#focus

You're not multitasking. You're task-switching, burning brain fuel every time, and calling it productivity. Here's the neuroscience, and why focus is rare enough to be a real edge.

I was the kid drawing comics in the margins, getting told to snap out of it. Turns out the stare wasn't the problem. Daydreaming isn't the opposite of productivity. It's the seed of it.

he joke is that ADHD brains can't focus. The truth is we focus differently, and the stuff that gets us there looks like distraction to everyone else. Here's my actual toolkit.