I used to start my mornings like a checklist robot. Wake up. Coffee. Sit down. Open laptop. Attack the hardest task first. Everyone says, "Eat the frog." But for me, it felt more like eating concrete. My brain resisted. My energy dipped. And worst of all, I started resenting mornings. One day, I changed it. Instead of diving into emails or technical documentation, I started the day different. No pressure. Just play. That morning, I designed a concept car based on a bird’s silhouette—totally impractical, but deeply fun. I noticed something: After 15 minutes of "fun work," I was focused. Energized. I tackled the tough tasks without dread. Now, it’s a ritual. Fun is my ignition switch. Creativity gets the engine running. What about you?

I have ADHD. That means some days, my brain looks at a simple to-do list and turns it into a mental war zone. Yesterday, I sat down, opened Notion… and boom — 12 tasks. My brain started doing its thing: panic mode, overthinking. But then I remembered something I read from the Stoic philosopher Seneca: “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” So I tried something simple: I picked one task — just emails — and told myself, "This is the only thing that exists right now." Not the calls. Not the edits. Not the five other projects screaming for attention. Just. Emails. Guess what? I knocked them out in 20 minutes. No anxiety. No guilt. No spiral. Just flow. If you’ve got an ADHD brain, you don’t need more productivity hacks. You need focus filters. Shrink the battlefield. One task. One focus. One win. That’s how you beat overwhelm — the Stoic way.

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