Discover this week's fresh tools, tutorials, and resources for navigating work as a Neurodivergent. 👇

Structured: This AI-powered planner turns chaotic task dumps into visual daily timelines via text or voice input, making it a hot pick for reducing overwhelm during busy seasons (FREEMIUM)

Thruday: provides visual routines, smart reminders, and mood tracking in a calm interface, emerging in ND app roundups for structured yet gentle planning (FREE)

Notion’s (All-in-One Workspace): offers a flexible workspace for custom databases, notes, and trackers, popular for building personalized systems without rigidity (FREEMIUM)

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In meetings where I wasn't the one leading, the amount of times I was in my own zone, and I've fully lost the concept of what's being discussed.

So I ended up pretending that I'm engaged, appearing locked in the hope that no questions are directed at me, making me look silly or incompetent.

I kept getting away with this for a while by saying things like:

• "I'll confirm via email"

• "I'll double check"

• "I'll get back to you"

Something that sounds smart and buys me time to get my bearings (a form of masking - on steroids).

It was only a matter of time before I got sussed out, so I had to figure out a way to help me stay engaged, especially in things I'm less interested in.

1) Understand the context

Schedule time before meetings to understand the context and situation. Usually, there's an email chain that I can refer to for this.

This could take 5 to 10 minutes of preparation.

Thank God for AI. For example, using Google's Gemini summarizes emails, so you don't have to read the full text of the email, which can be overwhelming for neurodivergents!

2) Prepare notes before the meeting

For me, this looks like a brief summary as per the above point, and jotting down any follow-up questions for further clarity.

Both things help "prime" my brain, focusing on the right things, direction, and helping me stay fully engaged.

The result of it is that I spend less time “overtime” hours recapping, as I've fully understood.

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Does Kim Kardashian have ADHD?

Kim K just shared her brain scan, and it shows super low activity in her frontal lobes (turns out years of stress + a tiny aneurysm slowed things down up there).

Quick reminder of what the frontal lobes actually do:

• They’re the boss who plans, focuses, and stops you from impulse-buying

• When they’re sleepy or underactive, everything feels overwhelming, and you zone out (sound familiar??)

What this means:

ADHD brains often run on the same low-frontal-lobe setting. It’s why starting tasks is hell, but hyperfocusing on fun stuff is easy.

Kim’s scan is basically a fancy receipt proving what we already live every day. Moral of the story:

• Less stress

• More sleep

• Perhaps medication or movement

Anything to wake the boss up!

You’re not broken, just running executive mode on low battery

In other neuro-related news…

Todoist's: Ramble feature captures scattered voice notes and organizes them into prioritized tasks, trending as a lifesaver for holiday chaos

Neurodiversity Movement Faces Definitional Challenges: A new analysis critiques vague terms like "neurotypical" in the neurodiversity movement, opening it to criticism amid growing adoption.

EAT Clarifies Neurodivergence as Disability in Workplace Case: UK Employment Appeal Tribunal rules on when neurodivergence qualifies as a disability, with implications for employers on accommodations.

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Lastly,

Stay Different,

The AuDHD Exec

Disclaimer: I am not your psychiatrist, coach, doctor. Neurodiverse Diary does not provide medical services or professional counselling and is not a substitute for professional medical care. Everything I publish represents my opinions, experience, not advice.