guides
Systems for brains that start hard
Everything here is genuinely usable on its own. Build it in a notebook if you like — the thinking is the point, and it's free.
The ADHD cleaning planner: a system that survives a bad brain day
The 15-minute emergency reset, the three-tier rule, doom-pile triage, and the Daily 10 — why normal cleaning schedules fail ADHD brains, and what to build instead.
The best planner for ADHD isn't a planner. It's a set of rules.
Undated, timed, tiered, escape clauses, modular, no shame — the six design rules that decide whether a planner survives past week three.
How to build a dopamine menu (and why yours keeps failing)
The four courses, the three mistakes that kill it, and the Low Battery Menu for the days when everything costs too much.
Visual schedule for kids: why the chart works when repeating yourself doesn't
"Get ready for school" is seven instructions in a trench coat. How to build a morning and bedtime routine chart that actually gets used.
You know what to do. Starting is the problem.
The Task Initiation Ladder, the two-minute entry step, and the Stuck Page — a diagnostic for the four kinds of frozen.
Time blindness: why you're late when you left early
Only two times exist: now and not now. Stop trying to feel time — borrow a clock instead.
The fight was never about the dishes
The forgetter/reminder trap, the Mental Load Map, and how to retire the human alarm clock without anyone having to be wrong.
Burnout recovery without a comeback montage
The Energy Budget, the Bare Minimum Menu, permission slips you sign yourself — and the rules for when energy comes back.
Body doubling: how to borrow an engine when yours won't start
Borrowed ignition, the body-double spectrum, and the Session Skeleton — how to run one solo, with a friend, or on a silent call.
Doom piles: how to declutter with ADHD without the sidequest
A doom pile is deferred decisions, not mess. The Decision Graveyard reframe, the Four-Bucket Sort (Home / Gone / Roam / Limbo), and the autopsy that stops it rebuilding.
Preparing a kid with ADHD for back to school
The 10-Day Reset Week — rebuild the sleep window, the launch pad, and the homework landing zone one anchor at a time — plus the First-Week Cheat Sheet you hand the teacher and the after-school crash nobody warns you about.
How to study with ADHD when your brain hides the deadline
A due date is not a plan. The Do-Date Rule, the Catch Point, the Study Sprint, the Blank-Page Test, and the T-7 exam countdown — study without the all-nighter.
ADHD and money: you're not bad with it, you just can't see it
Twenty categories is twenty decisions. Safe-to-Spend, the Bill Wall, the Impulse Log, and the ADHD Tax Audit — the five leaks and the systems that plug them.
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The 15-minute emergency reset — the page that gets you off the couch when the house is bad and the tank is empty.
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