Mainstream self development advice drives me crazy

I think Mel Robins, who has one of the top rated podcast in the world, must be neurotypical

The advice is very Nike - Just do it

But you cant

Because the idea of an admin day sounds like hell to anyone with neurodivergence

Body doubling is great but let’s be real that requires an unlikely meeting of opportunity and energy and motivation

That requires the stars to align. It asks for consistency.

For us productivity cannot be preempted or predicted.

It ebbs and flows and when it infrequently and comes and saves us we welcome it with open arms and seize it.

We then do everything we’ve been neglecting and ignoring in one flurry of energy.

We can’t schedule it. It schedules us.