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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.