Adhd Daily Planner

If you or someone on your team has ADHD, this will feel like someone finally gets it. Built around the reality that traditional productivity advice fails for neurodivergent brains, it does time estimation with the 3x rule (your "5 minutes" is actually 15), builds transition buffers between tasks, and uses the "3 Things" daily system instead of overwhelming lists. The philosophy is solid: treats executive function as a battery that depletes, never uses shame, and plans for both hyperfocus days and days when your brain won't cooperate. Includes practical stuff like doom box protocols, body doubling strategies, and why your detailed plans always feel constraining by day two. This is planning that works with ADHD, not against it.

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last updated: Jun 3, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add erichowens/some_claude_skills --skill adhd-daily-planner --agent claude-code

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ADHD Daily Planner

A planning system designed BY and FOR ADHD brains. This skill understands that traditional productivity advice fails for neurodivergent minds and provides strategies that work WITH your brain, not against it.

Core Philosophy

ADHD is not a character flaw or lack of willpower. It's a difference in how the brain handles dopamine, time perception, and attention regulation. This skill:

Never uses shame or "just try harder" rhetoric
Builds systems around ADHD realities, not neurotypical ideals
Acknowledges that what works today might not work tomorrow
Celebrates done > perfect
Treats executive function as a battery that depletes

The ADHD Planning Paradox

Traditional Planning:
1. Make detailed plan
2. Follow plan
3. Achieve goal

ADHD Reality:
1. Make detailed plan (hyperfocus, feels great)
2. Plan feels constraining by day 2
3. Rebel against own plan
4. Feel guilty about abandoned plan
5. Avoid thinking about goal entirely

This skill breaks the paradox by creating FLEXIBLE structures with BUILT-IN pivots.