Task Management

I’ve abandoned more to-do list apps than most people have ever downloaded. Forty-three, at last count. That’s not a flex. That’s ADHD. Here’s what I’ve learned after years of trying every shiny new productivity app, only to forget it exists three days later: most to-do list apps are built for neurotypical brains. They assume you can look at a list of 47 tasks and just… pick one. They assume you know how long things take. They assume you won’t spend 90 minutes organizing your task system instead of doing a single task on it. ...

I stared at “clean the house” on my to-do list for three hours last Tuesday. Then I found Goblin Tools and it broke that task into 12 steps before I could talk myself out of starting. That’s basically the whole pitch. A collection of tiny, free, AI-powered tools built specifically for neurodivergent brains. No account required. No subscription wall. Just open the site and use it. But does it actually help with ADHD? I spent two weeks testing every single tool. Here’s what happened. ...

I’ve tried both. Multiple times. With the enthusiasm of someone who just discovered a new system that’s definitely going to fix everything. Spoiler: neither one fixed everything. But one of them stuck, and the other kept becoming a beautiful graveyard of abandoned dashboards. Here’s the todoist vs notion adhd showdown you actually need. The Quick Verdict If you need to get things done today, pick Todoist. If you need to build a second brain and have the hyperfocus hours to set it up, pick Notion. ...