Money
ADHD and bills: how to stop paying late without a budget spreadsheet
Late fees, forgotten renewals and surprise charges are common with ADHD. A simple system to see bills before they're due and keep money admin calm.
· 4 min read
Thendoo team
The people building Thendoo
We build Thendoo, a calm planner for work, habits and money, with built-in support for people with ADHD. We write about planning methods we use ourselves and test in the product.
ADHD
ADHD and email overload: a calmer way to handle your inbox
Why email is especially hard with ADHD, what research says about checking it constantly, and a simple routine that keeps the inbox from running your day.
· 3 min read
ADHD
An ADHD-friendly morning routine you can actually keep
A short, flexible morning routine for ADHD brains: few steps, visible timers, cues that do the remembering, and no streak that breaks on a bad day.
· 3 min read
ADHD
Body doubling for ADHD: why working next to someone helps
What body doubling is, why having someone nearby can make starting and staying on task easier, what the research does and doesn't say, and how to try it.
· 3 min read
ADHD
How to plan your day with ADHD: a 10-minute method
A short, forgiving way to plan a day when ADHD makes long lists and rigid schedules fall apart: pick three things, give them a time, leave room.
· 4 min read
Planning
How to plan your week when you work several jobs
Juggling two jobs, freelance clients or several companies? How to keep every role in one plan without losing track of time, tasks or yourself.
· 3 min read
Planning
How to protect focus time when your calendar is full of meetings
Back-to-back meetings leave no time for real work. Practical ways to protect focus blocks, batch meetings and keep the gaps from disappearing.
· 3 min read
Planning
How to study from lecture recordings without rewatching it all
Rewatching a whole lecture is slow and doesn't stick. Research-backed ways to turn recordings into notes, questions and spaced review that work.
· 3 min read
Planning
Meeting notes that lead to action: a simple system
Most meeting notes are never read again. A simple way to capture decisions, owners and next steps so meetings turn into work that actually happens.
· 3 min read
ADHD
Task paralysis: why you can't start, and small ways to get moving
When you know what to do but can't start, it isn't laziness. What makes starting hard, and small, practical ways to get moving again.
· 3 min read
ADHD
Time blindness and ADHD: how to make time visible
Why an afternoon can feel endless and then vanish, what researchers say about ADHD and time, and practical ways to make time something you can see.
· 3 min read
ADHD
Why to-do lists fail with ADHD, and what to use instead
Long to-do lists often make ADHD harder, not easier. Why they fail, what research says about unfinished tasks, and simple alternatives that work.
· 3 min read
Planning
A 20-minute weekly plan built around energy, not willpower
A short weekly planning session in four timed steps. Mark fixed points, map your energy, pick at most three big things, and leave the rest of the week open.
· 5 min read
Money
Budgeting with irregular income: the baseline-month method
A calm way to budget when every month pays differently. Find your baseline month, build a buffer, pay yourself a steady amount, with a worked example.
· 6 min read
Routines & habits
Routines without streak anxiety: forgiving rules that last
All-or-nothing streaks turn one missed day into a reason to quit. How a misses-per-week rule works, and how to design a routine that survives bad days.
· 5 min read
ADHD
The two-minute start: tiny first steps for tasks you keep avoiding
How to write a first step so small it's hard to refuse, with tested patterns and examples for six kinds of dreaded tasks, from phone calls to paperwork.
· 5 min read
Planning
Time-blocking for people who hate time-blocking
Rigid hour-by-hour plans break by mid-morning. Loose time-blocking uses zones, buffers and a next-free-slot habit so the plan bends when the day does.
· 5 min read
Routines & habits
When X, then Y: the habit science behind the name Thendoo
Implementation intentions are among the best-studied tools for turning intentions into action. What the research says, and how to write plans that hold.
· 5 min read
Product
Why Thendoo says "Carried over" instead of "Overdue"
Red overdue lists and reset streaks make it harder to start again. Why Thendoo rolls missed tasks forward kindly, and what that changes in practice.
· 4 min read