NAP product guide
How to use Start Here
You do not need to figure out all of NAP at once. Start with what feels most useful today.
Start Here exists because NAP has grown into several separate tools and two reading libraries, and reading all of it before doing anything would be an unreasonable ask on a tired day. The page asks one question — what sounds most like your situation right now — and then points at a small number of live destinations.
This guide describes the page as it works today: what it does, what it deliberately does not do, and how to read the availability wording that sits beside some of the links.
Last reviewed 2026-08-28
Who Start Here is for
Start Here is written for anyone arriving at NAP without a specific destination in mind. That includes people who were recently diagnosed, people who are still trying to get an answer, people who came looking for help with work or daily life, people traveling, and people supporting someone else.
It is not a form, an assessment, or an intake questionnaire. Nothing you click is recorded, nothing is scored, and no account is created by using it. It is a set of signposts on a single page, and you can ignore all of them and go straight to a tool if you already know what you want.
How it helps you choose a first step
- Open Start Here and read the short introduction at the top.
- Scan the pathway cards and pick the one whose heading sounds most like today. There is no wrong choice and no consequence to choosing again.
- Read the three or four destinations listed inside that card. Each one names what it is.
- Follow one link. One is enough — the page is designed so a single click leaves you somewhere useful.
- If nothing fits, use the reading suggestions further down the page, or go straight to the tools page and choose for yourself.
Choosing a pathway does not lock you into anything. NAP has no onboarding sequence, no progress bar, and no step you have to finish before something else opens.
The pathways that exist today
| Pathway | Choose it when | Where it points |
|---|---|---|
| I was recently diagnosed | The diagnosis is new and you want orientation rather than a system | The Narcolepsy, Actually reading library, the NAP Method article, and the Daily NAP Planner |
| I think I may have narcolepsy | You are still seeking answers and want plain explanations | Plain-English explanation articles and reading that helps you prepare for an appointment |
| I'm struggling with work or school | The hardest part right now is the demands of a working or studying day | The Work & Career section, the planner, low-energy mode inside the planner, and the Low-Energy Rescue Plan |
| I need help planning daily life | You want a way to shape an ordinary day around the energy you have | The NAP Method article, the planner, the Low-Energy Rescue Plan, and the Daily Life section |
| I'm traveling with narcolepsy | A trip is coming up and you want practical reading | The Travel section and its packing and work-travel material |
| I'm supporting someone with narcolepsy | You are the partner, parent, friend or colleague | Reading about what people wish others understood, and relationship and support material |
| I want practical tools | You already know you want something to fill in or print | The tools and downloads page and the Daily NAP Planner |
Some entries inside these cards are labelled rather than linked. A label such as "Planned" means the item is recorded as intended work and does not exist yet — there is nothing behind it to open. Labels of that kind are deliberate: it would be easy to link to a page that says nothing, and much more honest to say the thing is not built.
Practical support, not medical advice
Start Here helps you organise around symptoms you already live with. It does not assess symptoms, and it will never tell you whether you have narcolepsy or any other condition. The pathway called "I think I may have narcolepsy" leads to reading and appointment-preparation material, not to a checker, a quiz, or a result.
- Nothing on the page diagnoses, screens for, monitors or treats anything.
- Nothing on the page interprets what you type — because there is nothing on the page to type into.
- Anything clinical belongs with a qualified clinician who knows your history. NAP's role is the organising part of the day.
What needs an account, and what does not
Start Here itself never requires an account, and none of the pathways create one. An account only becomes relevant if the destination you choose happens to need one.
- No account: the Daily NAP Planner, the Sleep & Nap Journal, the Low-Energy Rescue Plan, the NAP Quick Start Pack, every article, and every resource page.
- Account required: NAP Recap and "What tends to help?", both of which read information stored privately against your own account.
- Optional account: core planner and journal use is available without one. An account adds account-backed saving, so days can be reached from another device you sign in on, and it is what the complimentary account previews built so far read from.
Reading the availability wording
| Wording | What it means | Examples today |
|---|---|---|
| Available and free | Built, live, and usable now at no cost and with no account | Daily NAP Planner, Sleep & Nap Journal, Low-Energy Rescue Plan, NAP Quick Start Pack — Beta |
| Complimentary preview | Built and live, described as a Premium capability, and open to everyone during the limited beta at no cost | Weekly, monthly and custom-range NAP Recaps, side-by-side comparison of two ranges, "What tends to help?" with automatic repeated-entry summaries, managed reusable tags and contexts, saved filter sets with multi-tag facets, custom categories, custom check-in measures, personal planning rules, safe CSV or JSON import, and Report Studio V1 for composing an appointment or nonmedical support report you already generated |
| Planned or unavailable | Recorded as intended work with nothing built behind it, so there is nothing to open | These are recorded as intended work only, with nothing to open today: cross-device syncing and backups, connected sources and wearables, calendar-aware planning, and community features |
Nothing on NAP is for sale today. There is no checkout and no published price, so a complimentary preview is not a trial that ends in a payment prompt — it is simply a capability that is open while NAP is in limited beta.
If the page does not help
Start Here is only useful if it lands you somewhere. If it does not, that is worth telling NAP — the feedback form has an area for exactly this kind of report. If you would rather reach a person about something other than the product, the contact page is the separate route for that.
What to do next
- Open Start Here
The seven pathways, on one page.
- Go straight to the tools
Everything that exists today, in one list.
- Open the Daily NAP Planner
Free, no account, saved on your device.
- Tell NAP what was missing
No account needed.
Privacy and limitations
- Start Here records nothing. Choosing a pathway is not stored, not counted against you, and not attached to any account.
- The page has no input fields, so there is nothing on it to save, export or delete.
- Some listed items are labels rather than links because the thing does not exist yet.
- It is a signposting page, not an assessment: it cannot tell you what is happening in your body.