Editorial guidelines

Last updated: May 2026

Heym is a productivity and life-planning tool, and the content we publish should serve the same purpose as the product: helping readers build intentional lives, not just busier ones. These guidelines describe how we choose what to write, who writes it, and what we will and won't do in the process.

What we write about

Our editorial focus is purpose-first productivity. In practice, that means goal-setting frameworks, habit formation, attention and time management, personal organization, and reflections on the wider question of how to live a life on purpose.

We avoid hustle-culture content, productivity for its own sake, “quick wins” that don't compound, and tooling reviews disguised as advice. If we wouldn't try it ourselves for at least a month, we don't write about it.

Who writes

Every article carries a byline that links to the author's profile. Authors are either members of the Heym team or invited contributors with relevant lived experience.

We don't accept guest posts in exchange for backlinks, and we don't publish ghost-written content under a fake name. Where an author's credentials are relevant to a claim in the article (a coaching practice, an academic background, lived experience with a particular system), we state them.

Sources and accuracy

When a claim depends on research, we link the source inline or list it in a “Further reading” section. We prefer primary sources (the original study or book) over second-hand summaries.

Personal anecdotes from our own use of Heym, or our own lives, are labeled as such. We don't generalize from a single experience and present it as established practice.

How we use AI

We use AI tools to research, build outlines, and sanity-check copy. We do not publish AI-generated drafts unedited under a human byline. Every published article is written, restructured, or substantially rewritten by a person.

Where an AI tool materially shaped an article (for example, a piece specifically about AI prompts or summaries), we say so.

Updates and corrections

When we make a substantive change to an article after publication (a corrected fact, a removed claim, a meaningful rewrite), we note the change at the bottom of the article with the date. Minor typo fixes and broken-link replacements are made silently.

Articles that go significantly out of date are either refreshed (with the “Last updated” field bumped) or marked as archived at the top.

Sponsorship and conflicts of interest

Heym's editorial content is not paid placement. We don't take money to mention a tool, a person, or a company. When we mention a third-party product (including ones we work with elsewhere), we say whether we actually use it.

If an article was written or commissioned in the context of a paid relationship (a sponsored series, a co-marketing piece), that relationship is disclosed in plain language at the top of the article.

Reader feedback

If something in an article is wrong, outdated, or unclear, write to editorial@heym.app. We read every email and update articles when the feedback is valid.