Productivity tools for ADHD

Ready-made prompts for planning and organizing around productivity tools for ADHD.

Act as my quiet body double

Sets up the chat as a quiet body double for a work session, with short check-ins and one smaller step only when you say you are stuck.

Adapt Pomodoro to my attention span

Offers three work and break length pairs from gentle to stretch, with break ideas and a flow rule, and picks one for the first three days.

Break a big project into milestones

Splits a large project into four to six milestones with a visible finish line and a weekly check, so it stops feeling like one huge thing.

Build a bill reminder system

Builds a reminder system for recurring bills with two alerts per bill and a weekly money check, as general organizing help only.

Build a start-up playlist ritual

Builds a short ritual that uses one playlist as a signal to start work, with a song structure and a rule for when to change it.

Build a to-do system with three lists

Designs a to-do system with a Today list capped at three tasks, a Next list and a Someday list, plus a short evening reset.

Build routines on three fixed anchors

Builds a short routine of at most five steps around each of your three fixed daily anchors, ordered by location, with one optional step.

Design a five-step morning routine

Builds a five-step morning routine with a time budget and a cue for each step, so you leave on time with less friction.

Design a one-page paper planner

Designs a single-page paper planner for the week with a short list of sections, so you can draw it by hand in five minutes.

Design a tracker for three tiny habits

Designs a habit tracker for three habits, each with a two-minute version, a trigger and a missed-day rule that keeps you going.

Design three phone focus modes

Designs three phone focus modes for work, home and sleep, with who may reach you and which apps stay on in each mode.

Lay out a whiteboard for my week

Lays out a whiteboard in zones for the week so what matters stays in sight, with a size for each zone and a ten-minute reset.

Map a project as a text mind map

Turns a project idea into an indented text mind map with at most five branches, ready to paste into a mind mapping tool.

Map visual timers onto my day

Chooses up to four moments in your day where a visual timer helps, with timer length, what to do when it ends and a backup.

Plan a calm evening routine

Plans an evening routine of about four steps that closes the day, prepares tomorrow and ends at a set time, for people who lose the evening.

Plan a listen-and-read routine

Plans a routine that mixes text-to-speech with reading along, with session lengths, a speed to test and a check that you took it in.

Plan a website block schedule for my day

Plans when to block which websites across your day, with a short allowed window and a plan for the moment you want to override.

Plan a week of testing focus sounds

Plans a one-week test of different sound types for focus, with a simple rating after each session and a rule for deciding what to keep.

Plan my day around my energy

Builds a time-blocked day with at most three main tasks, the hardest one in your best energy window and a quarter of the day left free.

Plan my week with a light day

Spreads your week's tasks over the days with at most two big goals, one lighter day and your fixed commitments kept first.

Plan six alarms for my day

Plans at most six labeled alarms and nudges for your day, each saying what to do when it rings, so fewer alarms get snoozed.

Rank my tasks with one simple method

Ranks your task list with one scoring rule you can reuse, shows the top three, and lists what to push out of this week.

Set app limits for my hardest hours

Sets daily limits for the apps that eat your time, with a rule for each limit, a fallback activity and a weekly check on how it went.

Set up a bedtime and wake-up reminder system

Sets up reminders and a layout for a steadier bedtime and wake-up time, as general organizing help and not sleep medicine.

Set up a distraction-free writing session

Sets up one writing session of 25 to 45 minutes with a clear target, a bare screen and a plan for the urge to check something else.

Set up a four-color calendar

Sets up your calendar app with at most four color categories, each with default length and alert time, so events are easy to scan.

Set up a reward menu for finished tasks

Sets up a menu of small, medium and large rewards matched to task effort, so finishing something has an immediate payoff.

Set up a simple kanban board

Sets up a kanban board with four columns, a limit on work in progress and rules for moving cards, for someone who starts too many things.

Set up my desk for work or study

Sets up a desk and a start-of-session routine for work or study, with what to keep in sight, what to hide and a five-minute start.

Set up reading aids for long texts

Sets up a way to get through a long text with aids such as a ruler, chunks and notes, and a plan for the first 20 minutes.

Set up reminders for my daily medicine

Sets up a reminder routine for medicine your doctor already prescribed, covering alerts and a backup check, with no medical advice.

Sort my tasks into an Eisenhower grid

Sorts a pasted task list into the four boxes of an urgent and important grid, with a one-line reason for each placement.

Split a step I keep avoiding into tiny moves

Splits one step you keep avoiding into five moves of two minutes or less, with the first one small enough to do right now.

Split chores into a weekly rotation

Splits household chores into a weekly rotation with 15-minute slots and a reset day, for one person or a shared home.

Turn a routine task into a checklist

Turns a task you repeat into a checklist of at most ten items, in the order you do them, with an easy first item and a done line.

Turn my chores into a points game

Designs a simple points game for boring tasks, with point values, a weekly target and one reward, so effort feels visible.