ADHD-friendly habits
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20-20-20 eye breaks
Every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds. The optometrist's rule for screen workers.
Screen worker Body care Remote work -
A five-minute structured start
Five minutes after waking, three fixed steps. ADHD-friendly anchor for a day that otherwise scatters.
ADHD-friendly Morning routine -
Afternoon walk
A fifteen-minute walk after lunch. Breaks the afternoon slump and resets attention.
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Block blue light after sunset
Warm-tone screens after sunset. Blue-light blockers, night mode, or just dim the room and the laptop together.
Screen worker Wind-down -
Body doubling for one task a week
Once a week, do a stuck task with someone else present. In person or on video. The task you've been avoiding.
ADHD-friendly Focus -
Box breathing
A four-second pattern: inhale, hold, exhale, hold. A reset that takes a minute and works in any context.
Recovery Focus -
Brain dump on waking
Three minutes, on paper, listing everything in your head before the day starts. ADHD-friendly clearing ritual.
ADHD-friendly Morning routine Focus -
Five minutes of meditation
A daily body scan. Five minutes, eyes closed, attention moving from head to toes.
Morning routine Recovery -
Five sun salutations
A short morning yoga sequence, five rounds. Eight minutes of full-body movement before the day begins.
Morning routine Movement -
Five-minute stretch after the shower
Five minutes of gentle stretching right after the morning shower, while the muscles are warm. Stacked, not added.
Movement Body care Morning routine -
Floss every night
After brushing, before bed. Floss between every tooth, every night. The most-skipped basic in adult dental health.
Wind-down Body care -
Glass of water on waking
A full glass of water before anything else. Coffee waits. Phone waits. The day starts hydrated.
Morning routine Body care -
Hand cream after every wash
After washing your hands, hand cream. Always. The habit that stops winter hands from cracking.
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Hourly posture check
Once an hour, reset posture: shoulders down, ribs over hips, screen at eye level. Two seconds, all day.
Screen worker Body care -
Kitchen reset before bed
Ten minutes, every night, to put the kitchen back to neutral. Counters clear, dishwasher running, lights off.
Home care Wind-down -
Make the bed, every morning
Bed made within ten minutes of leaving it. Sheets straight, duvet pulled up. The smallest available daily order.
Home care Morning routine -
Midday pause
Ten quiet minutes in the middle of the day. No screen, no productivity goal. Just pause.
Rest day Focus -
Morning pages
Three pages of longhand writing, first thing. Not journaling with a capital J, just words on paper before the day takes over.
Morning routine Creative practice -
Morning walk
A twenty-minute walk before the day starts. No phone, no podcast, just light and movement.
Morning routine Movement Nature -
No phone until 9am
The first hour of the day belongs to something else. The phone waits in the kitchen until nine.
Morning routine Digital detox Focus -
No screens after 9pm
Phone, laptop, television, all off or out of reach after 9. Books, paper, conversation, bed.
Wind-down Digital detox -
One new word a day
Pick up one word you don't know, write it down with its definition, try to use it.
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Pomodoro blocks
25 minutes of focused work, 5 minutes off. Repeat. The classic productivity unit, durable for a reason.
Focus ADHD-friendly Remote work -
Same breakfast every morning
One breakfast, eaten daily. The same thing, prepared the same way. Removes a decision; frees the morning.
Morning routine Body care -
Single-tab work sessions
One browser tab, one task, one 25-minute timer. A small rule with an outsized effect.
Focus Screen worker Digital detox -
Sixty-second plank, daily
One minute on the elbows, every day. The smallest possible core habit, run for thirty days.
Movement Body care -
Skincare, morning and night
A simple two-step routine, twice a day. Cleanse and moisturise. Same time, same place, every day.
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Stand up every hour
One break every hour, on a timer or on a natural cue. Sixty seconds standing, stretching, refilling water.
Screen worker Body care -
Sunscreen, every morning
Broad-spectrum SPF on the face every morning, regardless of weather. The single highest-leverage skin habit there is.
Morning routine Body care -
Ten-minute bodyweight circuit
A daily ten-minute round of push-ups, squats, and lunges. No equipment, no programme, just the floor.
Movement Morning routine -
Ten-minute evening reset
Before sleep: dishes done, kitchen clear, tomorrow's essentials laid out. Ten minutes, no more.
Home care Wind-down -
The two-minute rule
If a task takes less than two minutes, do it now. The single highest-leverage productivity rule for ADHD brains.
ADHD-friendly Focus -
Three time blocks a day
Three named blocks per working day. Same names every day. The shape of the day decided once, not every hour.
ADHD-friendly Focus Remote work -
Two-minute tidy
Set a two-minute timer. Tidy whatever's nearest. Stop when the timer stops.
Home care ADHD-friendly -
Weekly hand and wrist stretch
Ten minutes of hand and forearm work each Sunday. Counter-pressure for forty hours of typing.
Screen worker Body care
Plan a custom habit in the Cycle Planner.
The library is a starting point, not the menu. If your next cycle is something we haven't written up, open the planner with a blank cycle and shape it from scratch.
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