as a Break Travis Barker and His Mother's Last Words Nara Smith and the Fourth Baby She Wasn't Ready For Camila Mendes and the Hamster Wheel

Brightness

How much light you bring to what you're looking at. Controls whether you see the hopeful side or the dark side of a situation.

137 stories
Lil Dicky at the Celebrity Basketball Game Taylor Lautner-Dome and Looking in the Mirror The Custody Mother and the Question of Good Enough Rob Gronkowski and the Travis Kelsey Rivalry Cynthia and the Ship as a Break

Data Usage

How much mental, emotional, and social bandwidth you consume. Tracking what drains your plan and what's worth the cost.

13 stories
Michael Donovan and the Jungle Cat Garrett Morgan and the Military Ban Spreadsheets Jim Kurzley and the Retail Margin Dilemma John Gabbert and the Ten-Year Estrangement Daniel Levitin and the Mental Bandwidth Discovery

Date & Time

Your relationship with time — how you track it, honor it, and whether you live ahead of, behind, or inside the present moment.

57 stories
Caller and the Break That Broke Trust Paris Jackson and Meeting Her Mom Without Expectations The Person Who Wasted Their 20s Waiting to Be Good Enough Ellis Miller and the Creaking Doorknob Gaiao and the Moment He Almost Believed a Compliment

Do Not Disturb

Your ability to intentionally block out the world when needed. Used for recovery, focus, or boundary-setting.

35 stories
Gael and the Solo Night at the LA Warehouse Kayla and the Group Circle at Paragon Camila Mendes and the Hamster Wheel Chuck Surack and Choosing Not to Participate Ronan Harari and Learning to Leave Work at Work

Force Quit

When a specific thought, worry, or emotion keeps looping, you intentionally stop feeding it.

62 stories
Pam and the Book — Writing Her Way Out of the Past The Betrayed Friend Waiting to Stop Hurting Jeremy Markin and the Landing That Almost Went Wrong Jay Shetty's Listener and the Cancelled Dinner Jay Shetty and the Trap of Constant Self-Focus

Haptics

How much you physically feel. Turn it up and every bump, vibration, and ache registers. Turn it down and the pain, tension, and discomfort fade into the background.

48 stories
Jay Shetty and the Skydiving Visualization Daryl Thorne and the Dance Party in the Drake Passage Camila Mendes and the Eating Disorder She Didn't Think She Could Heal Riley Keough and Finding Her Own Approach to Grief Jill Biden and Losing Bo

Hotspot

When you become the connection for others — sharing your energy, knowledge, or stability so others can get online.

31 stories
Jay Shetty and the Trap of Constant Self-Focus Omar Qureshi and Paying Back Shakir Khan Paris Jackson and the Superpower She Found in Recovery Annie Tan and the Principal Who Said Her Students Were Going Nowhere Tony DeRosa and the Solo Founder Trap

Language & Region

Your openness to engaging with other cultures, languages, and perspectives — including those native to someone else's lived experience.

11 stories
Taylor Swift Learning Football From Scratch Miriam Toews and Her Silent Son Owen Ivan McClellan and the Black Rodeo Discovery Alex Neeson and the Abolish Pests Revelation Prachi Mehta and the Puppy Breakthrough

Location Services

Self-awareness; your ability to track where you are mentally, emotionally, and physically — in time, space, and energy.

225 stories
Jad Abumrad and Seeing Dolly Parton for the First Time Lisa Muchoki and the Ambush in Garissa The Anxious-Avoidant Couple and the Cycle Nobody Wants to Be In The Avoidant Adult and the Walls They Built as a Kid Sofia Romero and the Frozen Placenta

Microphone Sensitivity

How much you hear. Controls whether you pick up on the quiet signals — tone shifts, what someone didn't say, the things most people miss.

47 stories
Tom Brady and the Gronk Confidence Catch Pam and the Five Sisters — Learning to Read the Room to Survive Jay Shetty and the Restaurant Server He Actually Remembered Alison Wood Brooks and the Shift from Being Interesting to Being Interested Tony DeRosa and the Solo Founder Trap

Mute

Your ability to stop responding, even when provoked. Not about listening, but choosing silence as a control.

25 stories
Tim Lopez and the UCLA Tennis Match Chloe Bailey and Learning to Say No Alex Cooper and the Pregnancy Test Secret Carl Centro and the College Path Rejection Cara Delevingne and the Harvey Weinstein Call

Notifications

Your ability to filter incoming inputs — choosing what deserves your attention and what can wait.

127 stories
The Custody Mother and the Question of Good Enough Roy Seiders and the Name Nobody Liked But Everyone Remembered Chad and the AI That Knew His Wound Lily Cantor and the Private Equity Term Sheet Jake Shane and the Math of Being Disliked

Parental Controls

Whether you give yourself the option to choose who you are, instead of just defaulting to how you were raised.

105 stories
Jay Shetty and the Uncomfortable Truth About Having Money Taylor Lautner-Dome and Learning to Rely on Taylor Lautner Lebohang Mohashwa and the Beauty Pageants Harry Jowsey and the Attraction to Chaos Janet McNamara and the Autism Diagnosis

Privacy

How much of yourself you reveal to the people already in your life. Controls what you share, how deep you go, and what stays yours.

141 stories
Betty (Grandma Betty) and the Coat of Many Colors Taylor Lautner-Dome and the Pregnancy Announcement Anxiety Anonymous Woman and the Secret She Swallowed for Thirty Years Alison Wood Brooks and the Art of Admitting What You Don't Know The Avoidant Adult and the Walls They Built as a Kid

Restart

Your ability to pause, reflect, and begin again — not reactively, but with intention.

188 stories
Roy Seiders and the Night Ivan Died Jessica Phillips and the Navy Commercial Caller and the Break That Broke Trust Laura Modi and the FDA Recall Paris Jackson and Getting Sober During COVID

Restore

Your ability to return to a previous version of yourself — recovering lessons, habits, or strengths you once had.

38 stories
Tom Brady and the Gronk Confidence Catch Jim Curtis and the 80-Year-Old Man Who Hadn't Seen a Doctor in Decades Star Spider and the Cult Disguised as a Philosophy Cormack Stevens and the Bread He Was Finally Making Marissa Valenzuela and the Lost Momentum After Her Baby

Safe Mode

Safe Mode is when you temporarily run only the essentials because your system feels overloaded. Just like a phone that's glitching or slowing down, you close extra applications, reduce background noise, and stop adding new demands so nothing crashes. It's not about solving everything or pretending nothing's wrong — it's about stabilizing. You lower expectations, simplify the day, and protect your energy until your system feels steady again.

46 stories
Roy Seiders and the Night Ivan Died Cynthia and the Ship as a Break Jay Shetty's Listener and the Cancelled Dinner Harry Jowsey Grieving His Dad in New Zealand Alex Cooper and the Anxious Attachment Spiral

Screen Recording

Your ability to capture and remember what happens — journaling, reflecting, and preserving moments for future review.

12 stories
Pam and the Book — Writing Her Way Out of the Past Tom Brady and the Accountability Mirror After a Loss Miles Chamley Watson and the Olympics Loss Kristen Miller-Song and Creating the Honor Wall Matt Damon and the Fatherhood Time Shift

Screen Time

How much of your day is spent on screens versus in the real world.

12 stories
Valerie Sizemore and the Search for What's Still Human Julian and the Rookie Coffee Revelation Mandy and the EMDR Session Mandy and the Self-Hatred Discovery Trang and the Lizards

Screensaver

A simple on/off control for what your mind returns to when nothing is actively happening. When on, a neutral or steady thought fills the space. When off, whatever is loudest or most repetitive takes over.

15 stories
Anxious Attachment Caller and the Silence She Couldn't Accept The Stone Cutter and the Invisible Progress Kaya Jarvis and the Pizza with Lana Mickey Small and the AI That Built Her a Life John Mackey and the Decision to Sell to Amazon

Storage

How much you hold onto — thoughts, emotions, relationships, experiences. Can be overloaded or carefully curated.

77 stories
Betty (Grandma Betty) and the Coat of Many Colors Pam and the Book — Writing Her Way Out of the Past Pam and the Five Sisters — Learning to Read the Room to Survive The Widow Who Discovered a Double Life Anonymous Woman and the Secret She Swallowed for Thirty Years

Sync

How well your inner world matches your outer world. The alignment between what you feel, say, and do.

212 stories
Joanna Strogats and the Letter from Dolly Parton Darcy and Raised Nutrition's Identity Crisis Pam and the Book — Writing Her Way Out of the Past Taylor Lautner-Dome and Saying Things Before She's Ready Brian Turiabaje and the Wedding He Almost Missed

Time Zone

Your awareness of where others are in their journey. The ability to meet people in their time, not just yours.

56 stories
Omar Qureshi and Paying Back Shakir Khan Laura Modi and the Formula Shortage Decision Nara Smith and Learning to Be Patient With Her Kids Miriam Toews and Her Silent Son Owen Keke Palmer and Understanding Her Parents

Tone

How your message feels to someone else.

18 stories
Seema Sangavi and the Mission That Needs to Prove Itself Miriam Toews and Her Silent Son Owen A Partner Who Stops Fighting to Win and Starts Fighting to Understand Alex Cooper and the Calm Confrontation Travis and Lily Rose — Falling for an AI

Update

Your willingness to evolve, learn, and install new ways of thinking — even when the current version feels comfortable.

300 stories
Jay Shetty and the Uncomfortable Truth About Having Money Taylor Swift Learning Football From Scratch Jad Abumrad and Seeing Dolly Parton for the First Time Damon John and the Advice He Wishes He Got at Red Lobster Christopher Navarro and the Farmers Market Ceiling

Volume

How strongly you project your thoughts and emotions into the world.

79 stories
Joanna Strogats and the Letter from Dolly Parton Taylor Lautner-Dome and Saying Things Before She's Ready Shireen Tippett and the Camera She's Been Avoiding Tracy Coisier and the Campus Radio Station Marie Jollette and the Last Shift

Wi-Fi

Your relationships and how you connect with others. The invisible networks that keep you linked to community and support.

60 stories
Bob Byrd and the Broken Mermaid Taylor Lautner-Dome and Learning to Rely on Taylor Lautner Crevon Scott and the Vending Machines Jay Shetty's Listener and the Cancelled Dinner Jay Shetty and the Fear That Was Making Him Lonely
Name Type Stories
Accessibility — Adjust your environment so you can succeed — instead of forcing yourself to struggle. Change the setup, not yourself. selector 36
Airplane Mode — Knowing when to fully disconnect for safety, clarity, or self-preservation. A total systems safeguard. mode 19
Anti-Alias — Whether you flatten the world into binaries, or allow for nuance, complexity, and blurry edges. switch 184
App Permissions — What you allow different areas of your life to access. The boundaries between work, relationships, health, and identity. selector 61
Auto-Lock — How quickly you shut down or disengage when not actively stimulated. Your threshold for idle before you check out. slider 6
Background Processes — The fears, survival patterns, and old logic that keep running in your mind whether you notice them or not. Some were installed by you, some by your environment, some by people who raised you. This setting is not about stopping them — it is about whether you even know they are there. selector 191
Backup — The systems, people, and practices you have in place to preserve what matters — so nothing critical is ever truly lost. command 11
Battery Level — Energy levels, drive, and what fuels or drains you. How you manage your reserves and when to switch into low-power mode. gauge 99
Brightness — How much light you bring to what you're looking at. Controls whether you see the hopeful side or the dark side of a situation. slider 137
Data Usage — How much mental, emotional, and social bandwidth you consume. Tracking what drains your plan and what's worth the cost. gauge 13
Date & Time — Your relationship with time — how you track it, honor it, and whether you live ahead of, behind, or inside the present moment. gauge 57
Do Not Disturb — Your ability to intentionally block out the world when needed. Used for recovery, focus, or boundary-setting. mode 35
Force Quit — When a specific thought, worry, or emotion keeps looping, you intentionally stop feeding it. command 62
Haptics — How much you physically feel. Turn it up and every bump, vibration, and ache registers. Turn it down and the pain, tension, and discomfort fade into the background. slider 48
Hotspot — When you become the connection for others — sharing your energy, knowledge, or stability so others can get online. switch 31
Language & Region — Your openness to engaging with other cultures, languages, and perspectives — including those native to someone else's lived experience. selector 11
Location Services — Self-awareness; your ability to track where you are mentally, emotionally, and physically — in time, space, and energy. switch 225
Microphone Sensitivity — How much you hear. Controls whether you pick up on the quiet signals — tone shifts, what someone didn't say, the things most people miss. slider 47
Mute — Your ability to stop responding, even when provoked. Not about listening, but choosing silence as a control. switch 25
Notifications — Your ability to filter incoming inputs — choosing what deserves your attention and what can wait. slider 127
Parental Controls — Whether you give yourself the option to choose who you are, instead of just defaulting to how you were raised. switch 105
Privacy — How much of yourself you reveal to the people already in your life. Controls what you share, how deep you go, and what stays yours. selector 141
Restart — Your ability to pause, reflect, and begin again — not reactively, but with intention. command 188
Restore — Your ability to return to a previous version of yourself — recovering lessons, habits, or strengths you once had. command 38
Safe Mode — Safe Mode is when you temporarily run only the essentials because your system feels overloaded. Just like a phone that's glitching or slowing down, you close extra applications, reduce background noise, and stop adding new demands so nothing crashes. It's not about solving everything or pretending nothing's wrong — it's about stabilizing. You lower expectations, simplify the day, and protect your energy until your system feels steady again. mode 46
Screen Recording — Your ability to capture and remember what happens — journaling, reflecting, and preserving moments for future review. switch 12
Screen Time — How much of your day is spent on screens versus in the real world. slider 12
Screensaver — A simple on/off control for what your mind returns to when nothing is actively happening. When on, a neutral or steady thought fills the space. When off, whatever is loudest or most repetitive takes over. mode 15
Storage — How much you hold onto — thoughts, emotions, relationships, experiences. Can be overloaded or carefully curated. gauge 77
Sync — How well your inner world matches your outer world. The alignment between what you feel, say, and do. command 212
Time Zone — Your awareness of where others are in their journey. The ability to meet people in their time, not just yours. gauge 56
Tone — How your message feels to someone else. slider 18
Update — Your willingness to evolve, learn, and install new ways of thinking — even when the current version feels comfortable. command 300
Volume — How strongly you project your thoughts and emotions into the world. slider 79
Wi-Fi — Your relationships and how you connect with others. The invisible networks that keep you linked to community and support. switch 60