This is not a sponsored post I am just an old man getting excited over boring things.
Hey disabled people and neurodivergents I have an app reccomendation for you, its called sweepy.
It is a chore tracker with some features that are actually fucking HELPFUL, not just like a list of shit to do.
So what you do is you add rooms, and in those rooms you list all the things that you have to do. You set how often they need doing and how much effort they take to do. So now you never have to wonder if you need to hoover yet, it will tell you! It also has options for one time tasks and seasonal tasks. Also there are a lot of task presets to make it all easier.
And that alone is all great but if you pay for premium (a very reasonable 12 quid a year), you get more features like adding other people in your house so that you all know whats going on, and my favourite feature, the daily schedule. What you do is you set how many effort points you want to use in a day, and sweepy will go through the things that need doing and assign you tasks to match the effort points. You can even set tasks to only be assigned to specific people. Also like. Streaks and leader boards and shit if that stuff helps motivate you.
Specific benefits ive noticed with this app and living with other people:
Everything is so efficient because we know exactly what each other is doing
Reduces negative feelings towards others re housework cus its hard for the brain gremlin to be like “they’re not doing anything!” Cus like. Yes they are. They got points for it. Look at the leader board u dumb fucking brain gremlin.
Ok another sweepy update let me talk about how this is the best ADHD hack of all time.
So u know how household chores are super hard with ADHD cus its not just oh do this, its an endless cycle. There is no “done”. You do not get your dopamine. It goes on and on and on and on and
Well here’s the thing. Because in sweepy you have to break down “chores” into specifics, and because it times the chores, which draws a clear line between “done” and “needs doing”, it transforms the endless cycle of housework into distinct tasks with an end point.
Which means INFINITE DOPAMINE MACHINE.
It *also* means that when sweepy tells me to go do one thing in the bathroom, I will end up doing like 3 things because DOMPAMINE. TICK THE BOXES. POINTS. I AM REWARDED. Even if those things don’t need doing yet. Yes I am wiping down clean enough sinks just for points I am a FUNCTIONING ADULT.
