The 5-minute ADHD room reset timer
Pick a room. The timer gives you one small step at a time, one minute each, five steps total. You never have to decide what comes next, and bad-day mode shrinks the whole reset to one step. Free, no signup, nothing saved.
When the minute runs out you hear a soft beep and the next step appears. Keep going on the current one if you are on a roll.
Reset done. That counts.
Rather have these on paper, taped in the room? The ADHD Home Reset is 20 printable cards in this format ($19 once). Or grab 5 free cards.
Why a reset works when "clean the room" does not
"Clean the room" is not a task. It is a pile of hidden decisions: where to start, what counts, when you are done. An ADHD brain tends to stall at exactly that point, which is why wanting to clean and being able to start can feel like two different circuits. A reset removes the decisions. Each step is one visible action you can start in under ten seconds, and the timer tells you when to move on.
The five steps always run in the same order: clear what does not belong, bin the trash, restore one thing, clear one surface, and finish with the step that makes the room feel different. More tools like this are on the free ADHD tools page.
FAQ
Why five one-minute steps instead of one five-minute timer?
A single timer still leaves you deciding what to do next, and deciding is the part an ADHD brain stalls on. Each step here is already decided and small enough to start, so the only job is the one line on the screen.
What is bad-day mode?
One step, two minutes. On a low day that step is the whole job, and doing it counts as a full reset. The point is to keep the room from sliding, not to make it perfect.
Do I need an account or an app?
No. It runs in your browser, on your phone or laptop, and nothing is saved or sent anywhere. Keep the tab open while you move around the room.