A while ago this random channel showed up on my youtube feed. She's a med student that seems to do "productivity" content, but all her videos are:
"this productivity thing doesn't work for me, and it may not work for you. This is how I do it instead: proceeds to describe how an ADHD brain reacts to certain things and explains coping mechanisms for it, without mentioning ADHD once"
And all of the top comments are "holy shit I have ADHD and this is the only time anyone has ever explained how to do X in a way that actually works with my brain"
Seriously she's more on the mark that 90% of ADHD influencers out there because her goal is not "how to be NT" and it's also NOT "how to do NT things in a more convoluted way" because she just sort of... evades that framing altogether lmao
You're Not Lazy: How to Live a Chaotically Organized Life. This video is about how habits don't work for her and 1% improvements only work if you're consistent and patient and she's not. You know what she does? She tricks herself into becoming hyperfocused interested in the thing and then obsesses over it for a short period of time so she can see big improvements fast, and remain motivated, also cycling through interests is fine.
You're Not Stupid: How to Easily Learn Difficult Things. This one is about how memorization and study schedules are difficult for her, for some unknown reason. Instead she optimizes her studying for context and connections, because it's easier for her to understand things by how they relate to other things. Also, she tricks herself into caring about whatever she needs to study.
You Don't Hate It: How to NOT Quit Everything You Start She used to cycle through lifelong passions and hobbies and what not but now she is able to stick to things long enough to finish them or give them an honest try. How? Turns out external motivation doesn't work for her brain, for completely neurotypical reasons, so she figured out how to make things intrinsically motivating.
I would say "bestie it's time to get tested" but she seems to be doing fine
The semester is starting and with a minty fresh diagnosis, I NEED to watch these.