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I am looking for books about attention, phone habits, doomscrolling, digital distraction, why we keep reaching for our phones even when we meant to check one thing for two minutes.

Would love something practical or psychology-based, with experts' opinions and research, especially a book that actually changed how you use your phone day to day. It would also be useful from a family angle. I have nieces who are pretty glued to their phones and TikTok, so anything that social media habits or how to build healthier screen routines.

Any recommendations?

Hey! 👋🏻 I am a designer, a little obsessed with journaling and productivity tools

but honestly I got pretty frustrated with Notion

I kept looking for a personal dashboard that felt completely mine or something I could customize however I want:use offline, keep all data locally /on my computer, without ads or random paywalls.

So I started thinking.. maybe I should just build my own with ai.

I have been testing productivity apps for months too, saving ideas from different tools, looking through those huge app listicles to see what people actually use. I am trying to collect some creative features, insights from books and little solutions that make a tool feel genuinely useful day to day.

Right now I am curious what people here actually love using?

What productivity apps, journaling tools, dashboards, trackers or weird little niche apps are your favorites?

Especially interested in smth that made you think, wait this feature is actually smart like the one I found --the Highlights feature where you can save an idea while reading or listening and come back to it later through your library🥺🧡

I would love to check them out and maybe steal/copy some inspiration for my own dashboard

The only adhd tips that actually work:

1. Never tell anyone what you are planning to do until you do it. Like literally, you will get a premature dopamine hit and sense of accomplishment from telling them and lose motivation to actually do it.

2. Never sit down: if you already have momentum, do not interrupt it. For someone with ADHD, transitioning from resting back into a task can sometimes be difficult

books credit:

• How to ADHD by Jessica McCabe based on everyday ADHD problems like task initiation, motivation, time blindness, getting stuck after breaks.
• Taking Charge of Adult ADHD by Russell A. Barkley more research-based
• ADHD 2.0 by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey explanation of ADHD, attention, stimulation, managing daily life
• Atomic Habits by James Clear not specifically about ADHD, but useful for the second idea I also used some other ideas I found in the Headway app with the main breaks of key ideas from chapters
• The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare planning, organization, task initiation, follow-through

Hey! I am Kseni 👋🏻 I am a designer, a little obsessed with journaling and productivity tools

but honestly I got pretty frustrated with Notion

I kept looking for a personal dashboard that felt completely mine or something I could customize however I want:use offline, keep all data locally /on my computer, without ads or random paywalls.

So I started thinking.. maybe I should just build my own with ai.

I have been testing productivity apps for months too, saving ideas from different tools, looking through those huge app listicles to see what people actually use. I am trying to collect some creative features and little solutions that make a tool feel genuinely useful day to day.

Right now I am curious what people here actually love using?

What productivity apps, journaling tools, dashboards, trackers or weird little niche apps are your favorites?

Especially interested in smth that made you think, wait this feature is actually smart 🥺🧡

I would love to check them out and maybe steal/copy some inspiration for my own dashboard

😅just an idea and kind of vizualizion board

Write down 50 things you want for 2027 and mix both:
-physical things you want to buy, get or change
- internal things you want to improve, learn or develop

It can be anything from buying a new carpet or getting something you have wanted for years, to improving your reading, confidence, communication, fitness or another skill whoop whoop

1. What Happened to You? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
   When I have a strong reaction to smth or someone, I ask myself What happened to me that might be making me react this way? Thanks tp the books cortex explanation and childhood trauma outline, it helps me look for the trigger and understand the reaction before acting on it. Maybe it is just a pattern I learned from my parents

2. Mindset by Carol Dweck
   - - After a mistake, I ask myself: What can I learn from this? How to see a profit here and change attitude towards the issue? Writing down one thing where I can change my mindset

3. The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
   - - having one thought to carry through the day hehe: I read one short entry in the morning and pick one idea to test daily. When something annoying happens later, I try to connect it back to that thought/idea. it also gives me a small pause before reacting automatically

4. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B Peterson
   - - The useful part for me is starting with things tasks I can actually know/control. When everything feels messy, I fix one small physical thing i know first, next switch to the next more complicated one. sounds basic, but having one area in order makes it easier to live through the day

5 Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink
- - This one changed how I think about motivation amd how I started doing CrossFit: so I stopped asking myself if I feel like training, if I planned , I just start and here the most complicated part ( is like taking 80% of effort) is to get out from the house. p.s. Thanks to the renote job🙈Once I am out, I go to the gym.

Also to get out from the house is crucial for me, so I do not get depressed. Like every day, even when I have nowhere I need to go: do short walk, coffee, groceries, anything as once I am outside, my mood and energy usually shift

6. Zen The Art of Simple Living by Shunmyo Masuno
   - - here is a small idea: doing ordinary things with full attention. For example, sometimes I make coffee or walk without having a video or podcast playing at the same time - doing only one thing makes my head feel much less crowded

7 Ikigai by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles
- - The part I use is keeping smth in my day that I genuinely want to return to. It is a like a stimulus to finish other tasks. Training, drawing, reading, learning a skill, working on a project smth you really like. I like having at least one activity that gives the day some direction beyond finishing obligations.

8. The Clutter Connection by Cassandra Aarssen
   - - liked this one especially from the ADHD perspective. If I put something somewhere I cannot see it, there is a good chance I forget about it. So I started keeping frequently used things /tasks visible and easy to reach

9. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy
   - - i did the visualization long time ago when I was in a school, I loved visualization boards and they really work. A part more practically than literally. Mentally rehearsing the first few steps makes starting feel more familiar when the moment comes and sometimes you even did not notice those things are completed. You can write 50 things you want to complete or get for the next year (50 physical things I want to buy, get, or change and 50 internal things I want to improve in myself).

10. (do not remember in which exact book I found this tip😅🙈 the search says Atomic Habits) but:
- - someone can say it is just useless tip, but I really appreciate the insights. One of them: Two Minute Rule. Simple one but it is like my first attempt of starting a new habit and it takes less than 2 mins: but i do 5 mins instead. So i wanted to improve reading habit, so I read for 5 mins. I wanted to improve pull ups and chin ups - I bought a resistance band and do them during 5 mins every day. Works well for new habits and as a starter

What do you think about this list and do you have your own insights from books which you really use?

Wondering if book summaries are actually useful when you do not have time to read the whole copy. I know you miss the context, but I mostly want to get the key ideas and see what actually works like if the books suit my goal. Has anyone tried that?

Also I did some quick research and apparently this is a form called - book microlearning. But my idea is like making notes, trying what works and if yes, I save the template and read the whole book for more lifehacks

Wondering if book summaries are actually useful when you do not have time to read the whole copy. I know you miss the context, but I mostly want to get the key ideas and see what actually works like if the books suit my goal. Has anyone tried that?

Also I did some quick research and apparently this is a form called - book microlearning. But my idea is like making notes, trying what works and if yes, I save the template and read the whole book for more lifehacks

Looking for the stories, tips and some reads recommendations, ive already signed up to a few productivity and deep work subreddits