Reacting to the Official Anti-Planner [ft. Dani Donovan] 

Aw thank you!! And lol same re: traditional planners...

Would this be an appropriate gift for a middle schooler? My daughter is starting middle school and I think she would love this!!

​@@AllyPenguin ​ I'd say it's more aimed at late high schoolers and adults for two reasons (but I'd still recommend it): 1. There's a few minor cuss words here and there to emphasise emotion in a sentence, but those are likely nothing your daughter doesn't know already. 2. Some of the (examples of) exercises are more focused on work rather than school. That being said, I wish I had had something like this in middle and high school and I think Dani did a great job at making the anti-planner accessible to as many people as possible, including teens. It's chuck-full of exercises that pretty much anyone can benefit from regardless of age, whether they have ADHD or not. There's even a few exercises that are meant to be done in pairs, so I highly recommend that you look at them together :) Hope this helps!

@@annenas9485 thank you for your honest and insightful review 😄

@@annenas9485 oh the frustration I had a lovely comment typed out to you (and like now I keep falling asleep 😴 💤) would you be willing to private messenger and detail the language in question in the book÷

aw

No, I cried too. In the middle of work, with people watching. I didn't care.

😭 My worth is not measured in productivity? Thank you!! My supervisors sure think so and essentially told me that yesterday in my performance review and coaching! Them telling me so made me want to go crawl under a rock.

Just to that point and YESSSSSS

@@92RKID so many bosses are horribly toxic.

Pilot's Frixion pens also work well too. They're erasable. I use them for my work planner cause my schedule can change suddenly

That was my first thought! Thanks for sharing this tip. I didn't know transparent post-its were a thing.

There are???

I was thinking of making copies and laminating them, but the transparent Post-its sound way more reasonable (and it means I don’t have to take a trip to Kinko’s to make the copies since there’s no clear printer at my work). Thanks for the tip!

@@HSMfanatic17 yep! they have a different texture to them, usually kind of plastic-y, so you might find that you need to use a different writing utensil. I haven't seen fully-transparent ones, but partially-transparent ones in white, pink, and yellow I have seen for pretty cheap at big-name office stores like Office Depot, Staples, etc... If you think you might want to use this book many times over, you may want to consider making photocopies of some of the pages and using paperclips (flatter paper ones or dook darts are great for using a lot in a big book) or fold-over thin magnet bookmarks to hold them in place. I get anxious about writing in fresh writable books... Hope these tips help :D

Totally something I do too! 😂

I feel like I wouldn't be able to write a single thing in the book for this reason

I'm so glad I'm not alone on this. I usually have a master copy of journals, coloring books, etc that I photocopy and then can mark that up. Also a special notebook for transcribing these types of things if the printer isn't a viable option.

Me too! I really hope they will make a digital version of this for the iPad, so I don’t have to worry about messing up 😅

@@chrissyvt84 my plan if I did get this book was pretty much this 😄

It's so helpful!!! It really is like having you here with me when I get stuck :D

Hi Dani (: I received mine in December and I absolutely love it! And as a quick RE: to the -stress- update emails during the pre-order phase last year: I absolutely didn't mind the delays. If anything it made it all the more relatable, and as far as I'm concerned you handled the situation and communication around it perfectly well (: Most importantly, the result was well worth the wait!

❤

Ordered 2 copies, one for the 70+-year-old and one for the 40+-year-old. Same household. Not sharing. 😆

@@effortlesszone lol, we have a 65 yo & a 37 yo in our house, both with adhd. Can't wait for the book to be published!

Absolutely loved it. It’s so useful for removing perfectionism. The ‘bullseye’ variation on it really resonated with my godson (ASD, ADHD), although her actually turned it into a mini dart board for when he was ‘on the fence’ or had difficulty interpreting his motivational state, but hey, he did have an awesome project to turn in for his first year of woodwork lol

Can you elaborate on what that means in practical terms? I have a hard time exploring ideas but then getting something done in time.

@@PeachPlastic not an expert but know the gist. Posting the applicable part first and the explanation after. So in exploring an idea, maybe you’ve identified a problem that needs a solution. Instead of researching and building everything, look at the simplest solution first which you can then change in later iterations (versions). Maybe make a smaller scale model instead of a full size one for proof of concept. Check to see if someone else has already solved that issue before diving in headfirst. Or maybe there is an existing solution that needs improvement. Basically, don’t waste time and resources trying to get it perfected before you find out if it even works or if it will be useful. In software, you can have a problem if you wait until the end of the project to show it to the client because maybe they didn’t know exactly what they wanted or how long it would take or maybe someone else developed something faster. So, we break it down into major tasks and give the highest rated task highest priority. Then, the team decides how to attack it, how long it should take and what done looks like. Iterations (versions) are created until the solution is reached and then you move on to the next. MVP, minimally viable product, means the smallest, most elegant, COMPLETE solution to the task at hand. You show that to the client, they say yay or nay, and then you either fix it or move on. It saves developers time and resources because you can see immediately if you’re on the right track. For example, if you need a chair to sit in because you have none, but you’re broke, you might find the least expensive option and then later get a more comfortable cushion or make it a prettier color with a cover. You’re not going to go straight to a throne which you’d have to save up for and might be uncomfortable for table in the long run.

I love this. I am a Product Owner and will def use this with my child.

Aw that's so great, thank you for sharing this important milestone with us!! I'm exhausted today so words are hard but I'm glad you're here

@@HowtoADHD it totally get words being hard but it’s nice to see we’re not alone with a channel like this. Hope you day gets better.

I just recently got diagnosed myself. At 50. In so many ways, it's a relief. I can now see it in so many ways in my past and present. Now if I could only get myself to start actually implement any of the strategies to help me function better in this world, lol.

Congratulations! Is this a test I can do on my own? If it is, could you provide a link please? Thank you :)

@@Hest4 no it’s a Conor’s 3 test I took at either a) psychiatrist office b) mental health or I believe a doctors office. Just type in conors 3 test locations on google.

This had me rolllllllllinggggg bc that was my exact thought as I was working through the book and I laughed at myself 😂😂😂😂

Hear hear

Wait, did I type this or was it you? ♥

U get it. The absolute disability to complete tasks OM TIME. Even if I try. I just can’t seem to. I’m failing for the first time in my life bc at my new college, the assignments just lock me out and I can’t turn things in even minutes late. So half of my assignments are just 0’s when I’ve usually an a-b student. Bro, and OVERCOMPLICATING tasks. Yes. Bro. And Unable to organize tasks. I just applied for my schools disability services for some accommodations like extra time on exams and assignments. But it’s the end of semester already and I’m very late, as usual. So 🤞🏽

YES ! An app. so it doesn't get lost ! 🤔

yes an app would be brilliant!!!!

Genius!!!

Me too I'd love this more as an app too since that's what is faster for me and to have sync across devices so I never lose anything

Oh man that would be incredible!

We don't fail until we quit

Helps that she speaks like us, ya know at ADHD speeds

Same!

Yep, I’m a two times everyone viewer. May I also recommend Lisa clough at lachri fine art, - definitely my speed.

My therapist is always telling me to slow down because I speak too fast. And I need to watch video above normal velocity too, but Jessica's are the only ones I don't do it.

Same! Most videos I watch at 2.0. If the creator is from the south, well, then 2.0 isn't always fast enough for me

I'm also a lefty, and in elementary I was supposed to learn violin. No matter what I did it always sounded like a dying cat. My mom asked the teacher about being a lefty he insisted I learn the same as everyone. Years later I spoke to a different teacher, turns out he was supposed to reverse my strings move the chin rest to the other side and teach me with a mirror!

I needed this so much today. Thank you. I just turned in half the book and have to work on polishing/finishing the rest of it and I'm so tired...knowing it could be carried around and treasured like this means so much to me. Thank you!!!!!! I'm adding this to my "inspiration for a rainy day" file :)

Makes it a very scrapbooker vibe too which is mentally wonderful

Apparently she's working on a digital version

Glad to hear that, where did you get that info?

@@charlesboyle3370 On her website she mentions that she's working on it in the FAQ section

Iirc Dani sends chapter pdfs after the book is bought

The trick was, you did have a behavioral problem - because of unaddressed, unmedicated mental health challenges. Have you been able to try new medication since then? I got very lucky that the basic, common Adderall dosage works well for me. I know some people need to try several to find a good fit.

I think there's been some learning because I preordered in December, and now I'm getting weekly PDFs from the book to get started with.

This would be great for my High Schooler.

I second that

That is a good suggestion. I saw something similar with a book called Freakonomics. I could go online and get updated information that the author didn't have at the time of publishing and then they were nice enough that I didn't have to repurchase the book entirely to get that informations, but a new buyer would have the option to buy the new book or buy an older/used copy and check online for addendums.

That's a great idea. Another possibility would be a digital soft launch, get feedback, then paper publish 1.4 vs 1.0 version...

Great idea !