Yes. Most users do.
What stays the same
The prompts and structure are identical. A thought record exercise on Tuesday looks the same as a thought record on Friday — same questions, same scaffolding.
What's different
- Your input. Each completion is its own entry. The app doesn't merge them.
- The recommendation order. Recently-completed exercises briefly drop in the recommended sort so the engine surfaces variety. They come back up after a few days.
- The compounding. Some exercises (gratitude, thought record, values) are designed for repetition. The 10th gratitude entry teaches you something the 1st didn't.
What about exercises with examples
Some exercises seed a few example responses in the input fields ("e.g., I noticed I was thinking [placeholder]"). On a repeat completion, the examples are still there because they're part of the prompt, not your prior response. Your previous answers from earlier completions are NOT shown by default.
You can opt-in to "show my previous responses" via the exercise's "..." menu. Useful for thought records where you want to compare a current situation to a past one.
Streak / XP impact
- Each completion counts as one completion (XP awarded each time)
- Streak is by-day, not by-exercise — so 3 different exercises on Monday is the same streak-wise as 1 exercise repeated 3 times
When repeating is genuinely useful
- CBT thought records: classic example. The skill is the repetition.
- Gratitude / savoring: the daily practice builds the habit of noticing.
- Behavioral activation: scheduling and reflecting on one pleasant activity per day.
- Self-compassion break: in-the-moment repetition when you notice the inner critic firing.
When repeating may not be helpful
- Single-shot reflection exercises (e.g., a one-time values clarification) — repeating won't hurt but the marginal value drops.
- Trauma writing or grief exercises — these are typically once-or-twice deals. Repeated re-engagement with the same memory without integration time can re-activate distress.
Related
- Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced difficulty levels
- Bad reaction to an exercise
Last reviewed: 2026-05-04