{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Focus and Chill - productivity tactics for AuDHDers and other neurodivergent folks","title":"Episode 15: Amanda Horswill","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2927,"description":"Amanda Horswill is a digital editor, content and SEO strategist with more than twenty years of experience across a variety of roles in the publishing sector. She also happens to have ADHD, an adult diagnosis that’s changed her life for the better.\n\nJN: How does your neurodiversity impact your productivity both positively and negatively?Positive:Divergent/creative thinkingOctopus thinking:Courier Mail - Des Houton = Spaghetti Head - tentacles going everywhere\nInteresting similes/metaphors\nAnticipating problems\nHyper-focus:Early career pre-family: long hours, super intense work hitting deadlines\nPost dogs + mortgage + family: too much hyper-focus led to burnout - Hyperfocus and ADHD seem like an interesting combo.\nNegative:Different ways of thinking leave people disoriented\nThree steps ahead - forget that other people don’t have the same context\nIdentity issues with late diagnosis\nJC: What \"work\" projects are you concentrating on?Solve issues that come up for writers preventing them from getting articles out there on Canstar’s WordPress site\nStreamlining CMS\nJN: How about the rest of the time? What do you enjoy doing in your off time?Neurodiverse family:Son (11yo) has ASD L2 + ADHDNot stereotypical: caring, artistic but has communication challenges\nSpecial interests\nDaughter (late diagnosis - whole family diagnosed at time of son)\nDe-escalation activitiesCooking\nGarden\nPlaying games\nJC: What does your morning routine look like and how has it evolved over time?Extra sleep\nCoordinated effort organizing the kids with partner\nMorning routine used as calming / grounding routine\nStart work 8 - 8:30, at home 3 days per week, from home 2 days per weekCommute time used to transition between environments\nMore difficult WFH (don’t have that transition time)Remedy: block out time to center (time otherwise spent commuting and transitioning)\nJN: What do you do to optimize productivity during your working hours?Compartmentalizing especially when the environment is messy/other...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QZFZQrtBSDhon7MItX8a5mQvkXQ5KKmI2fe6dyhM72o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzNDE3LzE2NjEw/NjYyOTYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}