Guide

Task Paralysis App — Break Through the Freeze

You know exactly what needs doing. You've known for three days. The task is one solid block in your head — no first move, just "the whole thing." LaunchPad chops it into 30-second pieces and shows you one at a time, so there's never a whole task in front of you.

What task paralysis feels like

• The task is one solid block. There's no first move, just "the whole thing."
• You've spent forty minutes deciding which task to start instead of doing a two-minute one.
• The dishes have been "five minutes" for three days.
• Once you're moving you're completely fine. Getting moving is the entire problem.
• A checklist makes it worse, because now you can see all of it at once.

Why LaunchPad works

LaunchPad doesn't show you the whole thing. Ever.

1. Type it badly — "Clean my room", "Start taxes", "Reply to that email". No categories, no priority fields.
2. Get step one — "Pick up every piece of clothing off the floor. Only clothing. Ignore everything else."
3. One screen — Step 1 fills the screen. The other 5 steps don't exist yet.
4. Done → haptic — Vibration + sound. Your brain gets the dopamine hit. Next step appears.

25+ built-in templates = instant steps

Common tasks have pre-written, optimized sequences. Zero AI. Zero wait.

• Clean my room — 6 steps, 9 minutes total
• Do the dishes — 7 steps, 5 minutes
• Do the laundry — 5 steps, 3 minutes
• Deal with email — 6 steps, 7 minutes
• Have a shower — 6 steps, 5 minutes
• Make the bed — 4 steps, 2 minutes
• Take out the bin — 5 steps, 2 minutes
• Go grocery shopping — 5 steps, 15 minutes
• Work out — 5 steps, 8 minutes
• Make the call — 5 steps, 4 minutes
• Pay the bills — 5 steps, 6 minutes
• Do the taxes — 6 steps, 15 minutes
• Pack a bag — 5 steps, 8 minutes
• Study — 5 steps, 20 minutes
• Clear the desk — 4 steps, 4 minutes
• Clean the car — 4 steps, 8 minutes
• Walk the dog — 4 steps, 12 minutes
• Take your meds — 4 steps, 2 minutes
• Water the plants — 4 steps, 4 minutes
• Sort out the budget — 4 steps, 5 minutes
• Apply for the job — 6 steps, 10 minutes
• Write the thing — 6 steps, 12 minutes
• Cook dinner — 5 steps, 12 minutes
• Read — 5 steps, 15 minutes
• Reset (meditate) — 5 steps, 4 minutes
• Reply to the message — 4 steps, 2 minutes
• Vacuum — 4 steps, 6 minutes
• Clean the fridge — 5 steps, 7 minutes

When no template matches: AI fallback

Type anything. If 150+ trigger phrases don't match, Gemini 2.5 Flash usually generates custom micro-steps in a few seconds. Automatic retry, built in — you always get a response. The generated steps follow the same philosophy: tiny, concrete, one at a time.

What Reddit says about task paralysis

On r/executivedysfunction, r/ADHD, r/ADHDwomen, r/neurodiversity: "I don't need a to-do list. I need something that tells me the first tiny step." "Task paralysis isn't laziness — it's executive dysfunction." "The dishes have been '5 minutes' for 3 days." LaunchPad is built for exactly these voices.