Field Notes — the manual, in installments

Mechanisms, not hacks.

One named ADHD pattern per note: what it is, why your brain does it, and the enterprise-grade fix — sized for one human, zero willpower required.

NO. 002
Jul 8, 2026
8 min read

ADHD Task Bankruptcy: the grooming ritual that saves rotting to-do lists

Lists rot because they're append-only shame ledgers with no exit path. Five backlog rituals from a decade of enterprise delivery — including the amnesty move: task bankruptcy. With a 20-second animation.

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NO. 001
Jul 8, 2026
9 min read

ADHD "Waiting Mode": why a 2 PM meeting deletes your whole morning

One appointment on the calendar and the whole morning evaporates. The mechanism (your day has exactly one landmark), and four scheduling moves that fixed it — no willpower involved.

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