VISTA vs Shadow Work

The future you want can only come from how you live today. You set a goal, but you can’t stick with it. It’s not because you lack willpower. It’s because your lifestyle hasn’t changed. Much of your life is shaped by unconscious habits. Unless you change those patterns, you can set new goals again and again—and still find yourself falling back into your old ways. VISTA is a journaling app that starts with two visions of yourself three years from now: the person you want to become and the future you want to avoid. Through daily reflection and intentional action, VISTA helps you align the way you live today with the person you want to become. WHO VISTA IS FOR • You’ve struggled to stick with goals or habits • You keep saying “I’ll start tomorrow” and want to change • You want to make journaling and reflection a daily habit • You know who you want to become, but your actions don’t match • You want a stronger sense of direction and more intentional daily choices Chasing goals alone isn’t enough. If you don’t change how you live—and who you identify as—you’re likely to fall back into old patterns. VISTA helps you gradually make your ideal self part of your everyday life through reflection and action. THE 3 STEPS OF VISTA Define the person you truly want to become Define the future you absolutely want to avoid—your “Anti-Vision” Simply record your daily actions through daytime and evening reflections From there, your future self becomes a lens for looking at how you live today. Are your choices moving you toward the future you want—or allowing you to drift toward the one you want to avoid? VISTA gives you messages from the perspective of your future self to help you reflect on the choices you’re making today. VISTA PREMIUM FEATURES Identity Alignment Score See how closely your actual behavior aligns with the person you want to become. Instead of simply feeling like you “did well,” you can see whether your daily choices are actually aligned with your ideal self. Screen Time Integration Categorize the time you spend on your phone into time that supports your ideal future and time lost to mindless habits. See both the time that slipped away without you noticing and the time you intentionally spent on what truly matters. App Limits for Mindless Use Set limits on apps you tend to overuse, such as social media and video apps. When you instinctively reach for your phone, VISTA gives you a moment to stop and choose how you actually want to spend that time. Focus Timer & Activity Tracking Track the time you spend taking actions that move you toward your ideal future. Instead of “I meant to do it,” you’ll see how much time you actually spent doing what matters to you. Weekly Report Review your actions and how you spent your time over the past week. See both the time you invested in your ideal future and the time lost to mindless habits. Discover patterns in how you spend your time that are easy to miss from day to day. Full History Review your past reflections, next-day plans, and tasks with no time limit. See what you were thinking, what you chose, and how you acted—and trace the changes you’ve built over time. WHAT VISTA BELIEVES • AI is designed as a “mirror” to support self-understanding, reflection, and behavior change • VISTA is not intended for medical or mental health treatment • VISTA supports you as you define, choose, and live toward the future you want VISTA is designed for personal growth and self-understanding. It is not intended to provide medical care, mental health treatment, or addiction treatment, and does not provide diagnosis or treatment. If you need professional care, please consult a qualified healthcare professional. Terms of Use: https://v0-ui-orcin-rho.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://v0-ui-orcin-rho.vercel.app/privacy

Shadow work is the practice of turning toward the parts of yourself you usually push away. The fear, the anger, the old hurt, the patterns you repeat without meaning to. Umbra gives you a quiet, private place to do that work at your own pace. This is a journal built for one thing: honest self-reflection, guided gently. WHAT YOU GET A library of prompts, grouped by theme. Meeting your shadow, childhood, relationships, self-worth, anger, fear, and projection. Each prompt is open and non-judgmental. It invites you to look, not to fix. A prompt each day. Open the app and there is one thoughtful question waiting. No scrolling, no noise. Just a place to start. A clean writing screen. Plain text, soft type, and autosave so you never lose a word. Nothing between you and the page. Your history, kept gently. A simple record of what you have written and the days you showed up. A light streak and a quiet calendar reflect your effort back to you, calmly. A missed day just starts the count again, with no penalty and no pressure. An optional daily reminder. Set a time that fits your routine, or leave it off. Your choice. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your entries never leave your phone. There is no account, no login, and no cloud. The app works fully offline. We do not have a server that could read your writing, because there is no server. What you write here is yours alone. A CALM PLACE TO THINK Shadow work can bring up heavy feelings. Umbra is built to hold that gently. Move slowly. Skip a prompt that feels like too much. Come back when you are ready. There is no streak to protect and nothing to lose by taking your time. The app is also a fine general guided journal if you are not here for shadow work specifically. The prompts open doors, wherever you want to walk through them. A NOTE ON CARE Umbra is a tool for self-reflection. It is not therapy and it is not a substitute for professional support. If you are struggling, please reach out to a qualified professional or a trusted person in your life. SUBSCRIPTION Umbra is free to download and comes with a free trial. After the trial, a subscription keeps the full library and all features unlocked. You can choose a weekly or yearly plan. Price, trial length, and renewal terms are shown clearly before you subscribe, and you can cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID, and a subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy links are available on the subscription screen and below. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dev16nath.github.io/umbra-legal/