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ADHD Friendly Routine: Apps & ideas

Im a neurodivergent: c-PTSD and ADHD.
As a stay at home mom, I thought life would be different before my diagnosis, however life smacked me upside the head and sent me flying. I had all the time in the world to be able to tackle my hobbies like crocheting, guitar playing, and painting/drawing, in addition to keeping the house clean. I envisioned a perfectly organized day....yet struggled to make a meal for myself with the kids in school and my boyfriend asleep from his midnight shift.
It was frustrating!! Why couldnt I adhere to anything??
Then, I got my diagnosis' in order. Instead of fighting against my nature, I decided to roll along with it...... after a lot of trial and error I downloaded so many different productivity apps on the Google Play store... these are the 2 that have stuck with me 1 year later!!
TickTick and Tody. Both available on Apple too, but I speak from an android user perspective.
TickTick: it's a very interactive "To do" app, it syncs with Google and Samsung calendar. I love the Eisenhower Matrix layout, it really helps with being able to prioritize different tasks based on level of importance and urgency. It has like a million widgets available, some locked behind a paywall but I do not pay for the premium version of this app and even after all this time I still use the free version. You can make lists, schedule times for tasks, input habits, and have a choice to start a focus timer, either countdown pomodoro timer, or a stop watch.

Tody: house cleaning app! I wasn't sure if I was going to stick with it at first. The due dates became extremely overwhelming from their preset ideas. In my classic procrastination fashion, I decided to change every single past due housework chore to the present day. Then combined with TickTick, I used the pomodoro timer and set a timer for 1 hour. I went back to Tody, and decided to start cleaning the "Due today" chores in each room-beginning with the kitchen. I did what was due, then moved on to the next room in the house until my hour was done. Every chore that was left behind I pushed forward one day and I kept rinsing and repeating this method. I've been doing this nearly every single day for the past 6 months. There are days I only complete chores in 30 minutes because that's all that's due!
It's even better when I started including my 10 yr old into a profile on my phone of his chores. And I had my boyfriend join in too. Chores are now split more evenly with my effort.
Usually we start our cleaning frenzy after schooltime around 1600 (4pm) then make dinner.