QuestfulStudio: The Little Side Quest That Grew
When I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2023, so many things clicked. I have always loved learning new things and diving down research rabbit holes — at least until Apple started telling me how many hours I spend on my phone. Scrolling had practically become a full-time job. Typical tips for cutting screen time did nothing for my brain.
One day, I picked up my phone to send an email, but I opened social media by default. I saw a Star Wars meme and thought: This is not the side quest you are looking for. I turned that phrase into my first phone wallpaper — a dorky nudge to refocus. And it worked! For a while. Like many ADHD tools, it stopped being effective after the novelty wore off.
I thought, what if my phone gave me practical reminders — as soon as I picked it up, before I got lured in by something shiny? So I started designing new wallpapers. I enjoy photography, so I took pictures of cozy textures to use as uncluttered backgrounds, and I paired them with targeted messages like, “Just put away one piece of laundry.”
Using the wallpaper shuffle feature on my iPhone gave me something fresh with every unlock — turning my phone from a distraction into a mini productivity hack with more staying power. If it worked for me, I thought it could work for other easily distracted folks.
Making my phone work with my brain instead of against it has turned into a bigger mission — something more meaningful, more questful, than an ADHD side quest. QuestfulStudio is how I share that mission with you. I hope these designs help you switch gears from mindless side quest to crushing tasks and making your life more questful.
