# ADHD Task Prioritiser

> Free ADHD-friendly task prioritiser. Answer three quick questions per task and get one focused next action. Built for decision-resistant brains. No login.

- **Category:** Calculators
- **URL:** https://www.teafun.cyou/tools/adhd-task-prioritiser/
- **Privacy:** Runs entirely in your browser — no uploads, no account, no tracking.
- **Also known as:** task prioritizer, priority matrix, adhd planner
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- **Tags:** Productivity, Planning, Study

## About

Paste your task list, answer three low-friction questions, and get one next task to do right now.

## How to Use the ADHD Task Prioritiser

Brain-dump every task you have been putting off into the input list — typing each takes ~3 seconds, do not censor or pre-sort. The tool then prompts you to rate each on three quick scales: **Importance** (1-5: 1=nice-to-do, 5=consequence-if-skipped), **Urgency** (1-5: 1=no deadline, 5=today), and **Dopamine pull** (1-5: 1=hate doing it, 5=excited to do it). It auto-plots them on the Eisenhower 2x2 (Importance x Urgency) and color-codes by dopamine. Then mark your **current energy state** (low / medium / high / hyperfocus). The recommended next task is the highest-priority cell that matches your energy: hyperfocus state pairs with high-importance + any-dopamine work; low energy pairs with quick wins (high-dopamine + low-importance — let yourself score easy points). The **Pomodoro-with-bridge** feature suggests starting a high-dopamine task for 5 minutes as a 'bridge' before tackling the dreaded high-importance task — initiation friction often vanishes once any action is happening (the kinetic-momentum trick familiar to ADHD coaches).

## Why One Next Task Beats a Full To-Do List

Standard time-management books (`Getting Things Done`, `7 Habits`) fail for ADHD because they assume task initiation is easy once priority is decided. For ADHD brains, the **Wall** — that frozen feeling when you can see the task is important and still cannot start — is the real problem, not a deficit of planning frameworks. The literature is increasingly clear that ADHD productivity hinges on three structural levers: (1) **external scaffolding** (visible task lists, body doubles, accountability partners — internalised motivation is unreliable), (2) **interest-based nervous system** (Dr. William Dodson's framework: ADHD brains prioritize by Interest > Novelty > Challenge > Urgency, regardless of true importance — work with this rather than fight it), and (3) **energy-aware scheduling** (decision fatigue hits faster; preserve morning hyperfocus for the work nobody else can do). The tool's role is to make the Wall visible so you can pick the structural intervention instead of bouncing between 'I should start' and Twitter for 90 minutes. Adding 5-15% buffer time to every estimate aligns plans with how ADHD-time actually flows.

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## FAQ

### Why only one next task?

Reducing the list to one action lowers decision fatigue and makes it easier to start before momentum disappears.

### What happens to blocked tasks?

Blocked tasks are pushed down so you do not burn energy on work that cannot move yet. Your top task will always be something you can actually start right now.

### Does this replace a full task app?

No. It is a fast triage tool for moments when your brain needs one clear answer, not a full project system.