Booost your day

The Booost your day feature in Booost is one of the app's key features as it proactively helps the user to prioritise their workload, rather than just presenting them with a list of tasks to get through or events to attend.

The idea behind the feature came from students talking about how they were great at making lists of everything they needed to do, but would then sit down, scan through through the list and pick out the things that were easier or more fun and ignore the stuff that they didn't want to do

So to help, we developed the Booost your day feature to make it clear which tasks need working on first, rather than letting you choose...

How to Booost your day

On the mobile app:

1. From the home screen, tap the ‘Booost your day’ button
2. Alternatively, if you are in the calendar, tap the yellow Booost logo at the top of the screen
3. You will now see a list of the free time you have available to start working through your tasks
4. If you have set your most productive times, these will also be highlighted
5. Select when you want to work by tapping the checkbox icon next to the preferred times
6. Add as many slots as you want
7. Tap the heart icon if you want to schedule a break at any point
8. Tap 'Done'
9. Read through the congratulations message and tap 'Ok, got it'
10. At the time that you chose to work, tap on the 'Focus on tasks' entry on the home screen or in the calendar
11. Booost will now suggest the first task to work on based on when it is due and what priority you set
12. You can choose to work on that task, or swipe to see the next suggestion
13. Tap on a suggestion to see the full task details
14. Congratulations - you Boosted your day!

On the web app:

1. From the home or calendar screens, click the ‘Booost your day’ button
2. You will now see a list of the free time you have available to start working through your tasks
3. If you have set your most productive times, these will also be highlighted
4. Select when you want to work by clicking the checkbox icon next to the preferred times
5. Add as many slots as you want
6. Click the heart icon if you want to schedule a break at any point
7. Click 'Done'
8. At the time that you chose to work, click on the 'Focus on tasks' entry on the home screen or in the calendar
9. Booost will now suggest the first task to work on based on when it is due and what priority you set
10. You can choose to work on that task, or click and drag to see the next suggestion
11. Click on a suggestion to see the full task details and get to work
12. Congratulations - you Boosted your day!