Focus Pocus: From Aggravated to Navigated
Finding Your Way Through the Flood of Organization Apps with ADHD
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RSD (Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria)
It’s a whole thing in ADHD. I made a video talking about it.
Reduce Notifications
On iPhone / iPad:
I have a walk through tutorial for reducing notifications devices on iOS 10-14. (The ADHD and notifications / attention advice is still valid, but the menus are a little out of date.)
Nested within longer live videos, I mention notifications on iOS 15: Setting up “Focus Mode” on iOS 15 and iOS 15 & iPhone 13 Setup.
On Android:
How to Stop Android Notifications from Popping up on Your Screen
How to Stop Android Notifications from Turning on the Screen

Reminders App Cleanup
If you decide to use Apple Reminders (for anything, really), I have a video to help remove old completed items. If they stay around and build up, these old items might slow down your app.
Related Resources
Don't be a slave to your notifications! In this video, I show how to adjust your notification settings. What kind of notifications *should* you keep? Which should you banish from your life?
You know those apps you get sidetracked by? That you waste too much time in?
I made a video about that! I show you how to hide your most distracting apps so you won’t be as tempted to waste the whole day in them!
Brendan Mahan, of ADHD Essentials, was so kind to have me on The ADHD Essentials Podcast On the podcast, we was talked about ADHD and Technology, as a follow up from my 2019 Presentation on Technology and ADHD at the International Conference on ADHD.
Think you know how you spent time on your iPhone? You might be surprised!
You can find out how you’ve been using your device with Screen Time on an iPhone, and Digital Wellbeing on select Android devices. In the video below, I’ll show you some quick tips on how to find out how you're really spending your time on your iPhone. What apps are you using too much? How can you manage your time better on your iPhone? I cover how to use iOS Screen Time features like Downtime, App Limits, and Passcodes.
I talked a bit about using Apple’s Shortcuts for app iPhone and iPad to automate boring, repetitive, or frequently procrastinated tasks in my technology talk for the 2019 International Conference on ADHD , but I wanted to share additional resources if you want to learn more about Shortcuts.
The problem: you're swiping through screens of haphazardly placed apps and taking too long to find the app you're actually looking for. There is a solution.
It’s intensely frustrating to lose an idea before you’ve written it down. Usually because it took too long to get to the place where you wanted to write it down. It’s important to have an easy capture tool that’s always with you.
Ever lost track of time going down a Google or Wikipedia rabbit hole? Worse, forgotten what you were originally looking for? Or maybe just kept going long past when it was useful?
Hopefully these tips will help you avoid, “How did it turn into 2am?” moments.
Some days you just can't shut out the distractions or resist the temptation to go to the latest message that just came in.
A slow phone can be incredibly distracting and unproductive. If your device is running slowly and you aren’t quite prepared to get a replacement, there are a few tricks that might speed up your device a little and keep it chugging along until you’re ready to get a new one.
I really like having somewhere to direct parents who want to help keep their families safe and healthy in a world where helpful technology can threaten to take over our lives. It's also a great quick reference to tools like parenting controls.
I’ll show you how to delete apps on your iPhone-- potentially to help speed up that slower, older iPhone!