You need to leave at 2. It's 1:50, and you're not wearing shoes.

Why it's not just "being lazy"

You know the appointment is at 2:00. You know it takes 20 minutes to drive there. But the chain of steps before driving (find keys, change clothes, use the bathroom, grab your wallet) doesn't register as time. It feels instant until you're doing it. That's time blindness: you can read a clock and still not feel the deadline approaching.

A notification for the first step

Ready Time sends you a notification when it's time to start getting ready, rather than when it's time to leave. The app works backward from your leave-by time and tells you when the first step starts. You don't have to hold the whole sequence in your head. Just follow the next notification.

Getting ready if you have ADHD

The gap between knowing you have to leave and actually starting is where the morning goes. The steps before the drive don't register as time until you're inside them. Writing the plan down helps some. A notification at the moment the first step starts helps more, because it doesn't ask you to track the time yourself. A 2023 review of a decade of adult ADHD research found the difficulty runs across estimating intervals, reproducing them, and managing time.

Why does it take me so long to leave the house?

The drive is the part you remember. Changing clothes, finding keys, bathroom, water, shoes, and parking usually add another 20 to 40 minutes that feel like they should be instant. Count those steps once, then start the first one when the timeline says, rather than when you "should probably go."

How to leave the house on time?

Pick the arrive-by time, subtract drive and parking, then subtract every pre-door step with real minutes. A common pattern is a notification for the first step (clothes or keys) instead of an alarm for the moment you meant to walk out. Follow the next step. You don't need to re-plan the whole chain in your head.