As a working adult with ADHD this must be the singular most important thing to ensure I am productive at work, but also to ensure I don’t spiral, evolved over many years of working, but never complete, these are some of what I find works for me…
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reMarkable
E-ink tablet
Paper-like writing without the paper pile-up, and without distractions. Leave the laptop and phone on the desk and be present in the meeting.
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iPad Pro 11″
Tablet
Where the reMarkable’s real estate runs out, the iPad’s infinite canvas in FreeForm picks up — plus it does everything else too. My catch-all when I need more than paper-like focus.
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A Diary
Single source of truth
Whatever works for you — but somewhere you can put everything you need to do, and somewhere you know is the source of truth.
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Claude
AI assistant
My externalised working memory. Dumping half-formed thoughts somewhere that can actually organise them back into something useful has quietly become one of the biggest changes to how I work.
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Pomodoro Timer
Any variant works
Working in short focused bursts with built-in breaks suits ADHD brains well. I use a simple web-based timer — no fancy app needed.
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Focus@Will
Background music for focus
Background music designed to support focus. The science is debated but anecdotally it works for me when I need to get into a flow state.
