📱️2024 My Top Applications For ADHD 🧠️

Overview

It's been a while since i've made a "top apps ..." video and i've gotten some new ones in the workflow lately. Thunderbird has been ESPECIALLY helpful to me in dealing with the overwhelm that is modern email.

xTiles has been a very unique and interesting alternative to notion in organization, and consolidation of information.

And morgen is of course a timeless classic

Timestamps

• 0:00:23 App Number 01 Mozilla Thunderbird For Email
• 0:11:46 App Number 02 xTiles
• 0:12:44 I dont care for Notion
• 0:14:02 Hierarchichal Model of Organization
• 0:15:23 Page Types
• 0:19:34 Universal Rollup View of Tasks and Calendars Items
• 0:23:46 Dark mode
• 0:24:05 Plain Text Interoperability
• 0:27:06 App Number 03 Morgen
• 0:30:26 Closing
• 0:30:47 Outro

Goblin Tools For The Neurodiverse (Autism / ADHD Edition)

A collection of helpful tools for the neurodivergent to take advantage of.

• 0:00:00 Welcome
• 0:00:36 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
• 0:00:56 What 5 Tools We Are Going To Be Looking At Today
• 0:01:12 Half Bold
• 0:03:12 https://textsniper.app/a/987720531
• 0:03:43 Arranger
• 0:05:30 Goblin Tools
• 0:06:06 Goblin Tools - Compiler
• 0:06:29 Goblin Tools - Magic Todo
• 0:07:34 Goblin Tools - Judge
• 0:08:38 Goblin Tools - Estimator
• 0:08:50 Goblin Tools - Chef
• 0:09:33 Goblin Tools - Formalizer
• 0:10:52 Wheel of Names
• 0:12:25 Tiny Wow
• 0:13:40 Closing
• 0:13:56 Outro

Diagnosed Autistic at 30

It took 6 months of work but i was finally diagnosed with Autism. This video covers a lot of the thoughts and initial impressions i have about the whole situation but this is only the beginning. There is a lot i have and want to say on this topic and piles of research to do as well.

• 0:00:00 Welcome
• 0:00:05 Big Video Is Finally Here
• 0:00:54 What we are talking about today
• 0:01:58 What Led Me Here
• 0:05:02 https://embrace-autism.com/
• 0:09:56 The Referral And Testing Process
• 0:17:33 Info About What Exactly The Assessment Process Entails
• 0:22:28 Why Did I Want This
• 0:25:24 Why Might You NOT Want A Formal Diagnosis
• 0:27:29 Now That I Have The Diagnosis Now What
• 0:31:31 Okay What IS Autism
• 0:35:36 You Dont Look Autistic
• 0:39:09 Autism Diagnosis Rates Increasing Over Time
• 0:41:05 Getting Autism From Vaccines
• 0:43:04 Identity First Language And Why Autism Speaks Is A Horrible Organization
• 0:45:58 Accountability And Autism As An Excuse
• 0:48:42 Treatment Options
• 0:48:44 Treatment Options
• 0:49:56 What Is It Like Being Autistic
• 0:50:42 Physical
• 0:57:21 Mental
• 1:02:33 Emotional
• 1:12:53 Social
• 1:23:38 Observations From My Loved Ones
• 1:24:17 Quote From My Clinician Assessment Summary
• 1:25:37 Whats Next
• 1:27:08 Outro

🧠️ Personal Knowledge Management Discussion | With Omar Khafagy

This was a delightful conversation with one of my Discord moderators; Omar Khafagy. We talked a lot about Obsidian, My approaches and methodology towards PKM, and neurodivergence. Might want to start a podcast in the future with this lovely human :)

• 0:00:29 Welcome
• 0:02:06 The WHY behind the way my Obsidian system is setup to optimize for search
• 0:08:06 Influence of the CLI on my approach, system rigidity and flexibilty, automation
• 0:15:18 Was it hard to step back into my vault slash system after a long hiatus
• 0:20:53 Why did i move my DevLog back to Obsidian and why do i always return to Obsidian
• 0:26:56 To you, is the benefit of the vault more about retrieval or the act of tending to the digital garden itself
• 0:29:54 When information is no longer correct, relevant, or agreed with in your own vault
• 0:38:50 My approach when diving into a large body of work, top down or bottom up
• 0:46:28 How my approach and thought process resembles an analog approach
• 0:49:37 The separation of the UI, the model, and the backend of a PKM system
• 0:55:49 The history of how i got all the way to this point in life with tech, PKM, and everything
• 1:07:44 Do i struggle to work in ways that are not systematic
• 1:14:03 What can people who do not think the way that i do, take away from my approach and thoughts
• 1:24:58 How to get started learning the command line
• 1:34:36 Why i love the command line so much
• 1:41:56 Join The Discord Server
• 1:46:32 Bloopers
• 1:46:57 Outro

Top 5 Favorite ADHD Apps & Tools 🧠️🛠️

The Apps, affiliate links and coupon codes for them, and i hope they help you as much as they've helped me!

1. Textsniper: https://textsniper.app/?ref=bryanjenks
2. Todoist: https://doist.grsm.io/p7v0i8sx9hnx2
3. Morgen: https://morgen.so/?ref=bryanjenks12 | COUPON CODE: TALLGUYJENKS-TEN-1YEAR
4. Gingkoapp: https://gingkoapp.com/
5. Shortform: https://www.shortform.com/bryanjenks

See other tools i use and have found useful: https://www.bryanjenks.dev/tools-courses

🧠️ ADHD Tips & Tricks I use To Manage My Life and Stay Sane ✅️

Been a while since I posted some ADHD content but people have been asking for it, and some of my ADHD videos have been getting a little viral.

So here are some of my tips, tricks, and strategies for how I attempt to manage myself that others may find helpful for the ADHD people in their lives.

And if you're interested in some of the gears (fidget toys, headphones, etc.) that i use for my ADHD you can check out my list HERE

0:00:00 Welcome
0:00:15 Intro
0:00:26 Brief Channel Updates
0:01:21 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
0:02:48 To be ADHD is to create systems to help you function
0:03:44 Remebering things using car keys
0:05:55 ADHD TikTok is really awesome
0:06:08 Dont put it down put it away
0:07:20 The challenges with lacking accomodations
0:09:02 Some of my favorite Tips Tricks and Strategies
0:09:29 How i prevent losing or forgetting anything
0:10:48 What my calendar and task management system might look like
0:16:13 My accomodations might appear rude but it's literally how i need things to be in order to function
0:17:17 If its important to me i get it out of my head immediately
0:18:18 How i prioritize and break down tasks for my executive dysfunction
0:20:30 SCLC Task management approach
0:23:34 Time blocking is still amazing
0:27:13 Medisafe is AMAZING and helps me remember to take my medication
0:31:11 Medisafe adherence report
0:32:24 How to organize your fridge to keep food from spoiling
0:34:29 Smart Homes for the win
0:37:29 Apple Watches
0:40:13 Closing
0:41:28 Outro