Product Requirements Document (PRD)

1. Vision & Strategy

"You Deserve Grace" is a purpose-driven financial wellness platform that transforms the 12-month physical journal experience into a high-fidelity, coach-supported digital ecosystem. The goal is to facilitate long-term financial habit formation through value-alignment, mindfulness, and professional coaching.

2. Core Epics (The "Grace" Method)

EPIC 1: Path to Grace Onboarding

• Goal: Guide users through vision discovery and value anchoring.
• Key Features: Vision Board, Financial Hierarchy Quiz, Value selection with definitions.

EPIC 2: Conscious Financial Engine

• Goal: Track money in alignment with values.
• Key Features: Monthly Budget Setup, Conscious Expense Logging (Alignment Toggles), Real-time Balance/Alignment Ledger.

EPIC 3: Habit-Forming Journaling

• Goal: Foster mindfulness through daily and weekly reflections.
• Key Features: Daily Musings (Affirmation, Activity, Goal triad), Weekly Reflections, Monthly Lookbacks.

EPIC 4: The Growth Journey (Hierarchy)

• Goal: Visualize financial progress through the 5 stages.
• Key Features: Interactive Hierarchy Path, Milestone tracking for next-level unlocks.

EPIC 5: Grace's Corner (Coaching)

• Goal: Professional feedback loop with the founder/coach.
• Key Features: Student-Coach messaging, Voice note feedback, Resource assignment.

3. Baseline Production Epics

• EPIC 6: Authentication & Profile: Email/Social Sign-in, User Profile, Multi-device sync.
• EPIC 7: Admin Operations: Student Activity Dashboard, Feedback Console, Analytics.
• EPIC 8: Privacy & Data Sovereignty: Data encryption, GDPR/PIPEDA compliance.
• EPIC 9: Notifications & Engagement: Daily Affirmation pings, Coach response alerts.
• EPIC 10: i18n & Localization: Canada/Zimbabwe focus, Multi-currency support.
• EPIC 11: Observability & Health: Sentry integration, Firebase Crashlytics.
• EPIC 12: Content & Asset Management: CMS integration for Grace Vela's insights.

4. User Roles & Constraints

• Student: Primary user, tracks finances, writes journals, receives feedback.
• Teacher (Admin): Grace Vela, monitors students, provides guidance, manages resources.
• Constraint: Financial data must be private between student and coach; no third-party data selling.