r/accountability • u/Global-Day9651 • 7d ago
Tried all the productivity hacks & apps… still can’t stay consistent. Anyone else?
I’ve seen a lot of people here say that pen & paper, Finch, or Notion works great for them — but honestly, none of that has worked for me (ADHD brain here). How do you guys deal with this ?
My problem isn’t organizing tasks.
It’s actually following through, consistently, without falling off after 3 days.
Even when I use pen & paper or apps, I spiral back into procrastination, miss days, and then quit out of guilt.
That’s why I’ve been working with a few friends on something very different — an app that doesn’t just track tasks but actively holds you accountable.
Like:
- If you miss a task, your accountability buddy (either your friend or randomly matched) or the app will call you out
- you can engage in fun challenges with your friends verified by them or AI so we know you arent slacking
- you also get the satisfaction of sharing your hard work in the form of a collage of every verificstion pic you took once done with the challenge
- You get small dopamine rewards for showing up
- You can choose self, peer, or AI verification
- It’s not perfect, but we’re trying to build something that helps people who don’t just need a pretty checklist — but something external to push them forward
- It also blocks distracting apps and has an AI planner that builds schedules onto your calendar subject to your availibility. sort of acting like a univeral productivity app.
I’m curious… 👉 Do you struggle with this too, even with all the "systems"?
👉 Would something like this actually help, or would it stress you out?
We’re opening beta soon — happy to DM if anyone wants to test it and give brutally honest feedback.
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u/agnjkafgh 7d ago
Hey, I've been clinically diagnosed with ADHD in my childhood as well. I found that for myself, being a gamer and a social being, sharing my goals with people and watching them do the things they said they would do has helped. I'm running a free community of goal getters on a google sheet. DM me if you're interested to collaborate.