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DriftTime

Exploration Software

Built at my mother's request, for her own use, not originally my own idea. Local-only for now, with a GitHub repo and a temporary Netlify deploy; no official domain yet.

People with ADHD and similar attention profiles often don’t struggle with knowing what needs doing: they struggle with starting. A full task list is as paralyzing as a blank page. Standard to-do apps assume stable cognition, consistent time estimates, and the motivation to set everything up correctly, none of which hold reliably for this audience.

DriftTime skips the list entirely. It shows a 3×3 grid of nine randomly selected tasks, filtered by context (Home, Office, Mind, Spirit, Body), mental effort, and how much time is actually available, reducing the decision down to “pick one of these nine things.” Weighted randomness keeps older, untouched tasks surfacing more often so nothing gets permanently buried, and a card can be pinned in place across reshuffles if something needs to stay visible.

It’s built as a task activation tool, not a task manager; it isn’t trying to replace Todoist. The whole point is lowering the activation energy between “I have unscheduled time” and “I’m doing something,” for one specific person who actually needed it.