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ADHD reWired

409 | How to Choose Your Productivity Apps with Brittany Smith

ADHD reWired

Eric Tivers, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8937 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Have you tried using all sorts of to-do and task-management apps but haven't found 'the one' yet? In this episode, Eric is joined by Brittany Smith, a productivity, ADHD, and technology coach and recently published her first course, "From Aggravated to Navigated: Choosing a task-management system with ADHD". She has a Masters of Science degree in Cognitive Neuroscience lab at the University of Oregon. Brittany uses geeky pop-culture and cognitive science to help her clients and ADHD Guild members get more done with less stress. Connect with Brittany: Devise & Conquer Brittany Smith - Productivity and ADHD Coach - Devise & Conquer Productivity Coaching | LinkedIn Devise & Conquer (@Devise_Conquer) / Twitter Devise & Conquer: Productivity, Technology, ADHD - YouTube In this Episode: How do you do things so that you will be successful no matter which tool you choose? With task-management apps, how do we make these things suck less? How do we choose what task-management app to use? How do we make task-management apps a "less bad" fit for our brains so we make sure we know what we need to do? Mentioned: Task Management Software Built For Pros - OmniFocus - The Omni Group (Mac/iOS only) What's your personal style? What should we be looking at if we are stuck in task-management-app "hopping"? What is a great app for automating? Mentioned: Todoist Mentioned: Google Keep Mentioned: TaskPaper (Mac/iOS only) Mentioned: Drafts (Mac/iOS only) Mentioned: Notion Mentioned: Trello Mentioned: Miro Mentioned: MindNode Honorable Mentions: Listen to Brittany as a guest on ADHD Essentials with Brendan Mahan! Asana What is GTD - Getting Things Done® Did you know: There are built in tasks if you use Google Assistant. (The same principle applies to the Echo!) Obsidian Evernote SimpleMind Discover the ADHD reWired Podcast Family: adhdessentials.com with Brendan Mahan hackingyouradhd.com with Will Curb adhddiversified.ca with MJ Siemens adhdfriendlylifestyle.com with Moira Maybin coming soon - Wait, What Was the Question? with Will Curb and Coach Roxie Martin! Reach out to Will and Roxie at questions@whatwasthequestionpodcast.com

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And if you have a reason that's fine, but like what we need is just really a reason to stop looking and just work with one because it really is only by working with something and trying it on an ongoing basis that we learn what we really need.

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A.D. Rewired episode 409.

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This is the podcast for those of us with really good intentions and a slightly wandering

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attention I'm Eric Tivers I'm a licensed clinical social worker by training and a coach

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by design I'm your host and I have ADHD. ADHD rewired is a more than just podcast.

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We are a community.

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and you are not alone.

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virtual membership community you can do all of these things are going to our

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website at 80.org rewire.com we know that starting is the hardest part, so let's get started.

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Welcome back to another episode of ADHD ReW. Today's a guest is Brittany Smith.

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Brittany is a productivity ADHD and technology coach and recently published her

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first course from aggravatedravated to Navigated, choosing a task management

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system with ADHD.

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She has a master's of science degree in Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at the University of Oregon.

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The nerd is strong with this one.

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