Validation Plan

The current validation target is correct: five to ten users in real stressful moments. The test should run for seven days, not as a one-time demo.

Recruit:

• busy parents;
• founders or builders;
• students during assessment pressure;
• people with stressful communication-heavy jobs;
• people who already tried meditation apps but do not use them consistently.

Test protocol:

1. Give each tester the app link.
2. Ask them to use it only when a real reset would help.
3. Do not send daily nagging reminders.
4. Ask for a short end-of-day note only if they used it.
5. Interview them after seven days.

Measure:

• first-use completion rate;
• number of real-moment opens per user;
• three-plus uses in seven days;
• practice completion;
• "more settled" after-signal;
• skipped/too-much/not-right signals;
• whether users remember it without being pushed;
• whether saved history feels useful or unnecessary.

Pass signal:

• at least half of testers use it three or more times in seven days;
• most completed sessions are under three minutes;
• at least 60% of completed sessions report "more settled";
• two or more testers say they would keep it on their phone.

Kill or pivot signal:

• users only try it once;
• users prefer opening Headspace, Calm, or Medito;
• the check-in feels heavier than the reset;
• users want human support or therapy, not a tiny tool;
• safety language becomes too hard to keep simple.