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Alright Warrior 🧠✨
Let’s talk about multitasking—aka the lie our ADHD brains keep telling us.
You know the move: “I’ll just listen to this work meeting while I update charts… answer emails… maybe reorganize a doc real quick.” Feels productive. Feels efficient. Feels… fake. 😅
Amy multitasking at work!
Here’s the real talk:
• True multitasking isn’t actually a thing. Our brains don’t do two thinking tasks at once. We task-switch. Fast. Constantly. Exhaustingly. • Every switch costs energy. Focus drops, mistakes creep in, and by the end you’re fried but not sure why. • ADHD brains are extra vulnerable to this. We crave stimulation, so doing “all the things” feels regulating—even when it’s quietly draining us. • What’s actually happening? Your brain is ping-ponging. It feels busy, not effective.
So what do we do instead (without becoming productivity robots)?
✔️ Single-task with structure. One task, short burst, clear end. (Think 15–25 minutes, not forever.) ✔️ Pair tasks on purpose. Low-brain + low-brain works (folding laundry + podcast). High-brain + high-brain does not. ✔️ Make meetings honest. If it’s listen-only? Close the other tabs. If you must work, take notes so your brain has one anchor. ✔️ Give your brain stimulation without chaos. Fidgets, music without lyrics, standing, doodling—regulation beats distraction.
Multitasking isn’t a skill we’re bad at. It’s a myth we were taught to chase.
Efficiency for ADHD brains isn’t doing more at once. It’s doing less with intention.
Curious—where do you catch yourself “multitasking” the most? Meetings? Work? Parenting? 👀
Love Always, Amy Your Mental Health Warrior & Neurodivergent Advocate 💚
P.S. Don't multitask and forget to sign up for my summit. This is your nudge to sign up now for the free virtual summit I'm co-hosting with Michele Lefler, Sweet On Me: Candy Heart Conversations for Self-Love & Care, running February 12–14. It’s free, it’s nourishing, and it’s a beautiful reminder to pour some love back into yourself.
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