ADHD Founders 67: Doom Boxes and Dopamine
Aug 26, 2025
Journey through the chaotic world of ADHD and entrepreneurship with a twist! Discover the hilarity of balancing daily distractions alongside startup challenges. Unravel the mystery of 'doom boxes' and learn creative multitasking hacks. Dive into comforting self-care items and the struggles of accessing health services. Get insights on maintaining user engagement while prepping for new app launches and hear personal stories of vulnerability and resilience in the tech world. It's a raw, relatable exploration of navigating life and business!
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Long-Term Waiting Mode
- Marie describes long-term "waiting mode" while moving house that blocks other tasks.
- Jesse agrees and explains a big looming life event fills your field of vision and crowds out other priorities.
Doom Boxes For Unread Mail
- Sharon and Marie share how mail piles up and becomes a persistent avoidance problem.
- They call bins and piles "doom boxes" that collect unopened mail and tasks for months.
Pair Tasks With Background Content
- Pair dull tasks with stimulating audio or video to increase follow-through.
- Jesse suggests opening a doom box while playing a watch-later playlist to make sorting tolerable.