Best Laid Plans ADHD-Friendly Planning Solutions with Skye Waterson EP 271
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Oct 6, 2025 
Skye Waterson, an ADHD strategist and founder of Unconventional Organization, shares her insights on optimizing productivity for those with ADHD. She discusses her personal journey with ADHD and the importance of creating tailored systems. Skye offers practical strategies like a unique morning routine to prioritize tasks, using AI tools for guidance, and writing task 'recipes' to enhance focus. She delves into the psychology of procrastination and advises on adjustments to better support those with ADHD, emphasizing that sometimes rebuilding systems is the key to success.
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ADHD Diagnosis Sparked A Career Shift
- Skye discovered her ADHD during her PhD and burned out hard, then left academia and worked in a bakery to regroup.
- That lived experience drives her mission to help unconventional brains find financial freedom.
Match Tools To Workflow And Delegate Setup
- Use tools that fit your workflow, not because they are trendy; Skye uses Notion for daily work and Miro for visual SOP pipelines.
- Delegate setup to a teammate if the learning curve blocks you from implementing a system.
Morning Brain Dump Then Triage
- Start your day with a structured prioritization routine: brain dump, then identify truly urgent 24-hour tasks.
- Use Skye's AI-guided bot or replicate the steps manually to reduce an overwhelming list to under five items.