Physical Focus Cues: Use your senses
Adding real-world physical or sensory cues can help remind you to stay on task. These could be clothing, footwear, or even a particular soundtrack.
Author: Rosie
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Improving the Big Timer
Our latest update has added some new bits and bobs to the handy timer. I wanted to mention the Big Timer view, in case you hadn’t tried it out. Just tap the little arrow after you start the timer. You can also rotate your phone to get an even larger landscape view. (Though you may need to alter your phone rotation settings for this to work) We have also added a neat feature to the big timer, where it will count up extra time after…
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Create your own zone cleaning lists without overwhelm
When it comes down to it, the idea of zone cleaning is based on two things: Home Routines app has a flexible Zone cleaning section you can use to plan and manage this. We’re not locked to anyone’s system. It works with your looping schedule, or day of the week. You can even customise an alternative “Flylady” style week-of-the month schedule. How to build up your zone cleaning lists We have put some basic tasks into the zone room lists, but you know what’s in…
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Newsletter January 2026
⭐️ Happy New Year, friends! ⭐️ I hope 2026 has started well for you. We had a quiet break at home, reset the house after hosting Christmas, and are wondering what this new year will bring. The school year starts in late January here in New Zealand, right at the peak of summer. I fondly recall the smell of fresh stationery on those first, hot days back. Those memories of sharp HB pencils and crisp new exercise books are probably why a lot of us…
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Tidying up on a wild goose chase
Happy New Year, friends! We have had a very nice Christmas, hosted my family for a lovely lunch, and spent a quiet New Year’s Eve at home. I really like Christmas, but it sure does add plenty of extra objects and events to my space. I have packed up most of the main decorations already, but every time I turn around there seems to be something else that’s popped up in the wrong place. It doesn’t help that hosting always involves a certain amount of…
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The opposite of habit stacking
A veritable tower of logical process and efficiency that is way beyond my actual follow-through capacity! The mental tower and I both crash out at this point, and I’ll somehow not be able to start on the original task, let alone the “stack.”
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Declutter your space with a simple reset list
Adding real-world physical or sensory cues can help remind you to stay on task. These could be clothing, footwear, or even a particular soundtrack.
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« Routines chez soi » a French translation of Home Routines
Home Routines now has a French version! L’application « Home Routines » est disponible en français ! La version française s’appelle « Routines chez soi »
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Physical Focus Cues: Things to wear
Adding real-world physical or sensory cues can help remind you to stay on task. These could be clothing, footwear, or even a particular soundtrack.
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Newsletter July 2025
We’re happy to announce that we have brought back the Daily Messages feature to the app.
