Antari
My Role
Product Designer
Team
Solo Project
Duration
May 2025 - June 2025
Tools
Figma, Figjam
THE PROBLEM
Students with ADHD symptoms struggle with Task Paralysis
Target Audience
Students with undiagnosed and/or unmedicated ADHD symptoms
What is Task Paralysis?
The inability to start or complete tasks, similar to procrastination or executive dysfunction
HOW MIGHT WE STATEMENT
How might we Increase Motivation and Decrease Feeling of Overwhelm to help students start & complete tasks?
Goal #1:
Decrease Overwhelm
Goal #2:
Increase Motivation
SOLUTION SNEAK PEAK
An App That Can Make Starting Easier and Motivate You to Keep Going!
My app helps you easily log assignments via syncing with your school portal, then uses AI to break down these tasks into easier and more digestable tasks. Complete tasks to earn rewards and compete with friends to help motivate you to continue!
1
Adding Assignments
Add assignments, and AI will help break down your assignments into smaller tasks
2
Complete Assignments
Complete sub-tasks to get motivational rewards!
3
Add Friends & Make Colonies
Compete with friends to see who can earn the most crumbs!
USER SURVEYS FINDING #1
Students with or without ADHD Struggle with Task Paralysis
I conducted a survey that garnered 11 responses, targeting students throughout 3 different schools in California
Responders with ADHD
100%
Struggle with Task Paralysis
ALL Responders
91%
Struggle with Task Paralysis
USER SURVEYS FINDING #2
What Causes Task Paralysis? What Combats it?
Using the same survey findings, we also gathered data from all students - not just those who self-reported with ADHD, and found the key causes of procrasination/task paralysis
What Causes Task Paralysis?
100%
reported lack of motivation
73%
reported feeling overwhelmed
What Prevents Task Paralysis?
82%
reported breaking tasks into smaller tasks
73%
reported working around peers
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
Other Apps Overwhelm and Don't Motivate Their Users
When searching other apps that have this main break down feature, other apps didn't have a streamlined and easy way to create tasks, and had no way to motivate the user
Competitive Analysis
Overall Findings
Goblin Tools
❌ Users manually type the task and have auto-broken down
❌ Check mark -> users don't feel accomplished
Break Tasks
❌ Users manually type each subtask of the task
❌ Check mark -> users don't feel accomplished
Tiimo
✅ Users can log tasks via voice and have it auto-broken down
❌ Small confetti -> users feel slightly accomplished, but don't feel rewarded
→ Users need an easier way to log tasks to reduce overwhelm
→ Users need to feel rewarded and accomplished after completing tasks so they feel motivated to keep going
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Addressing The Main Pain Points
Referencing the user surveys, I found that breaking up tasks and working with peers is a common way to counteract task paralysis. How might we make breaking up tasks even less overwhelming and making a social aspect even more motivating and rewarding?
Breaking Up Tasks
Overwhelm
Working w/Peers
Motivation
USER TASK FLOWS
Mapping Task Breakdown & Social Aspect
I did task flows to understand the user's journey, mainly focusing on the features of breaking up tasks and the gamification & social aspect.
Main Flows
Flow #1
Adding an Assignment To Dashboard
Flow #2
Completing Assignment Sub-tasks
Flow #3
Viewing Social Tab & Friends' Rankings
WIREFRAMES
Developing the Design
We went through many iterations of the design. Here's a peek into some of our earlier stages!
Low-Fidelity Wireframes
Mid-Fidelity Wireframes
USER TESTING
Uncovering Major Usability Flaws
I conducted 2 rounds of user testing with 13 people in total, prompting them with tasks and noting down how they navigate the app, being sure to notice any confusion or hesitations they have while walking through each task
User Testing Overview
Tasks Tested:
Sync your school portal
Add an Assignment
Complete a Sub-task of your assignment
Check your social page (colonies)
# of Testing Rounds: 2
# of Testers: 13
# of Suggestions: 90+
Tester Demographics:
Mostly UC Davis Students, some Professors
Takeaway #1: "It just looks super corporate, not something I’d use for fun."
Before
After
Takeaway #2: "I want to feel more rewarded when completing tasks, rather than just clicking a check box "
Before
After
COMPARATIVE PREFERENCE TESTING
Fine-tuning the Dashboard
I asked ~5 users which of the frames they preferred/what was more readable in both the card design and the dashboard design, help me decide on what the dashboard should look like
Assignment Card Design
WINNER! 🏆
users expressed that this was the most readable and easiest to understand at first glance
Dashboard Designs
WINNER! 🏆
lighter cards were the most readable
users liked the light cards on a darker background
users wanted the overall feel to be light and playful
DESIGN SYSTEM
Making The App More Approachable & Fun!
The design system was created in the pursuit to create something more fun and welcoming, so that the user could be more motivated to use the app and make completing tasks more fun and engaging!
SOLUTION SNEAK PEAK
See the App in Action!
TASK #1
Signing Up & Syncing School Portal
TASK #2
Adding & Breaking Down An Assignment
TASK #3
Completing Sub-tasks In Your Assignments
TASK #4
Viewing the Social Tab & Colony Ranking
REFLECTION
Journey in Review
What I would do better next time
User Interviews: I would have liked to conduct user interviews to understand the problem more deeply. Unfortunately, due to time constraint, the taboo around the topic, and the specific demographic that I was targeting, I was unable to get any participants
User Surveys : It would have liked to get more responses in user surveys, especially from those who self-report as having ADHD.
Next Steps
Fleshing out the crumb currency system: I would love to figure out the logistics of the crumb currency system, and possibly implement new features in the social tab to motivate the users, as group rankings might not be engaging enough
Customizing sub-tasks: It would love to add more customization to the sub-tasks. For example, being able to color-code sub-tasks and being able to specifically break down a sub-task even more
