WellNest
A Task Assignment and Wellness app
Role
UX Designer
UX Design
Visual Design
Branding
Skills
Timeline
13 Weeks
Introduction
Well-Nest is a thoughtfully designed app created to ease the mental load of parenting by bringing schedules, task management, and wellness tracking into one clear, easy-to-use platform.
Discover
The Discover phase began with getting to know my client through a one-on-one interview. This initial research helped uncover key insights into her daily routines, challenges, and goals as a busy parent. By listening to her experiences, we identified the core problems she faces and laid the foundation for designing a solution that truly supports her lifestyle.
Through the interview with Massi, several key themes emerged that highlighted her needs and challenges as a busy parent:
Interview
Constantly Changing Schedules
Massi often has to deal with last-minute changes, making it hard to stay on top of everyone’s plans.
Desire for Simplicity
Massi values tools that are easy to use and save time, rather than adding to her workload.
Mental Load
She feels overwhelmed trying to remember and manage everything without a centralized system.
Wellness is Overlooked
While she wants to focus on her own mental well-being, it often gets pushed aside due to daily responsibilities.
Task Clarity
There’s often confusion around who is responsible for what, which leads to frustration and missed tasks.
Needs a Centralized Hub
Massi expressed frustration with jumping between different apps and tools to manage her family’s life.
Define
In the Define phase, I analyzed the insights gathered from my interview with Massi to clearly identify the core problems she faces. This step helped translate her experiences into specific user needs, guiding the direction of the app.
Busy parents like Massi need a simple, centralized tool to manage shifting schedules, shared tasks, and personal wellness without feeling overwhelmed.
Problem Statement
Persona
How might we create a simple, all-in-one tool that helps busy parents manage schedules, delegate tasks, and prioritize their well-being?
How Might We
Ideate
During the Ideate phase, I focused on brainstorming features that would directly address the challenges identified in the Discover and Define phases. Based on Massi’s needs, I explored ideas that would simplify task management, improve communication, and support mental wellness.
To guide feature development, I used the Jobs to Be Done framework to understand what Massi truly needed to accomplish in her daily life. Rather than focusing solely on app functionality, this approach helped me identify her underlying goals
Jobs To Be Done
The features of WellNest were carefully chosen to directly support the needs and goals uncovered through research. Each one is designed to reduce mental load, improve organization, and encourage balance in everyday life.
Key Features
Task Assignment
Set who is responsible for what chore
Wellness
Set manageable goals, meditate and receive wellness tips
To Do
Make simple to do lists and categorize lists
Custom Notifications
Alerts users of changes or updates instantly, helping prevent missed tasks or confusion.
Shared Calendar
Let people in your family see your calendar to minimize confusion
Calendar
See all tasks for the month with a daily overview
Creating user flows helped map out how a parent like Massi would move through key actions in the app. This process made it easier to design smooth, intuitive experiences that reduce friction and support her daily routines
User Flows
This user flow outlines how a user adds a new family member to the app. This step is essential for setting up shared responsibilities, syncing schedules, and creating a collaborative family space within the app.
Add a Loved one to “Nest”
This user flow focuses on how a parent creates and assigns a new task within WellNest.
Create a New Task
Wellness
This user flow walks through how a user sets a wellness goal and a meditation session.
To-Do Lists
This user flow walks through how a user creates a to do list
Design
The wireframes for Well-Nest represent the early structure and layout of the app, focusing on usability, clarity, and simplicity. Each screen was designed to prioritize key features like the shared calendar, task assignment, and wellness tracking, while maintaining a clean and calming interface.
Paper Prototypes
The high-fidelity screens bring WellNest’s design to life with finalized visuals, colors, typography, and iconography.
High-Fidelity Screens
Outcomes
WellNest successfully addressed the key challenges uncovered during research by providing a centralized, easy-to-use solution for busy parents. The final design simplifies family coordination, reduces mental load, and encourages personal wellness, all in one app.
User feedback showed that the app felt intuitive, calming, and helpful in managing both responsibilities and self-care. By focusing on real user needs and thoughtful design, WellNest delivers a meaningful tool that helps families stay connected, organized, and supported.
Lessons Learned
I learned how important it is to design with empathy and simplicity, especially for users who are already overwhelmed. Balancing functionality with ease of use was key, and it reminded me that good design doesn’t just look nice—it actively supports the people using it.