Has anyone out there used the ADDPlanner software by wolf in the moon?

I checked out their website from a link on one of the threads here, don't remember which one and it looks pretty good. I also contacted them via email and they said there would be another upgrade and it would be made compatible with palm os come May.

I really want to get it, but I don't want to spend thirty-five dollars if it's not going to be at least decent....

Anyone used it? Or should I be the guinea pig? :)

Perhaps a link to the website would be helpful, so people know what you are talking about?

I believe it is at www.addplanner.com

I don't know how to make the link an actual link as opposed to just the URL.

I have not tried the ADD planner but I have heard that it would be something really good for people to do. I am interested in trying it. I just have not had time to check it out yet.

Hi

Just resurrecting this post because I'm too new to post URL's :) Has anyone used the software addplanner? URL is in post #3. It looks really good but has it really helped anybody?

Cheers

Tony

I would be interested to know about whether or not this has worked for anyone. It is certainly very inexpensive compared to some programs.

This is my second time reading about this planner. Once again, I believe it would be very helpful to me. But I too would like to know if anyone has tried it. Too bad they didn't have a trial version like all the games I keep buying :eek: .

Well from the looks of the webiste it seems great. I too would like to know if someone out there has used this product before I go ahead and buy it!

It seems like there is quite a bit of interest in this software. Let me throw this out there... are there any other programmers in the house? :) I'd be willing to start a project on sourceforge if there's interest in ADD planner type software, and people willing to work on/with it.

Hi,
I have used to shop around a lot for daily planners and I find Microsoft Outlook suits me the best. If you have (or can get a hold of) Microsoft Office you should try Microsoft Outlook.

I must say I haven't tried ADD Planner. I suspect MS Outlook has more than ADD Planner has. To me, ADD Planner's (screenshot)
project tree view (http://www.addplanner.com/overview.html#Fully%20plan) looks like a version of Outlooks 'Tasks' view. Here's a few Outlook (screenshots) http://www.opengroupware.org/screens/zidelook/private_tasks.png
http://www.opengroupware.org/screens/zidelook/public_calendar_workweek.png
http://www.opengroupware.org/screens/zidelook/public_calendar_week.png
http://www.opengroupware.org/screens/zidelook/public_calendar_month.png

Outlook has a ton of features. It is highly customizable and has many different views. It works well lots of other programs... in other words you can import/export to MS word, excell, etc.

On google, look up: Palm OS with MS Outlook . There are all sorts of hits.

Hope this helps,

guitareasley

Is outlook something that comes with a standard windows office package? If I wanted an outlook email can I just do it, or is there a whole setup with it?

Thanks

I spoke to the ADDplanner company because they mentioned a money back guarantee if the software isn't for you. They replied:


Hi Tony -

Thanks for your interest in ADD Planner!

The answer to your question is: our money-back guarantee does not have a time limit. It is a lifetime guarantee.

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Best regards,

Susan A. Baer
Wolf in the Moon Software, Inc.
makers of ADD Planner and Stretch Minute.
I think i will give it a go after my Life Balance free trail runs out.

I have been using Life Balance by Llamagraphics for a week or so. It is far from perfect but I have found it very useful. It allows me to identify the goals in my life, subdivide those goals into tasks, subdivide those task into subtasks and so on. One of my problems is I forget that i need to get into contact with friends, pay bills etc until it is too late. Every morning I make a list of important things i need to do from the software.

Any Windows geeks know how I can get a program to automatically start up when I boot my machine so I can't forget to use it?!

Is outlook something that comes with a standard windows office package? If I wanted an outlook email can I just do it, or is there a whole setup with it?

Thanks
Outlook is part of Microsoft Office. When I got my Dell computer, it actually came with Microsoft Office 2000. I keep forgetting that some people don't automatically recieve MS Office for free when they buy their computers. Sorry about that.

The current version is called Microsoft OfficeXP. Microsoft Office includes a whole suite of programs such as: Access, Excel, FrontPage, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, Visio, Word, Publisher, & Outlook. (although Outlook includes an email client, don't confuse Outlook with the common email client: Outlook Express.) If your friends, family, and/or workplace have any of the programs called Excel, Frontpage, Access, Outlook etc. then they have the Microsoft OfficeXP software.


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I have used both Microsft Outlook and ADD Planner. I prefer outlook.

I have a Pocket PC, and it does help me. I don't use the desktop for organization, although I do synch my PDA and my appointments are viewable in Outlook if I want. In terms of specific software for ADD like this ADD Planner, I'd be curious to try it first if I could, but my primary organizational problems are task type lists and bills. With the bills, I just made up my own system where I have broken down all the bills into payment twice a month, corresponding to my payday weeks. I typed up a rough table just using Word, each bill, and then by hand I write: which of the two dates it's to be paid on, amount, and an X by itself in a column denoting that I paid it. I have a bill holder that has slots for all 31 days, and each bill gets recorded on the form for which pay date, but for storage is put into the actual due date. For me, it's much easier to just organize it on paper and write in those items, but having a "rough & ready" typed table where the individual bills are pre-typed is helpful.
Now for my work and personal appointments, the calendar function on the PDA is gold. I have a spruced up calendar program called Ulti-Planner, and I use the appointment time as a reminder to pay the bills on the payday date that corresponds simply because I do look at the calendar all the time for my schedule, and voila, in there right with it is my "appointment" to pay the bills. So my attempts at organization are really a blend of PDA and pen/paper. If my bill tracking system can be reproduced on PDA, it would be helpful, although I do like being able to scribble on my own form as well, so I might be better off as is.
Task lists I do by hand or PDA, but at work I just use a piece of paper and a clipboard, and this works okay. I'd like something a little better, but in general using the PDA for this is no more helpful. But the PDA calendar program really does work well for me with appointments.

Outlook got me through graduate school! I was able to organize every minute of my life from 6 in the morning until midnight, and not waste too much time filling it in. I kept it on my laptop which I never used to connect to the internet (so no viruses), and I used it everyday to take notes and write reports so it was always with me. For paying bills, I swear by e-bills on my online Bank of America account. I can set it up so that my bills get automatically paid. This works really well with directly deposited paychecks.

bill payment is easiest to handle by entering them once and scheduling them in your online bank account billpay service. it is really incredible how easy it is to pay bills, no late fees, nothing to think about.....

Jon

I totally agree that the easiest way for ADD'rs to pay bills is to set up automatic payments through their bank or credit union.

But for people whose financial institutions don't offer automatic payments or they haven't got around to setting it up, ADD Planner has a feature that helps pay bills on time: the ability to link a file, program, website, etc to a task, and launch the file, etc from the task reminder.

Some examples: If you use Quicken to pay bills, link your Quicken file to the "Pay the X bill" task. If you pay a credit card at a website (like I do), link the URL of the site to the "Pay the Y credit card" task. If you pay everything by check and you just need something to help you stop surfing the net and get out your checkbook, make a full-screen Word doc that says "Pay the Z bill NOW !!!" in big letters and link it to the "Pay the Z bill" task. In all these cases, when you click OK on the reminder, the Quicken file | website | Word doc is launched. And in version 1.4 of ADD Planner, which has just started beta testing, you can set the linked program to launch automatically, without needed to click OK first.

Susan A. Baer
www.ADDPlanner.com

sounds like interesting features. you are advertising your product...caution...supposedly not allowed here.....but I like knowing WHO is writing...thanks

Any Windows geeks know how I can get a program to automatically start up when I boot my machine so I can't forget to use it?!

Sorry for the late answer to this, but I just signed up. The easiest way is to drag and drop a shortcut to the program into the Startup folder on your Start menu. If you need more detailed instructions, let me know.

I just got back from the ADDA conference and the ADD Planner was exhibited there. They have actaully made quite a few improvements since I had last used the software. One of the main things I really liked is that it can be imported and exported with Outlook. It now has audio reminders too and it can open additional programs to help with reminders.

So if you want to remind yourself to shut of the pc and go to bed a visual reminder will pop up and you will here "go to bed." You can also have it open a document in word or other program that says "Go to bed in Huge red letters.

I thought it was really cool.

The creators of the software actually use a wireless speaker with their PC. They have ADD planner wake them up in the morning too.

I tried life balance on my zire 71 and found the software basically useless :-(

There's a mailing list flylady.com the help me organize house cleaning for a little while by mailing constant reminders for everything to putting my shoes on in the morning to what part of the house I should be working on at that very moment. Unfortunately, there's no fly lady for the rest of my life, and my hands are too messed up to do much cleaning anyway. It would be nice if those kind of mailing lists could be set up for ADD people though. Kind of a personalized e-mail reminder list of all the things you know you're going to screw throughout the day sent to you before you usually screw them up.

I've been using ADD Planner for about 2 months now and it is EXCELLENT.

I have reminders set up to take my meds, to "put my mouse to bed" (meaning on the charger at night), to go to bed... I have one set to remind me to wash my CPAP mask... it pops up a picture of Darth Vader with the words Wash Your Mask typed across it... and it also speaks to me...

I also have it set to automatically go to a website for me at 9am every morning... and I have countdown timers set up before appointments that speak to me AND pop up big messages from word.

I also have Watchminder... which is a great tool as well.

I would recommend both of these. I haven't been late for an appointment since I started using ADDPlanner... because of the countdown...

Any Windows geeks know how I can get a program to automatically start up when I boot my machine so I can't forget to use it?!
Just wanted to let you know there is a way to run a program automatically on windows startup. Simple go to

http://www.glarysoft.com/quick-startup/

and download quick-startup a really simple and free program to control your programs that start up when windows does. You can edit, delete, and even add programs to start up automatically. A very simple program to use, and takes seconds to learn how to do it. Best of all like I said its a free program to use.

Enjoy and hope this helps you out!


Panther71 :D

On sourceforge I found a project called TaskCoach:
taskcoach sourceforge net

It's in alpha but it looks promising.

Hi all,

I have tried out the ADD planner, but I realize that Outlook is better suited to my needs. One of my real time stealers is email, and outlook with the "Getting Things Done" add in forces you to make a decision on all emails. You can turn it into a task for follow up whenever you want and it is very customizable. Although I haven't figured out how to make a program pop up automatically--ie a file in Word that you make saying GO TO BED! or LEAVE NOW!--but you can create reminders far more interesting than the little bing sound that outlook normally makes. I downloaded some .wav files (free, very easy) and I made a reminder of the Jaws theme when I really need to leave. Much harder to ignore. I also made one for an on track reminder as an old-fashioned bicycle bell. Anyway, the ADD planner is good and quite customizable, but I prefer Outlook. There is a good add-in by "getting things done" company and also Franklin Covey. Just google them to find their site. Feedback?

I have a Palm Treo 650 with Palm OS, and have just found a program for $15, called TIME GAME, with a free 21 day trial. Its a reminder system formatted as a game about getting your tasks done. You earn points or scores for getting done on time, etc. I just started it maybe a couple hours ago, and it seems very user friendly. I'll tell you more as I use it over the next 3 weeks. All I know so far is that it allows you to break tasks down into subtasks and designate points for each stage of the tasks, and it has great reminder system, integrates with my outlook, etc.

Jon

Do you have a website for information on this software? I googled Time Game and get software for teaching children how to tell time. I would like to look at it.

Thanks,

For which software?

The Time Game software mentioned by healthwiz. I was curious about it but couldn't find anything when I googled it.

http://addplanner.com/

I have it on my computer but have mixed feelings. They have a money back guarantee, so give it a try.

I get too involved with new software and then get tired of it. Plan on going back and not trying to use it for everything, just what seems doable and then adding on. I will probably put my high priority stuff on there. The reminders are excellent. I just wish it was a full screen calendar-I wear bifocals and I could add more Icons and colors.

It is a good product but has a lot of room for improvement. It is designed by people with ADD. Designing software is a huge deal and they do wonders. They also answer questions and are continually improving the product. I believe it will eventually become an excellent product.

RADD

I looked at it, but, it doesn't look colorful enough for me. I need a whole rainbow of colors practically to keep my interest for more than 6 seconds. I should just design my own...

I happened to locate the site for the Time Game, so KarenPA here you go!

http://store5.esellerate.net/store/catalog.aspx?s=STR0450730679&pc=

i dont plan things much if it happens then fine if not then oh well thats how i look must things less pressuer that way could do with an add game made that might be fun....might tke longtime to play it mind you dorm;.)

ADD planner update-I upgraded and put it on my PPC-I cannot remove it and it is messing with other programs on my iPaq! I have to do a hard reset-dagnabit!

ADD Planner hey?

Today at 3.00 I will forget. At 10pm I will laugh a lot. At 2am I will still be awake because I can't sleep.

Tomorrow at 6am the alarm will go off and I won't understand. At 7.30 I will realise that I am late. At 9.00 I will finally get up, still too tired. I will rush out of the house by 11.30, and make up stupid excuses for being late.

After a late lunch I will not listen to anyone, and I will start singing and dancing. I might throw some paper clips after that.


...... but in all seriousness, I think you're better off making your own planner. Currently I use an A4 sheet per 4 weeks, which i make on the compute rmyself, change the title and add a picture. Previously to that I had a different thing, before than I tried an A4 diary (page per day - didn't work!) and before that I had used 'student' diaries for 5 years in HS because I had to, then for 2 years at uni because I thought I should... but the usefulness deteriorated.

I like to be able to see what's coming up, and I need to nkow anyway. 4 weeks is good, and fits on a page. Generally I don't want to know alot about what's happening after 4 weeks time, especially if i have a lot to get through!

I wouldn't pay a company to make a planner which is 'good for ADD people'. What do they know?

AND... what does ONE add person know about any other add person? Not a lot other than what they might gneeralise from their own experiences. Nobody can tell you that a certain type of planner is good for you.

It's almost as ludacris as saying "your mother is chinese, so this is a good planner for you to use" or "this planner is good for people who live in a hot climate" or "this planner is good for people with short hair" (unless it says when the chinese festivals are, tells you when to go to the beach, or has a special spot for 'hair appointment' every week - but WE don't have a special festivals time, a particular time to go to the beach or a particular time to get our hair cut..... hmm).

:)

I agree with your premise; it might be that no mattter how similar our experiences with time and lateness, and getting lost, etc, we still need tools that fit our unique perrsonality and likes. I buy it! That would explain why one size does not fit all!

On the other hand, there might be a good chance of finding some ADD specific tools in a software or schedule planner that is geared towards solving problems many ADDers have.

There is no black and white here.... I think they are both valid to some degree. Got to pay attention to both!
Hear that? Pay Attention!

Jon

Yes, indeed there's no one thing that covers every conceivable ADD type nuance. I use Life Balance for example, and it wasn't specifically aimed at ADD people but has been found to be helpful to many ADDers. It definitely has been a good tool for me, but I still supplement with other things as well. I do now use my PDA exclusively to enter in my tasks, appointments, schedule etc. The Life Balance software has its own task component for that, but there are times that I just use the default Palm task program because at that moment it suited my needs better.

if anyone would like an excel spreadsheet which has all the basic stuff on it, and this is customisable for your needs, i can send you a copy, just message me.... FREE, repeat... FREE... hang on hwta was that did I say... FREE....

All the basic stuff about the ADD Planner software?



if anyone would like an excel spreadsheet which has all the basic stuff on it, and this is customisable for your needs, i can send you a copy, just message me.... FREE, repeat... FREE... hang on hwta was that did I say... FREE....

I have tried a plethora of planners. The one that works best for me is my PDA! I love it and that fact that I do not have to mess with papers, it is easy to carry around (keep the extra recharger in my bag) and I can set up alarms and other sounds to remind me of things. Kind of like my personal coach/secretary/assistant!

And everyone is absolutely right-you have to find what works with your personality and lifestyle! I love technology and am terrible at staying on track with papers. I also hate carrying a purse and can put my driver's license and debit card in the PDA case, keys around my neck or in pocket and I am off to the store-or wherever else I want to go! It slips easily into my teaching messenger bag that is always stocked and close to the door! Voila! This I do not lose like my cell phone! I have spent less on planners with my PDA purchase than on all the years of purchasing paper ones that didn't work for me.

My best as you find the system that works for you! Remember, there is no right or wrong, just what works for you!

RADD

All the basic stuff about the ADD Planner software?
Don't know about ADD planner software, this is just a planner i made myself. its pretty basic and anyone can do it in excel..

I use a Blackberry to do all the same things, calendars, task lists, alarms, phone and email messages. In addition, I used it to find this site and make this post.

Normally, I hate MS Outlook. In fact, just to show you how much i Cant stand it, i stopped using it as an email client, and switched to gmail.

But.... I know you know this is going somewhere...alas! I hire an organizational expert to come to my house, on a regular basis now - and yes, it is expensive - $65/hour (but note, it is less than a Coach). She comes over and goes through my organizational systems with me, paperwork filing systems, where everything should go in my house, purging sessions with the whole family, making bins for everything in my closets...etc etc etc.

Now where is this going...gosh darnit you are saying..alas....

She got me to use Outlook, to do my task list. Surprisingly, she encourages no alarms, no due dates, just tasks and catagories.

Now this is a system I am about to share with you...alas...one that cost me at least 4 toe nails but neither an arm nor a leg....but hey...its free to you...so alas...you can save 4 toe nails and spare a clock full of time ...and listen ..... and receive....

The way the system works is you get one of those racks for file folders, you know...the kind that gradually gets higher and higher (no, not a rack that smokes marijane or crack) just an office depot type of rack for a half dozen file folders.

Next you label 6 file folders with catagories. You keep the catagories simple and broad, such as personal, business, education, financial, legal, health.

you then prioritize your thinking about your catagories, such that if it is personal, but it is also financial, and it is also legal, which one do you put it in. If legal is more important than financial, put it in legal, but if financial is more important and more urgent than legal put it in financial, and if neither legal or financial aspects of it are important, put it in personal. Etc etc etc.

But before you put it in a folder, go to your outlook tasks window, and look at the piece of paper - does it need an action? If it needs an action, click on the new task button, and enter the task in the subject line. If you have details, like a phone number and detailed instructions, you can type those in the section below the subject line, but the main task should be in the subject so you can easily see what it is. Then before you save it, look to the catagory box, and put it in one of the 6 catagories you have chosen, and only in one catagory - even if it fits in 3 catagories, put it in the catagory that is most urgent or important. If you are a little off and indecisive, just pick one and do not worry.

Now save this new task, without any alarm, no due dates.

Now you can take the piece of paper and put it in one of those 6 files, so you can take action on it when you are ready to.

Each morning, print your tasks list, and before printing it, sort it by catagory. Then go through the list with a pencil or a market, and circle the tasks you think you will be able to get done today. Work steadily on your tasks list, find your papers regarding that task in the appropriate file folder in your rack.

throughout the day, cross off your tasks on your handy task list, and write new ones down on the list too.

When you are done with the task, , put 100% done in the outlook task so it disappears (that is how you check them off in outlook tasks). Take the paper related to the task, and if it needs to go into another catagorie folder, (perhaps now that the legal aspect is handled you need to put it into financial, to pay the bill). If you need to do more tasks to this item, then enter the new tasks, etc, and if no other task remain to do on this item, you will decide if you need to keep the paper or throw it (remember to shred if it has important data) (keep a shredder close by).

If you do need to keep it for your records, then you put it in your regular filing system (not the task rack).

You can clear a lot of papers out this way. And you get to keep your toe nails!

Hope this helps you as it has helped me.

PS. My Outlook Tasks synchs with my Palm Treo PDA phone, but i almost never look at the pda for tasks, only for appointments and phone numbers.

This works for me, but I agree, everyone has to have their own system that works for them. I was surprised an organization pro could find a system I could deal with.

Jonathan

Very interesting system!

Where do you keep your rack? My desk is in the basement-inconvenient for somethings. Do you keep one at home and one for work? How long have you been using this?-Has it stood the test of time? I usually get bored and change my system-not necessarily a good thing-my continous improvement mentality-it always seems broke!

Since I am an anarchic thinker to the max-splains a lot Lucy-and hate rules, due dates, restrictions, and the like this sounds doeable-but of course, I will have to tweak it a bit! :D Things I like

few categories-I tend to have too many!
simple-not a lot of time or mental energy
combines paper and technology!
controls papers-my nemesis
lets me choose what to do!
no annoying alarms for tasks-(for appointments or refilling meds, Absolutely!!)
What I need to change

basket or container for categories with stuff and paperwork-folder and a container for things-art stuff, books, binders etc. My daily life goes way beyond papers!
hierarchical task ability-ie-tasks related to projects (Bill G-will ya do that for me on Outlook?)
master list for to do's, ideas, brainstorming-grab and go then sort to folder, so I can write down any and all things that come into my mind without worrying about categories-GTD, David Allen technique I love!
can I use a non-rack? I have other things-paper stacker that cost $$ that would be work.
Each folder would be a different color! for the visual me and I love color!
Thank you for sharing! The system would work well for teaching too-but with a have to do folder-sometimes the deadlines just have to be there! Darn.

Now, how do I limit myself to 6 categories?........ let me count the categories.........

I like the sound of many of the systems and programs... but I don't think that they come with the accoutrements that I need.... Namely a portable butt kicker:eek: to get me to use the thing.

I've tried to get my wife to be a stand-in butt kicker... but I'm afraid she has ADD as well and she soon forgets why she's kicking (or better yet needs a good kicking as well).:rolleyes:

My mother used to be a butt-kicker but now I think I live too far from her foot for it to be of any use. :p

The Army is full of shiny booted butt-kickers... but I no longer am a member and so... I don't get to reap the benefits of said shiny boots.:eyebrow:

Oh well... hopefully the medication will be a shoe/boot by proxy.:D

Anywhoo...

I like the sound of many of the systems and programs... but Namely a portable butt kicker:eek: to get me to use the thing.

I've tried to get my wife to be a stand-in butt kicker... she has ADD as well and she soon forgets why she's kicking (or better yet needs a good kicking as well).:rolleyes:
My mother used to be a butt-kicker .......

The Army is full of shiny booted butt-kickers... I don't get to reap the benefits of said shiny boots.:eyebrow:

Oh well... hopefully the medication will be a shoe/boot by proxy.:D
New Job for someone Foggy? Boot Kicker, perhaps retired Military? I am on meds and still need a kick or whack up side the head! RENT-A-BUTT-KICKER, BIG SHINY BOOTS ON REQUEST!

That might be an option... Probably a more attractive name than ADD coach... I described what I need and it came out as a good description for a coach. Maybe that's what I need...

I'm going to see if the meds help any... before hiring a coach... but it seems to me that may be what I need. A good butt-kicking ADD coach.

Heh... If I can ever get a good handle on my own life... I think I may actually consider becoming a coach myself. I find the idea of helping someone with the same problems I suffer from quite appealing actually. I'm not sure why...

As to an ADD planner... I think I'm going to try to start with a daily planner... and if I can actually use it... I may try a program of some type. I just believe that the computer would distract me more than help. I get sidetracked to easily by internet surfing to use the computer to organize myself at this point. My wife and I just started using a college planner calender with some success... at least for appointments and bills. But we still have a ways to go. Heh... I bought a new ink cartrige for my printer last week so I could print off some forms for organization... I have yet to install the cartrige...:rolleyes:

Anywhoo

As to the butt-kicker, my husband used to try, but I would get all defensive and end up in tears and we'd both be frustrated :)

We have yet to come up with another method.

For the longest time, I have relied on Outlook to organize my life, but I have customized it so much that it became useless and too overwhelming. So I tried ADD planner. This software is really nice and extremely helpful, especially when it nags you about keeping track of time, and reminding of the 30-20-10-5-NOW minutes to leave for a specific meeting.

My only criticism of it, and a reason why I might uninstall it, is the GUI definitely leaves something to be desired. It is not too intuitive, and some of the controls really annoy me, like inability to delete a number of tasks (you have to delete things individually, and then confirm each time), you can't just highlight and type in, you have to go through a number of steps to get there.

As a software programmer, and as someone who paid $59 for the software, I'm looking for something a little better. I have a dream application in mind that I haven't found yet, and I'm still looking for it.

So the software has a lot of positives and negatives. I'm not happy about the price, however, and would not have purchased it if it weren't for the money back guarantee. There is free software out there that will do the countdown to a specific task that can be downloaded to do something very similar.

Haaaa! Leave it to an ADHD'er like me to not even know this "software" forum exists, and thus this thread! I just posted about the ADD Planner this morning, as I just bought it about 3 days ago (I ended up here because I couldn't find my post, and discovered it had been moved to this forum). So far I'm very pleased. I don't have Outlook on my computer for whatever reason...the computer was given to me and it was just never on it. Anyway, I've tried paper and pen planners but they NEVER worked for me because I'd never open them up again after I wrote out a couple weeks worth of plans. For example, at the beginning of the week, I'd write out my plans, then forget to look at it again all week until something triggered me to open it, like boredom and the need to feel "organized" and "play pretend" with my planner. Hahaha! Not to mention, it often got buried under lovely piles of stuff I have all over the place: papers, books, clothes, dishes, you name it! I'm on the computer everyday so this ADD Planner is really quite handy! And I just LOVE how if you don't finish something, say, on Monday, it will automatically move that task to Tuesday for you. No writing and rewriting lists! And it's so much quicker to type stuff in compared to writing by hand. Not to mention, I don't have to search for the current day, flipping through page after page. This automatically starts up on the current day. I think it's fabulous so far! For $59, though, you'd think it would have come with a bottle of Motivation. Ha!

I'd try it if they had a free trial.. but they don't, and it's quite expensive. I know they have a money back guarantee but it might be a hassle taking them up on that, so I don't think it's worth bothering.

I have outlook, after all the praise in this thread, maybe I'll try it. I've been using google calendar for my agenda lately and it works, except that I can't set up reminders to pop up on my PC, play loud noises, etc.

I use google calendar for events requiring I be somewhere and stuff, but I use Spacejock software remind me please for instant reminders. It's not the best by far but it's the best I could find, it's very clunky. Tonight it is set to remind me to take an antibiotic and take an online quiz, for example.

I'd try it if they had a free trial.. but they don't, and it's quite expensive. I know they have a money back guarantee but it might be a hassle taking them up on that, so I don't think it's worth bothering.
ADD Planner has a 90-day NO HASSLE money-back guarantee. You can buy it for $54.95 as a download-only or $59.95 with CD. If you don't like it, just let us know within 90 days, send back the CD if you got one, and we will *promptly* refund your purchase price.

Susan A. Baer
Wolf in the Moon Software
makers of ADD Planner

My pocket PC's planner is very similar to the ADD planner. It always gives me a 15 minute reminder when I have an appointment or certian task to do that needs to be done at a certian time. I usually plug my appointments in about 1/2 hour early - so I will be able to get out the door on time. The only problem with this is if I forget to plug in teh 1/2 hour difference on an appointment, I show up late. I am thinking that the reminders for the ADD planner would help in better organizing myself - maybe I will try it and if I do - I will post my reaction to it on here.

It seems like there is quite a bit of interest in this software. Let me throw this out there... are there any other programmers in the house? :) I'd be willing to start a project on sourceforge if there's interest in ADD planner type software, and people willing to work on/with it.I don't feel that I am yet ready to work with other people on programming projects and I'm already occupied by my own but just a suggestion..

MAKE IT RUN ON LINUX!!

I've been using google calendar for my agenda lately and it works, except that I can't set up reminders to pop up on my PC, play loud noises, etc.

I use google calendar for events requiring I be somewhere and stuff, but I use Spacejock software remind me please for instant reminders. It's not the best by far but it's the best I could find, it's very clunky. Tonight it is set to remind me to take an antibiotic and take an online quiz, for example.

I use google Calendar very successfully. It has multiple reminder options, so I get a pop-up on the pc, i get an email, and i get a text message. I set the default to: automatic reminders for everything entered (it doesnt ask me everytime to set the settings), and reminders are set to go off 1 hr ahead of the appt time. I can vary that and have as many as i want of each variation.

In real world, i get a text message whereever i am, 1 hr before needing to be somewhere, and let me tell you , that has saved my butt many times.

I'm on the computer a lot, and a pop-up comes up to let me know i have 1 hr to be somewhere - very helpful!!

And i get an email.... and the google calander just keeps getting better and its free.

Of course, i would like to have a well rounded program, and would be grateful when one comes out, but this is a good way to work for now...

Jon

New Job for someone Foggy? Boot Kicker, perhaps retired Military? I am on meds and still need a kick or whack up side the head! RENT-A-BUTT-KICKER, BIG SHINY BOOTS ON REQUEST!


I've been gettting therapy weekly for about 6 months from someone who is good. I am of the boot kicker school of thought. He has been teaching me how damaging the boot kicker stuff is and how useless it is. IT raises such high levels of resistence that nothing really gets done. I don't like authority in particular, and that raises resistence. Thus, if my internal voice is the butt kicker voice, guess what, i resist my own wants and needs.

I have been training myself to be less of an authoritarian with others and with myself. The joy of not bossing others around is not bossing myself around. Guess what, when I'm not getting bossed around I tend to have impetis to do more, not less. And when i stop bossing others around, they seem to like me better and they do more for themselves.

I grew up the other way, with a butt kicker philosophy in my father, and thought that was the way to go - and unconscoiusly i picked it up.

I am relieved to be shedding this part of me - and no it does not go away automatically - it goes away in stages, gradually, 1 step forwards, another step back, but progress is steady and good.

I hope this helps the ADD community, we don't need our asses kicked. We need our value to be recognized by ourselves, and we need to be a little kinder with the way we talk about ourselves, and we need to recognize when we do things well, and let it go when we don't.

I've noticed, most of the winners I have met in my life, and most of the people I look up to, they let their defeats go, they focus on what they can do, what they will do, they don't go over and over and over what they didnt do, and they don't kick themselves all day long.

Jon

I've noticed, most of the winners I have met in my life, and most of the people I look up to, they let their defeats go, they focus on what they can do, what they will do, they don't go over and over and over what they didnt do, and they don't kick themselves all day long. Very nice post, Jon. Those are my goals, too. The always-present distractibility is one thing, but the constant self-criticism is just as disabling.

Am going to return to therapy myself after years away. If you don't resolve things, like a harsh inner voice, it may not go away on it's own without help. I dread the process and expense of finding a really good counselor, though. Esp. without insurance--arrgh.

Very nice post, Jon. Those are my goals, too. The always-present distractibility is one thing, but the constant self-criticism is just as disabling.

Am going to return to therapy myself after years away. If you don't resolve things, like a harsh inner voice, it may not go away on it's own without help. I dread the process and expense of finding a really good counselor, though. Esp. without insurance--arrgh.






Good luck with finding another therapist. I find that asking a therapist who they would recommend, and asking a few the same question, can sometimes lead to those few names in the community who are considered to be the tops. I found mine by asking therapists, and this one was described as the therapists therapist. Hope that helps.

Glad you are so open about therapy, that is helpful. If you put your intention into it, give it a try, you will find exactly what you need, because the universe will pick up on your will and help provide it for you. Trust in yourself.

Jon

For the longest time, I have relied on Outlook to organize my life, but I have customized it so much that it became useless and too overwhelming. ....

It would be interesting if you could describe or show some of these custom add ons don't you think ?