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For what it’s worth, we (Reclaim.ai - I’m quoted in the article), have a lot of ADHD customers who tell us that we help with time blocking on their calendar. I

For what it’s worth, we (Reclaim.ai - I’m quoted in the article), have a lot of ADHD customers who tell us that we help with time blocking on their calendar. In particular, the fact that we do it automatically seems to be the thing they appreciate. Edit: First time I’ve ever been downvoted into negative territory. Clearly I’ve embarrassed myself ;P Is it because of self promotion? I guess… seems weird though I/my company are literally part of the article, I replied to a specific comment around issues with time blocking for ADHD people, and how automation seems to be a solve to the problem highlighted by the parent. shrug

Apocryphon 5y ago
fwiw, I’m going to check out your service. The article’s conclusions are philosophical and introspective, but it does give the practical finding that calendar time blocking is a more effective method than simple todo lists. So trying out the latter is an actionable item. Doing a guided meditation session to emphasize with my future self would be another step- wonder if that’s the future of meditation/wellness/productivity lifehack fads.
- pantulis 5y ago
  In fact the only tool you need for time blocking is Google Calendar --or similar. The rest is just convenience, if any.
edoceo 5y ago
Probably the claim about "a lot of ADHD" clients. How do you even know? Did you ask?! What percent? Feels real BS to me.
- Lightbody 5y ago
  Nope. Didn’t think to ask, in fact. But then they started to tell us. Here are two that did so via Twitter: https://twitter.com/sadbangs/status/1304685594430377985?s=21 https://twitter.com/sadbangs/status/1304685594430377985?s=21 https://twitter.com/etoile/status/1397257456468824065?s=21 https://twitter.com/etoile/status/1397257456468824065?s=21
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  - nuclearnice3 5y ago
    Your reply to pixie was really nice and authentic. It's gratifying to know people appreciate what you made!
- stevehawk 5y ago
  I feel like his sentence explains clearly that they are reaching to comment/thank them and making the claim when they do so?
- skrebbel 5y ago
  "talk to your customers" is rule number 1 of just about any startup, any business even. Why would you doubt that they do this?
  - AussieWog93 5y ago
    I would add to that: if you have a non-insignificant amount of customers, they'll talk to you! That's how I found out my product, which was targeted mainly at younger people, was really popular amongst the older crowd.
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pySSK 5y ago
Thanks for making Reclaim. I’m struggling with ADD and it’s something I’m able to stick to in longer spurts than other things. I’ll reach out on Twitter or by email with some of my pain points.
tomrod 5y ago
Neat. Do you have integrations with Element?
- Lightbody 5y ago
  I don’t know what Element is. Tell me more. Integrations are a big part of our roadmap this year, so… maybe!
granra 5y ago
Looking at the landing page I can see only Google calendar is supported with outlook planned. Is there any chance of regular caldav support. I'm interested in the product but I use neither Google calendar nor Outlook.
- Lightbody 5y ago
  I absolutely desire to support it, but just being realistic it is at least 1-2 years off, pending our overall success as a company. The market just isn’t big enough to justify the R&D expense at this stage. Sorry :(
  - ghiculescu 5y ago
    Why not? It’s your company. If you think it would be a cool thing to build, and something you desire to support, then build it.
    - urbandw311er 5y ago
      What, even at the expense of his company’s survival?
tchock23 5y ago
Just signed up after seeing your service mentioned in the article. Looks great so far! Time blocking is difficult to stick to and having automation could be the solution. Sorted for iOS does automation as well, but lacks a weekly agenda view. I’m also trying out Akiflow and have been impressed so far, but their decision to launch without syncing across devices makes me question their long term product vision.
jkhdigital 5y ago
This may not be helpful, but for me scheduled timeboxes are not quite the right solution. The real problem is capacity management, so the ideal solution would be something that makes it clear how much space a commitment occupies without simultaneously forcing me to decide when I will do it. I know there are some who probably insist that I’m trying to have my cake and eat it too…
- Lightbody 5y ago
  I hear ya and I understand what you’re getting at. We’re working on some ideas that might address it, but as you already surmised it’s a bit of a challenge because the two desires are at odds with each other. One way we (somewhat) solve for your desire today is that we schedule out all the stuff but then make it fairly easy to decide what to do just-in-time without wrecking the whole schedule. It’s not perfect but it’s been working for some of us.
  - KVFinn 5y ago
    >One way we (somewhat) solve for your desire today is that we schedule out all the stuff but then make it fairly easy to decide what to do just-in-time without wrecking the whole schedule. It’s not perfect but it’s been working for some of us. I just tried the service and my immediate reaction was similar to above. I can't just context switch on a whim. It feels super strange to have a list of similar priority things just given hard times in my calendar, even for things like exercise. I do want something much more just-in-time where I am constantly picking from a set of boxes, and urgent tasks and deadlines are managed.
Swannie 5y ago
Because many with ADHD see a task in their calendar, know they should work on it, but then... 1hr is gone, and nothing got done towards the task... nothing. Because they were doing something else. Now you feel bad. You reschedule it again... and it happens again. Yes, I see this helping with the over commitment factor. But it doesn't help with doing the thing you need to do. You need other strategies, such as actually scheduling time to get stimulated prior to tackling that big gnarly task. Or breaking it into just a 5 minute "do the first step" task, so that it's not 1hr of doom scrolling - that maybe a 5 minute chunk of it gets done. This is my anecdata, though.

Apocryphon 5y ago

fwiw, I’m going to check out your service. The article’s conclusions are philosophical and introspective, but it does give the practical finding that calendar time blocking is a more effective method than simple todo lists. So trying out the latter is an actionable item. Doing a guided meditation session to emphasize with my future self would be another step- wonder if that’s the future of meditation/wellness/productivity lifehack fads.

pantulis 5y ago
In fact the only tool you need for time blocking is Google Calendar --or similar. The rest is just convenience, if any.

edoceo 5y ago

Probably the claim about "a lot of ADHD" clients. How do you even know? Did you ask?! What percent? Feels real BS to me.

Lightbody 5y ago
Nope. Didn’t think to ask, in fact. But then they started to tell us. Here are two that did so via Twitter: https://twitter.com/sadbangs/status/1304685594430377985?s=21 https://twitter.com/sadbangs/status/1304685594430377985?s=21 https://twitter.com/etoile/status/1397257456468824065?s=21 https://twitter.com/etoile/status/1397257456468824065?s=21
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- nuclearnice3 5y ago
  Your reply to pixie was really nice and authentic. It's gratifying to know people appreciate what you made!
stevehawk 5y ago
I feel like his sentence explains clearly that they are reaching to comment/thank them and making the claim when they do so?
skrebbel 5y ago
"talk to your customers" is rule number 1 of just about any startup, any business even. Why would you doubt that they do this?
- AussieWog93 5y ago
  I would add to that: if you have a non-insignificant amount of customers, they'll talk to you! That's how I found out my product, which was targeted mainly at younger people, was really popular amongst the older crowd.
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pySSK 5y ago

Thanks for making Reclaim. I’m struggling with ADD and it’s something I’m able to stick to in longer spurts than other things. I’ll reach out on Twitter or by email with some of my pain points.

tomrod 5y ago

Neat. Do you have integrations with Element?

Lightbody 5y ago
I don’t know what Element is. Tell me more. Integrations are a big part of our roadmap this year, so… maybe!

granra 5y ago

Looking at the landing page I can see only Google calendar is supported with outlook planned. Is there any chance of regular caldav support. I'm interested in the product but I use neither Google calendar nor Outlook.

Lightbody 5y ago
I absolutely desire to support it, but just being realistic it is at least 1-2 years off, pending our overall success as a company. The market just isn’t big enough to justify the R&D expense at this stage. Sorry :(
- ghiculescu 5y ago
  Why not? It’s your company. If you think it would be a cool thing to build, and something you desire to support, then build it.
  - urbandw311er 5y ago
    What, even at the expense of his company’s survival?

tchock23 5y ago

Just signed up after seeing your service mentioned in the article. Looks great so far! Time blocking is difficult to stick to and having automation could be the solution. Sorted for iOS does automation as well, but lacks a weekly agenda view. I’m also trying out Akiflow and have been impressed so far, but their decision to launch without syncing across devices makes me question their long term product vision.

jkhdigital 5y ago

This may not be helpful, but for me scheduled timeboxes are not quite the right solution. The real problem is capacity management, so the ideal solution would be something that makes it clear how much space a commitment occupies without simultaneously forcing me to decide when I will do it. I know there are some who probably insist that I’m trying to have my cake and eat it too…

Lightbody 5y ago
I hear ya and I understand what you’re getting at. We’re working on some ideas that might address it, but as you already surmised it’s a bit of a challenge because the two desires are at odds with each other. One way we (somewhat) solve for your desire today is that we schedule out all the stuff but then make it fairly easy to decide what to do just-in-time without wrecking the whole schedule. It’s not perfect but it’s been working for some of us.
- KVFinn 5y ago
  >One way we (somewhat) solve for your desire today is that we schedule out all the stuff but then make it fairly easy to decide what to do just-in-time without wrecking the whole schedule. It’s not perfect but it’s been working for some of us. I just tried the service and my immediate reaction was similar to above. I can't just context switch on a whim. It feels super strange to have a list of similar priority things just given hard times in my calendar, even for things like exercise. I do want something much more just-in-time where I am constantly picking from a set of boxes, and urgent tasks and deadlines are managed.

Swannie 5y ago

Because many with ADHD see a task in their calendar, know they should work on it, but then... 1hr is gone, and nothing got done towards the task... nothing. Because they were doing something else. Now you feel bad. You reschedule it again... and it happens again. Yes, I see this helping with the over commitment factor. But it doesn't help with doing the thing you need to do. You need other strategies, such as actually scheduling time to get stimulated prior to tackling that big gnarly task. Or breaking it into just a 5 minute "do the first step" task, so that it's not 1hr of doom scrolling - that maybe a 5 minute chunk of it gets done. This is my anecdata, though.