The Timetable
Why attention works the way it does, and what to do about it.
Not productivity advice. The actual mechanisms behind why an alarm stops working, why switching tasks is the hard part, and why so much of what gets recommended for ADHD makes things worse.
Why Your Alarm Stopped Working (And Why It Is Not Your Fault)
The alarm that woke you reliably in January is background noise by March. Nothing changed about you. Here is the mechanism, and the one thing that actually works against it.
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The Hard Part of a Reminder Is Not the Task. It Is the Switch.
You are not avoiding the task. You are stuck at the transition. Understanding that changes what you should ask of a reminder.
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Why Streaks Backfire, and What to Build Instead
Every app wants to give you a streak. For the people most likely to be told they need one, it is the single most reliable way to lose them.
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Medication Reminders You Actually Notice
The daily dose you have taken for two years is the one most likely to be missed, because by now the alarm is furniture. Here is how to set one that keeps working.
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