Symptom-first · No labels required

How does your brain
actually plan?

A planning diagnostic that starts where you are — not with conditions, but with the patterns that shape your day.

What this is

Eight short sets of questions about how your day actually unfolds. We do not ask which conditions you have — many people are undiagnosed for one or more, and the labels are downstream of the patterns anyway.

At the end you will get a heat-map of your strongest patterns and a shortlist of techniques matched to your profile, ranked by evidence and ease of starting.

Before you start

·Answer how things feel most days, not your worst day or your best
·Takes about 5 minutes
·No diagnoses, no judgement
·Your responses save locally so you can come back

8 planning domains + emotional load · 37 questions · ~6 min

Why this exists

Planning is harder for some brains. That isn't a character flaw.

Most productivity advice presupposes a nervous system that many neurodivergent people do not have. When the advice fails, the failure feels personal — but it is almost always predictable, and almost never about effort.

Time blindness, task initiation, working memory load, demand sensitivity, sensory cost — these are downstream of how the brain is wired, not flaws to push through. Knowing which ones run loudest for you changes which techniques actually land.

What you get

Real patterns, ranked techniques, in plain language

A heat-map of your planning patterns

Eight planning domains, scored from your responses. You see at a glance where the friction lives — and where it does not.

A ‘Start Here’ technique

The single best-fit technique for your top pattern, chosen for low effort and strong evidence. Not a generic to-do list app.

Five more techniques, ranked

Each tagged strong, emerging or field-tested so you know what the evidence actually says. Each with a step-by-step walkthrough.

An emotional-load read

Rejection sensitivity, social anxiety and general anxiety often sit underneath planning failures. We surface this so the techniques don't miss the cause.

Who this is for

You don't need a diagnosis to get something useful from this

·ADHD, autistic, AuDHD, dyslexic or dyspraxic adults — diagnosed or not
·Founders, professionals and anyone whose planning system has stopped working
·People who've tried productivity advice that didn't fit how their brain works
·Coaches and therapists working with neurodivergent clients (use coach mode)

How it works

Three steps, about six minutes

Answer the questions
Eight short sets, plus an emotional-load section at the end. Answer for how things feel most days — not your worst day or your best.
See your pattern
A heat-map across the eight domains, plus a read on emotional load. No labels, no diagnoses — just where the friction is loudest right now.
Get techniques that fit
A ‘Start Here’ pick and five ranked alternatives, each with a step-by-step walkthrough and a note on the evidence behind it.

Common questions

Things people ask before they start

Is this a condition diagnosis?

No. This surfaces patterns in how you plan day-to-day. It does not diagnose anything. Many of the patterns it picks up sit underneath ADHD, autism, AuDHD, dyslexia or dyspraxia, but you do not need a diagnosis to get something useful from it. If you want a formal assessment, see a clinician.

Do I need to know which conditions I have?

No. The diagnostic is symptom-first on purpose. A lot of people are undiagnosed for one or more conditions, and the labels are downstream of the patterns anyway. We ask about how your day actually unfolds, not which boxes you tick.

How long does it take?

About 5 to 6 minutes. Eight short sets of questions covering planning patterns, plus one shorter set about emotional load. You can come back later if you stop part-way — your responses save in your browser.

What do I get at the end?

A heat-map showing where the friction lives across eight planning domains. A 'Start Here' technique pick that fits your top patterns. Five more techniques ranked by how well they match your profile, with evidence notes and step-by-step walkthroughs. If you give us your email, the same results land in your inbox to come back to.

Are the techniques evidence-based?

Where the evidence exists, yes. Each technique is tagged 'strong' (multiple peer-reviewed studies and meta-analyses), 'emerging' (smaller studies, qualitative research) or 'field-tested' (lived-experience and clinical practice without RCTs yet). We mark which is which so you know what you are working with.

What happens to my responses and email?

Your responses stay in your browser unless you choose to email them to yourself. If you do, your email goes to our newsletter platform tagged with your top planning pattern, so any follow-up email is matched to what actually shows up in your results. You can unsubscribe at any time. See the privacy policy for full detail.

I scored low on everything — what now?

It might mean your current systems are working. It might mean today is a good day, or that the questions did not capture what brought you here. We do not recommend techniques in that case because it would just be noise. If something is genuinely hard but did not show up in the questions, a coaching conversation is a better next step.

Will this help if I have anxiety alongside the planning patterns?

The diagnostic includes a short emotional-load section at the end covering rejection sensitivity, social anxiety and general anxiety. If those scores are moderate or high, the results lead with that, because techniques tend to work much better when the emotional load has support around it. We will signpost where to look for that support.

Ready to see your pattern?

Five to six minutes. No labels, no judgement. Free.