Last year I was diagnosed with ADHD. I haven't written about it much because the diagnosis was a shock.

Now I have a more solid understanding of ADHD, how it presents for me, and ways to mitigate some of the downsides.

So, for threadapalooza 2023, here's 100 tweets on ADHD 1.
tl;dr If you just want the solutions, here's what I've found helpful:
Meditation
Exercise
Task management
Environment shaping
Medication

These are all ~equally effective, but medication only works while you're on it, with a proper dose. More on treatment options later.

every 10 likes the cyber truck gets more cyber “make it more cyber”

there are these behavioral loops that are easy to get stuck in, like:

“don’t exercise”->”low energy”->”don’t exercise”

The more repetitions the stronger the arrows get, increasing the gravitational pull.

How to escape? There are a few ways: One way to escape behavior loop is to totally shift context, all of your behaviors are contextual, so shifting contexts can work. But you may find yourself in the same trap again depending on the strength of the arrows

Polyvagal thread: Autonomic (automatic) hierarchy:
our nervous system can move through 3 systems: ventral vagal (connection), sympathetic (action), dorsal vagal (shutdown)

Focusing thread Successful therapy patients do something different than unsuccessful patients.

Gendlin calls this skill "focusing"

This is my aquarium.

It has an algae problem (black fuzzy stuff on the rocks).

There are two approaches to taking care of the algae: means-ends, and conditions-consequences The means-ends approach looks at the end--get rid of the algae--and figures out the means--try algae-killing chemicals, remove as much as possible with a wire brush, etc.

Jim wants to get a girlfriend. He gets the most popular haircut. He researches the most popular music and tv shows for women in his target age range. To maximize his chances, he only talks to attractive women about said tv shows.

🧵Thread 👇 Kenny wants to meet interesting people. He goes to events he's interested in, has fun, and gets to know everyone he meets.

Who's more likely to find a partner?

Are habits better than discipline? Is inspiration all you need?

This kind of thinking is too granular.

These are just a few of *6* different Adherence Strategies

Understanding how to apply each can get you to your long-term goals

🧵thread 👇 The 6 Aspects of Adherence are:
1) Inspiration
2) Motivation
3) Intention
4) Discipline
5) Habit
6) Passion

My current front page is...forgettable.

To fix that, I started by looking at the front page of my favorite bloggers.

What are they showcasing?

Here's some things I loved about the sites I looked at: @stephsmithio's page has a unique, memorable design. Her projects are front and center, reinforcing the 'indie hacker' persona.

Neat trick: highlighting makes it easier to quickly scan her bio.

stephsmith.io

One opinion on photography per like, go

https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1205357296714280962

1. Emotion beats composition everytime

We built and hosted a custom web application with #nocode...and started making sales!

First-time users of the Digital Productivity Coach are often surprised to see that the entire product is built using @NotionHQ - a workspace organization tool.

(⬇️thread⬇️) 2/ Notion was by far the best tool for building our MVP. Here’s three reasons why:

thinking about volume landmarks (MV/MEV/MRV) in contexts outside of physical training Maintenance Volume (MV*) - just enough volume to maintain current level.

Minimum Effective Volume (MEV) - just enough volume to induce improvements

Maximum Recoverable Volume (MRV**) - The most amount of volume you can handle before being unable to recover

I don't car about cars, or sports, or wealthy people blowing excessive amounts of money, but I love Formula1.

After enduring an entire season of Mercedes dominance, we finally were treated to an amazing race at Austria

Here's why Formula 1 is my favorite sport. A thread 👇 1a/ Logistics: F1 is the world's most expensive travelling circus.

Races are held in 5 continents, at 21 races, often in back to back weeks, 1000s of miles apart. Not only do teams bring cars and spare parts, they bring entire buildings to each race, cheekily called motor homes

.@sleepdiplomat 's "Why We Sleep", summarized in a twitter thread 👇 1/ Lack of sleep is bad for your physical health, your mental health, your longevity, your ability to learn, your creativity, your emotional control, and more.

1/ Albert Einstein once said compounding interest is the most powerful force in the universe.*

Einstein was wrong. 2/ There are *two* most powerful forces in the universe: Compounding interest and Black Swan Events.

Takeaways from @fortelabs' excellent "Just In Time Project Management" series 👇 1/ Attention is by far the scarcest resource for knowledge workers. Our workdays are increasingly fragmented. We need systems to manage how we utilize attention.

1/ Mini Metro is a minimalistic subway layout game.
The clean animations and procedural audio make for an addicting experience.
👉 2/ While on the surface it's just a game, Mini Metro can teach us a lot about Urban Planning, the Theory of Constraints, and leaving slack in a system.

Mini Metro is a great example of how powerful a simple visual representation can be.

1/ Bruce Lee’s fighting style used techniques from multiple martial arts and ideas from all aspects of physical training. 2/ “Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not. Add what is uniquely your own.” -Bruce Lee

1/ Last week, I showed how knowledge workers can borrow the concept of periodization from weightlifters. Instead of trying to improve everything at once and failing, we can spend periods of focused time developing new skills or creating new things.

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2/ If ordered properly, each period can build on the last, resulting in an incredible progression of skill.