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Founder's Note

A letter from the creator of Just 3.

Hi, I'm John, the creator of this app!

As someone who has ADHD and has used too many productivity apps (TickTick, Notion, Todoist, Monday, Motion, Reclaim), I realized that I often backfill tasks and to-do lists with a bunch of tasks. Although the sixth to seventh task I add to the day are important, I've found that this causes cognitive overload for me. Creating a scenario where, I didn't clearly know what I was prioritizing anymore.

Recently, on one of my favorite podcasts, Lemonade Stand, one of the hosts talked about a personal to-do list app he made where you just set three tasks and have a nice progress bar at the top to track what percentage of tasks you've finished.

The idea stuck with me. I realized that one of my strengths as someone with ADHD was that I can hyperfocus on tasks when I know what my goals are really well.

So this web app enforces an opinionated approach to to-do lists, where the paradigm shifts away from a "second brain" where you dump all your tasks, to a place where you can intentionally pick your biggest 1–3 tasks of the day. It's not supposed to be a complete replacement of your current productivity setup, but an add-on.

I've been using it daily for the past few months. It's made a real difference for me, and I hope it does for you too :)

Warm regards,

John Yang