Squirrel’s Guide To Business: Tips For Working With ADHD

Jan 30, 2025

A lively dive into managing ADHD while running a business, with practical habits and playful metaphors about a squirrel brain. Short tactics like Tiny Tasks 'Til 10, phone-in-a-ditch, and night-before prep get spotlighted. Organizational tricks include sticky-note walls, color-coded calendars, tab management, and tiny starts to beat procrastination. The tone is candid, chaotic, and full of relatable routines.

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Choose Tech That Actually Helps You

Use only the tech that helps your brain; too many tools create overwhelm.
Sarah tracks time with Toggl for body-doubling and billing insight, uses the Chrome extension to remind herself to start timers, and refuses to force Notion if it doesn't stick.

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Organize Project Tabs With Toby

Use Toby to organize browser tabs by project so you can open all related tabs at once and jump into focused work.
Sarah saves client research, current pages, transcripts and docs into Toby collections and opens them together when working.

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Siri Reminders And Email Notes To Offload Memory

Use Siri reminders and email yourself thoughts to offload fear of forgetting and capture ideas on the go.
Sarah sets reminders for arbitrary future needs (example: where Christmas bins are) and dictates long thoughts into notes to email later.

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