Add projects. Give them steps, or don't. They'll wait there patiently while you ignore them.
Today's queue is the hands.
Click a project to pull it into today. That's your day. Work it down. Add steps as you go.
Check it off. Mean it.
Steps cross out one by one. When they're all gone, a folder appears — tap it to archive. Done is done.
At midnight, the slate clears.
Projects stay put. Queue resets. Tomorrow is a blank page with the same list underneath. That's the whole system.
Who it's for
Built for everyone by an ADHD brain.
pendingNoted was built for people with seventeen things going and executive dysfunction breathing down their neck. The kind of person who opens a task manager, sees the list, and immediately closes it again.
The rolling reset is the point. You don't carry guilt from yesterday. You don't stare at a list of 47 unchecked items. Every morning is a fresh queue you build yourself — deliberately, not automatically.
That said, anyone who works on multiple parallel projects and needs to answer "what am I actually doing today" without losing track of everything else will find it immediately useful. The ADHD brain just happened to design it that way.
Works with the 1-3-5 method
A framework for the creative, multitasking brain.
The 1-3-5 rule: on any given day, assume you can accomplish 1 big thing, 3 medium things, and 5 small things. Pull accordingly. pendingNoted doesn't enforce it — but the queue is the right canvas for it.
1
Big thing
The one that moves the needle. Pull it first.
3
Medium things
Steady progress on things that matter.
5
Small things
The stuff that chips away at executive dysfunction.
How it works
1
Build your list.
Add projects anytime. Paste a whole block with the pilcrow — one project per line, indented lines become steps. Your list is permanent and always there.
2
Pull into today's queue.
Click any project to pull it up. That's today. You decide what goes in — nothing moves automatically.
3
Work it down.
Single-click a step to cross it off. Double-click to undo. Add steps as you think of them. Use the note field for context you don't want to lose.
4
Archive when done.
Cross off all the steps and a folder appears. Tap it — the project moves to Finished Projects with a date stamp. Steps are preserved as a record.
5
Midnight. Reset. Repeat.
The queue clears. The list stays. Yesterday's unfinished work doesn't haunt you — it just waits in the list for you to pull again tomorrow, if you choose.
Also included
Brain Dump Notebook — a permanent notebook for stray thoughts that don't belong on the project list yet. Add from the input bar anytime. Entries are dated and stay forever until you delete them.
Today's Notes — a freeform area at the bottom of the main view for breadcrumbs, context, and things you want to remember about today specifically. Stacks as you add. Browse past days read-only.
Finished Projects — an archive of everything you've completed, with the date and all the steps intact. Sometimes you need proof you actually got things done.