Jade Barclay jadebarclay

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100 days of code

Accidentally started last week. May as well keep it up.

Clarity Session on coding. Then friendo called out of the blue re: static site. I've coded every day since. Often til 4am.

Made a {distill} site; auto-deploy hosting
Gitkraken finally made sense! Learned 'Happy Git'
Updated .css .yml; match branding, navbar

ADHD-proof time wrangling

Creative flow needs ADHD-proof tools to hold me together and do all the stuff that doesn't come naturally to my brain.

There are a zillion pomodoro timers, but most just keep time. I need it to look after my time-blindness, memory glitches, balancing hyperfocus binges with project commitments, as well as the neurotypical basics of time and task tracking.

All the little ADHD things, like memory glitches, hyperfocus rabbitholes, time-blindness, object impermanence and delivery paralysis, are such big things. Beyond big. For neurodivergent folk, the typical pomodoro cycle of taking a break after every 25 minutes work often doesn't work. Every 5 minute break isn't a creativity-enhancing boost like I've heard others talk about... it's a task-abandonment cliff I fall off with no way of finding my way back.