Things to support my own well-being – a wishlist

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In Projects and apps I built for my own well-being I mentioned projects that already exist and are relatively stable. This post will focus on the stuff I'm actively developing and hope to eventually share, and on the things that I hope one day someone smarter than me will build!

In my work I want to be kind and curious, and these ideas would fall under the umbrella of kind software. Here's a working definition (I'll flesh it out more in a future update).

Wishlist

I'll come up with nicer names, I promise.

Mental Health Toolbox (working title)

A mobile/web-app with a list of tools you can reach out to when you're feeling down, stressed, anxious, low on motivation. It's highly personalised and co-created with the user.

It's very low-tech. In fact you can imagine it as a deck of Pokemon/MtG cards, where each card is a thing you can do or think of to get out of your own head and respond to whatever challenge lies ahead of you, constructively.

Pickle

A metronome for my attention (not a timer, not a trademark-protected nightshade).

The main features include an adaptive task/rest cycle duration, allowing me to switch context quickly and work within the rhythm of my own attention span.

An everything canvas

An infinite canvas/thinking tool that doesn't operate on images, text, media, but objects. An object could be static like a media file or a piece of text, but it could also be a small computer program, or a primitive dealing with transforming information.

Pierogi

A voice/thought recorder for accent-challenged people like myself.

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