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Something that has helped me (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by allriledup@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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So I found an app a few years ago that has helped me a lot. There are a few around, but the one that has helped me is Habitica. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s an app that gamifies chores. You get xp and levels and equipment and shit when you check off chores. As you do more and more chores, the xp adds up and you level up. I am currently level 55. It has helped me a lot. I get SEVERE executive dysfunction. So having something I can see and almost feel as a reward is good. I love seeing my level go up.

It’s at Habitica.com. I’m not being paid by Habitica to say this. I just thought yall might get some benefit out of it. It has the added benefit of being open source :)

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's been more than five years since I touched it, but it didn't work too great for me.

My problem with it is that it requires you to set it all up. The tasks, frequency, chains, point values, etc. I was always second guessing my settings, and it's very easy to make it too easy.

You have to want it to work, and not want to metagame the gamification of your todo list. That gets harder when you look at the social aspects of it and see all the people with high scores and such who absolutely are metagaming the system instead of just using it as a habit aid.