01High confidence
38 NOTES · 7 OF 8 PROFILES
Choice becomes work when every constraint arrives at once.
“I don’t need more recipes. I need a faster way to narrow things down.”
02 · AI-assisted synthesis
Faster sorting. Traceable interpretation.
AI proposed relationships across the dataset. The researcher reviewed every cluster, retained contrary evidence and wrote the final insights.
02High confidence
31 NOTES · 6 OF 8 PROFILES
People remember ingredients only when they are already planning.
“I find the spinach when it’s too late to build the week around it.”
03Medium-high confidence
35 NOTES · 6 OF 8 PROFILES
The planner carries invisible coordination work.
“Everyone has an opinion, but I’m still the one turning it into a plan.”
04Medium confidence
32 NOTES · 5 OF 8 PROFILES
A rigid plan fails after the first unexpected evening.
“If Tuesday changes, the whole week stops making sense.”
Quality checks
What the model could not decide.
Interpretive decisions remained explicit so that speed did not create false confidence.
Combine “routine” and “flexibility”
Researcher decision: kept separate. Routine reduced decision load, while flexibility described recovery when the plan changed.
Two participants enjoyed spontaneous shopping
Researcher decision: retained as an edge case. MealMap should support light planning without treating spontaneity as failure.
“Food inventory” felt operational
Researcher decision: reframed. “Use what you have” matched participants’ language more closely.