An app that empowers young professionals to build sustainable health habits
Overview
Rejuvenate is a health app for new graduates navigating early-career transitions, when building sustainable wellness habits often becomes difficult. As a solo project, I explored how a single platform could bridge both mental and physical wellness, creating a more holistic and realistic approach to health during this unstable period.
My Roles
Design Lead: UX Design, Design Systems, Interaction Design, Graphic Design
The Problem
This transitional period—marked by new environments, career uncertainty, and financial pressure—can easily push health priorities aside, making it feel nearly impossible to build sustainable habits.
The Opportunity
How might we help young adults build sustainable health routines during moments of transition?
Research
Four clear barriers emerged: cost, unstable routines, too much information, and scattered tools that make health feel harder than it should be.
Health feels like a privilege:
High costs and financial stress make wellness feel out of reach for many young adults.
Hard to stay consistent:
Busy schedules and shifting routines make it difficult to build reliable habits.
Too much noise:
An overload of wellness advice leaves graduates overwhelmed and unsure where to begin.
Fragmented solutions:
Managing health requires juggling multiple apps, making the process scattered and confusing.
Job To Be Done
The Solution
Rejuvenate brings fitness, nutrition, and mental health into one place, designed specifically for young adults whose lives and routines are in transition. It adapts to your goals, schedule, and budget—making wellness more accessible and sustainable.
Rethinking user needs
Publicly committing your goals to someone gives you at least a 65% chance of completing them. However, having a specific accountability partner increases your chance of success to 95%.
To help users stay on track, I designed a Partnership Feature that encourages social accountability. During sign-up, users are prompted to select an accountability buddy—a friend, family member, or even another app user.
Ensuring the right match
User feedback showed that people felt uneasy sharing personal information with someone they didn’t connect with. To build comfort and trust, I created a short onboarding quiz that matches users with a partner whose personality and interests align with theirs.
Personalization
By tailoring the experience to each user, Rejuvenate supports different goals and comfort levels. Users who know what they want can customize their routines, while those still figuring things out can let the app recommend a starting point and refine it later.
Wireframes and early prototypes
Solution
Personalized Experience
Rejuvenate provides customizable workout and meditation routines that adapt to each user's lifestyle and preferences, whether they're seeking quick activities or rigorous plans.
Sleep Monitoring
Given the importance of sleep for overall health, Rejuvenate includes sleep-tracking tools and resources like guided meditations and therapeutic content to help users develop mindful sleep habits.
Nutritional Guidance
Recognizing nutrition’s crucial role in mood and health, Rejuvenate offers personalized dietary advice and monitoring tools informed by current scientific research linking gut health to mental wellness.
