today I am passing over to Ariana Bradford who's going to be diving into ADHD productivity
applications exploring some that she recommends as a coach of ADHD and somebody that has hhd her
self I'm really excited because she runs a YouTube channel called ADHD done and top covers the topic
in much higher level of detail over there do make sure to check out all her stuff Linked In
description below but a big thank you to Ariana and I hope you enjoyed today's video folks as she
talks all about the world of ADHD and productivity software so over to you Ariana and thanks for
coming on keep productive what's up suckers this is Ariana from EDH Dunn and I'm honored to be here
with keep productive to help you figure out what ADHD apps would be best to keep you productive so
for me personally I am a huge fan of many many apps I kind of have a little bit of a problem
and love to test them out but there are five that definitely stand out for me of all time these are
unranked by the way my personal favorites would be Tusk for its ease of use and the fact that it
gives you great achievements and little gamified rewards even for not being able to do what you
wanted to do that day centered or otherwise known as the centered app for making it possible for us
to body double in a way that is ADHD friendly introvert friendly and also gamified which is
amazing Artful agenda because Lord knows we EDH dears love to be able to work out of journals
and planners but we tend to really struggle with that because there is no connection between our
planners and our calendars Artful agenda fixes that by having a two-way sync to our Google
Calendar and it gives us the fun of being able to customize add stickers and control our fonts
and colors time finder though still in its infancy time finder is incredible it gives us the ability
to actually see how much time we have in a day and make it so that we are a little less likely
to over commit and over schedule and finally paste paste is free for all I know I don't know how long
it's going to be like that but for right now it is free it is only available for those who use
Apple products but I love paste so much because a lot of us with ADHD do not tend to think about
our energy when we plan paste kind of forces you to think about those things when you are planning
out your day just by giving you Gentle reminders about when it is best to do creative tasks versus
physical tasks versus resting up Eden I know that a lot of us out there really tend to swear by the
idea of writing with pencils and pens and using paper and there is science to that there is an
explanation to that ADHD brains do love that and it does have its place especially when
we're studying or doing things where we really need to be able to retain a lot of information
but in a lot of situations especially when we're scheduling writing just doesn't help us it's not
something that's actually going to help us out in the long run mainly because simply writing things
down doesn't translate very well to when we're on the go when we're working or when we are deep in
a state of let's face it hyper Focus so that is why I swear by using apps to help manage my day
with an ADHD brain and I do that because amongst of all the wonderful things that they do already
for me personally they tend to help me think more intentionally about how I schedule my days and
not just in terms of time but also in terms of energy sometimes we start out the day thinking
that because we feel a certain way or because we know we want to get these things done that we're
going to be able to get 9 000 things done a day right well these apps stop that from happening
they helped to stop that from happening they also generally connect and integrate to one another to
make sure that all of my productivity methods are feeding into one another in some way and
giving each other the information that I may need that way if I am in Google Calendar but I entered
something into Tusk I'm still going to be able to see what it is that I'm doing or that I should be
doing or what I should be planning around it's very important apps also tend to help me think
more rationally about what I should actually be expecting of myself and we don't tend to do that
very much adhders generally tend to feel like if we are not productive 100 of the day then we are
not doing enough when the fact is nobody gets a hundred percent done every day and these kinds of
things generally tend to help ADHD brain see but there's only so many hours in the day and so it's
not fair to expect that all of those hours are filled with just making things or doing things
or getting things done so if you are looking for the perfect ADHD apps for you and none of
the ones that I've mentioned have scratched that itch here's what I suggest you look into to decide
what works best for you firstly if you can I have to make sure that I mention this guys don't pay
for anything until you're sure it's gonna work for you sometimes we get super excited about new
routines and we just decide that we're going to jump in feet first we have a problem with
impulsive spending try to keep that at a minimum by using the free trial that most of them offer
to at least see how it works piggybacking off of that how it works with your personal abilities is
going to be very important know yourself and use that to your advantage don't work against your
brain work with it so if you know that you're the kind of person who needs color coding and
the app that you're looking at does not offer color coding don't download the app because you
think it should work find something that will and finally when you're looking for your perfect ADHD
productivity app please keep in mind it does not exist okay there is nothing that is going to take
care of literally everything for you at once so if you feel that you have to mix and match that's
cool go ahead and get a couple to work together integrate them with one central point I tend to
suggest Google Calendar and go ahead and use it that way now one thing that I want to caution you
on don't go overboard because then you're going to overwhelm yourself when you are making your
own productivity ecosystem productivity ring whatever you want to call it to work with your
ADHD please try to keep in mind that we are very very prone to overwhelm and that there's a high
chance that if you add way too much you're going to wind up losing track of important information
so when you are building that ecosystem that productivity ring and you want it to work best
with your brain no more than three apps at a time guys okay and there you have it I really hope it
helps out I hope that you're able to find what works for you and if you need any help I'm here
thank you
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