The Human AF Blog
Real talk about ADHD, productivity, and working with your brain instead of against it.
Featured Series: The Shame Cycle
A 5-part series breaking down the toxic productivity cycle and how to escape it.
Your Brain's CEO Just Flew to Antarctica
One day you're a genius crushing your to-do list. The next day, nothing. You can't start the simplest task. It's not laziness. Your brain's CEO just took an unscheduled trip to Antarctica, and they only return when there's dopamine fuel.
System Incompatibility: 3 Signs Your To-Do List is Hostile to Your Brain
Your to-do list makes everything feel urgent, boring tasks sit forever, and bad brain days feel impossible. It's not you. It's System Incompatibility. Your standard list is actively hostile to your ADHD brain.
Your Brain Isn't Scattered. It's A Spider Web.
Ever made a brilliant leap to Step 7 while someone's explaining Step 2? You're not scattered. You're a spider-web thinker living in a straight-line world. And that difference is everything.
"Permission to Work Differently": How to Break Up with Your Neurotypical Planner
There's this weird guilt when you know those planners don't work. A productivity hangover. You feel like you're supposed to be normal. These 'shoulds' are the real trap. Today, I want to give you the key to get out: Your own permission to work differently.
That "Perfect" Planner You Abandoned? It's Not You. It's the System.
I used to have a graveyard of planners. The beautiful $60 planners with embossed covers and 17 sections. Two weeks later, they were buried under mail, making me feel like absolute crap. If that sounds familiar, you need to hear this: It's not you.