Hey Everyone! It’s Kat —
Today I wanted to share the background on why I created my new app, Cleaning Roulette. I’ve been struggling with ADHD my whole life and was late diagnosed at 37. So many negative thoughts were internalized as “truth” along the way. Including that I’m messy, lazy and don’t care about a clean home. Truth is I do — I care A LOT, but I’ve always had trouble just starting to clean. Once I begin, I gain momentum, and I can see real progress, but how do you even begin? It’s taking that first step that’s the hardest.
I know how to clean. That’s never really been the problem. I know the dishes need to go in the dishwasher. I know the bathroom counter needs wiping down. I know there are clothes and things accumulating on every available surface.
The problem is deciding where to start. Because somehow “clean the apartment” turns into standing in the middle of the room noticing 47 different things that need doing, feeling overwhelmed by all of them, and then doing absolutely none of them.
That’s exactly why I made Cleaning Roulette.
Why Traditional ADHD Cleaning Schedules Never Worked for Me
I've tried the cleaning schedule before.
Monday: bathroom. Tuesday: vacuum. Wednesday: kitchen.
It makes perfect sense on paper. Then Tuesday arrives and I don't have the energy to vacuum. Or Wednesday gets unexpectedly busy. Or I miss two days, look at the schedule, realize I'm "behind," and suddenly the thing that was supposed to help me has become another system I've failed.
Structure like this never helped me and really just created what felt like more pressure for me.
I don't need to know what I'm supposed to clean every Wednesday for the rest of my life. I need help answering a much smaller question:
That's what I wanted Cleaning Roulette to solve.
A Different Kind of ADHD Cleaning Planner
Cleaning Roulette is basically an ADHD cleaning planner for people who don't really want to plan.
You open it, press a button, and it gives you one cleaning task. That's it.
You're not looking at an entire room. You're not making a checklist. You're not deciding which of the 15 things bothering you is technically the highest priority.
The app decides for you.
Maybe it's clearing a surface. Maybe it's putting a few things away. Maybe it's that small thing you've been ignoring for two weeks.
And if the task makes your brain immediately say "absolutely not"? There's a Not Feeling It button. Spin again.
Why the Randomness Actually Helps
Decisions are exhausting when you have ADHD.
There might be ten equally useful things I could do, but choosing between them somehow becomes a task of its own.
Do I clean the kitchen first because it's messier? Should I put the laundry away because I've been ignoring it longer? Actually, I should probably take the garbage out. But if I'm doing that, maybe I should check the fridge first...
And suddenly we've gone from "wipe the counter" to mentally reorganizing the entire house.
Cleaning Roulette removes that part. You press the button, you get a task, you start. Sometimes removing one tiny decision is enough to get me moving.
It Also Gives Cleaning a Finish Line
Cleaning can feel endless because there is always something else you could do. So even when I've accomplished a lot, my brain skips right past that and lands on everything still unfinished.
Cleaning Roulette is built around small tasks and short bursts on purpose. You do the task and stop. You use a timer. Or if you catch some momentum and want to keep going, you keep going. There's no correct way to use it.
This Is Not a Become-a-Clean-Person System
Cleaning Roulette isn't going to transform you into someone who loves cleaning. That isn't the point.
I made it because I needed something that would shrink the gap between thinking about cleaning and actually doing something. No master checklist. No ADHD cleaning schedule to catch up on when life happens. No expectation that you'll clean the whole house.
Just one task.
Because once I do one thing, one of two things usually happens: I stop, but my space is slightly better than it was. Or I keep going because starting was actually the hardest part.
If You've Been Staring at the Mess and Not Starting...
This is exactly who I made Cleaning Roulette for. The person who notices everything, keeps thinking "I really need to clean," and whose brain turns a five-minute task into an enormous undefined project before they've even started.
Cleaning Roulette is the ADHD cleaning planner I wanted because it doesn't ask me to plan anything. It just helps me start. And sometimes, that's enough.
It works right from your phone, nothing to download. Open it, tap the button, get your task, and see what happens. You also get the mini guide I put together for the days when even starting feels impossible.
Try Cleaning Roulette →Don't worry about cleaning the whole house today. Just spin for one thing.