Build a Second Brain: An External Memory You Trust
The thought that felt unforgettable at 09:14 is gone by 09:20. A second brain is one trusted place outside your head that does the remembering, so your working memory doesn't have to.
Planning
How to Beat Decision Fatigue
Every decision spends from the same mental battery, and an ADHD day holds far more of them than most people's. Here's why evenings collapse into whatever's easiest, and how to save your best decisions for what actually matters.
How to Make a To-Do List That Works
Why most to-do lists fail - and a calm, practical method for building one you'll actually keep using.
Paper vs App Planner: Which Suits You?
Paper and app planners each solve real ADHD problems and each quietly fail in their own way. Here's an honest look at both, plus a simple way to combine them.
Calendar-Block Your Tasks, Not Just Events
A task on a to-do list can hide there for weeks. The same task on your calendar, with a start time and a reminder, actually happens.
Pick Your One Thing for the Day
Twenty tasks, all shouting. The One Thing question doesn't ask what's most urgent, it asks what makes the rest of the list smaller.
Beat the Planning Fallacy
You've done this task a hundred times and you still guess it'll be quick. That's the planning fallacy, and you don't fix it by trying harder, you fix it with data.
Time Blocking: A Beginner’s Guide
Time blocking means dividing your day into named blocks and deciding in advance what each block is for. This gentle beginner's guide walks through what it is, why it works, and how to start without over-packing your day.
Timeboxing: Give Every Task a Box
Without a deadline, a 20-minute task somehow takes all afternoon. Timeboxing puts a fixed time limit around each task before you start, so it gets done instead of sprawling. Here's how it works.
Build Buffer Time Into Your Day
You schedule the day perfectly, then the first thing runs five minutes late and everything after it collapses. The fix isn't better timing, it's empty space. Here's how to build in buffer time.
How to Prioritise Tasks (the ABC Method)
When everything feels equally urgent, you freeze. Prioritising isn't about doing more, it's about deciding what matters today. Here's the simple ABC method to sort a messy list fast.
The Monthly Reset Routine
Months fly by without you checking if you're heading where you wanted. A monthly reset is a short zoom-out that keeps the big picture from quietly drifting. Here is how.
Pick Your Most Important Task (MIT) and Do It First
Busy all day but didn't do the thing that mattered? The Most Important Task fixes that: pick the one that counts and do it first. Here is how.
The Weekly Review: Your Sunday Catch-Up to Reset
Weeks end in a blur of half-done and forgotten? A weekly review is a short catch-up that closes the loops and clears your head. Here is a simple way to do one.
How to Do a Brain Dump to Clear Your Head
Head full of half-remembered tasks and worries? A brain dump gets it all out onto a page so you can finally see and sort it. Here is how.
How to Plan Your Day: A Simple Method That Sticks
A simple, repeatable five-step method to plan your day without overloading yourself - and actually keep it up.
The Eisenhower Matrix: Prioritize What Matters
The Eisenhower matrix helps you tell the difference between what's urgent and what actually matters. Here's the origin, the four quadrants, and how to sort your own tasks without stress.