STEP 01
Every fold counts on its own
You see what shape your goal has taken, not what percentage of it is done. Every finished hito is a fold that stays.
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every hito starts
every hito ends.
hito breaks your goal into folds that each mean something on their own. As each one closes, how far you have come shows in the shape the paper has taken.
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No percentages, only form
3-7 hitos, no more
A finished fold does not reopen
How it works
Not a to-do list, a plan that actually moves
hito breaks a goal into pieces you can fold one at a time, and shows progress as a shape rather than a percentage.
STEP 02
The plan is in front of you on day one
Every fold is drawn before you start. You do not wait until halfway to find out where this ends up.
STEP 03
Not tasks, hitos
Dozens of items go in, a handful of real milestones come out. The rest was noise.
STEP 04
A finished goal can be carried
When every fold is closed you are holding something you can show. The paper takes off.
hito
Draw the pattern first, then fold
In origami the whole structure of a figure can be drawn on flat paper before a single fold is made; it is called a crease pattern. hito opens a goal the same way — every fold of the finished thing is in front of you on day one.
“The login screen works” is a hito. “Make the button green” is not.
Be the first to try it
We are opening hito with a small group. Leave your address and we will write when it is your turn.
Questions
What is a hito, exactly?
A piece of the goal that means something on its own once it is finished. “The login screen works” is a hito. “Make the button green” is a task. If finishing it does not change what you can show someone, it is not one.
How is this different from a to-do list?
A to-do list grows. A crease pattern does not. Every fold is drawn before you start, so the plan cannot quietly get longer while you are not looking.
Why only 3–7?
Under three and you have not really broken anything down. Over seven and you are back to a task list with a new name. The limit is the product, not a setting.
What if I get the plan wrong?
You redraw it. What you cannot do is quietly reopen a fold you already closed — that is the whole reason finished means finished here. Changing the plan stays a decision you make on purpose, not something that happens to you.
Why no percentages?
Because 60% of a goal is not something you can hold. A shape is. You can look at it and see how far in you are without doing arithmetic first.
What happens when I join?
One email when it is your turn, and nothing else. We are opening with a small group.