Daytracker

Daytracker is a tool designed to empower neurodivergent individuals by combining habit tracking with personal wellness evaluations.

Recognizing the challenges of maintaining daily habits for neurodivergent individuals, Daytracker enhances wellness routines through intuitive design and practical functionality. By integrating user-friendly technology with an understanding of neurodivergent needs, Daytracker inspires and supports users in consistently monitoring their habits and mood patterns. This fosters sustained motivation and cultivates meaningful personal growth, helping individuals build and maintain positive wellness habits over time.

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• Introduction

• Challenge

• Resources

• Media

• Evolution

• Contact

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Introduction

In a world predominantly designed for neurotypical individuals, neurodivergent individuals—particularly those with ADHD and Autism, often face difficulties in sustaining daily wellness habits. Tracking progress and mood patterns in such environments can feel overwhelming, further hindering the establishment of positive routines.

The need for an intuitive and accessible tool inspired the creation of Daytracker.

What

Daytracker is a purpose-built tool for neurodivergent individuals, offering an easy-to-use tracking system that monitors three key areas: daily habits, progress, and mood.

Its core mission is to seamlessly integrate habit formation with personal growth, empowering users to stay on track with their wellness goals.

Why

The motivation behind Daytracker stems from the challenges neurodivergent individuals face in maintaining daily wellness habits. By offering a tangible and visual method to track habits and emotions, Daytracker bridges the gap between intention and action.

It encourages daily reflection and fosters long-term personal growth.

How

Daytracker operates on the principle that small, consistent changes lead to significant results. With its straightforward interface, users can easily log and visualize their habits, progress, and mood patterns.

Over time, this approach helps identify trends, evaluate progress, and make necessary adjustments, ensuring users stay aligned with their wellness goals.

Challenge

Neurodivergent individuals often struggle with establishing and maintaining daily wellness habits. Existing tools frequently add unnecessary complexity, reducing motivation and making long-term tracking difficult.

Daytracker addresses this by offering a simple yet effective solution that promotes habit tracking and mood pattern recognition, fostering motivation and enabling transformative personal growth.

Statement

How can we create an accessible, user-friendly habit tracking and mood recognition tool to better support neurodivergent individuals in establishing and sustaining daily wellness habits, while also promoting motivation and personal growth?

Challenge Areas

• Unadapted Societal Structures Neurodivergent individuals often navigate a world tailored for neurotypical needs. This lack of inclusivity complicates maintaining wellness habits and tracking progress, amplifying feelings of overwhelm.

• Inconsistent Habit Formation Forming and maintaining consistent wellness habits can be challenging due to fluctuating motivation, distractibility, and inherent obstacles faced by individuals with ADHD or Autism.

• Difficulty in Tracking Progress Many neurodivergent individuals struggle to visually track habits, moods, and progress. Traditional methods often lack the flexibility or simplicity needed for their unique requirements.

• Lack of Tangible Reflection Without a clear method for reflection, identifying emotional and habitual patterns becomes difficult, leading to missed opportunities for improvement.

• Overwhelming Data Complexity Existing tools often present excessive metrics, causing cognitive overload and deterring consistent use.

Intervention Points

Daytracker is designed with a focus on the unique challenges faced by neurodivergent individuals, offering:

• Focused Metrics By prioritizing three core areas—daily habits, progress, and mood—Daytracker avoids unnecessary complexity, making it accessible and actionable.

• Visual Feedback The tracker provides immediate visual insights, creating a sense of achievement and continuity.

• Pattern Recognition Daytracker enables users to identify trends in their mood and progress, helping them understand what’s working and what needs adjustment.

• Simplicity at its Core Grounded in the belief that small, consistent efforts yield significant results, Daytracker minimizes cognitive load, empowering users to commit to transformative personal growth.

Resources

Explore our expanding resource library with articles, infographics, scientific papers and other information related to the project. Below is a curated selection.

Infographics

Books

NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman

Videos

The world needs all kinds of minds (Source: TED)

ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus (Source: Huberman Lab)

Changes in the Concept of Autism (Gresham College)

Human Neurodiversity Should Be Celebrated, Not Treated as a Disorder (Source: NowThis News)

Papers & Articles

• Understanding the Three Levels of Autism (Article)

• Silver linings of ADHD (Paper)

• The co-occurrence of intellectual giftedness and Autism Spectrum Disorders (Paper)

• Gender bias in autism screening (Paper)

• Neurodivergent (Article)

• Neurodiversity & Neurodivergent: Meanings, Types & Examples (Article)

• Attention, monotropism and the diagnostic criteria for autism (Paper)

• Conceptualising Autistic Masking (Paper)

• Health and Wellness Coaching and Psy... (Paper)

Media

Section in development

Evolution

January 10, 2019 - The idea for Daytracker is born after identifying the challenges neurodivergent individuals face in tracking daily habits and mood patterns.

January 22, 2019 - Research begins.

February 9, 2019 - First prototype is ready.

February 9, 2019 - Logo development completed.

January 15, 2020 - First version of Daytracker is published.

September 26, 2023 - Development of the new improved version of Daytracker is completed.

Contact

If you're interested to learn more about Daytracker or have inquiries regarding collaboration or partnership, please reach out to [e-mail].