Honestly, before my diagnosis and prescription (which was the “tool” that has helped more than anything), I would probably say org-mode was/is my primary coping strategy. There were two ways it helped a lot:
- in the spirit of David Allen’s Getting Things Done, it became an easily searchable place where I can just brain dump anything that’s bouncing around and feel confident that I can find it again down the road. I have about a decade of loosely organized notes that I frequently refer back to: courses I took, projects I worked on, cheat sheets for tools like tcpdump or restic, etc etc.
- When I was consulting I leaned on org-agenda a ton. I drove my entire life into it: birthday reminders, garbage day, room cleaning reminders, taxes, and then all of the project plans for different clients. First thing at the start of the day I’d fire it up and really easily get into the flow of things.
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Honestly, before my diagnosis and prescription (which was the “tool” that has helped more than anything), I would probably say org-mode was/is my primary coping strategy. There were two ways it helped a lot:
- in the spirit of David Allen’s Getting Things Done, it became an easily searchable place where I can just brain dump anything that’s bouncing around and feel confident that I can find it again down the road. I have about a decade of loosely organized notes that I frequently refer back to: courses I took, projects I worked on, cheat sheets for tools like tcpdump or restic, etc etc.
- When I was consulting I leaned on org-agenda a ton. I drove my entire life into it: birthday reminders, garbage day, room cleaning reminders, taxes, and then all of the project plans for different clients. First thing at the start of the day I’d fire it up and really easily get into the flow of things.
What prescription worked for you?
Concerta, but it took a bit of tuning to dial in a dose that both lasted the whole day and wasn’t uncomfortably strong.