Planning your week with a clear head and living that week are two very different experiences.
In this episode of Energy + Hours, I’m joined again by time and energy management consultant Maddie Morris to talk about ADHD time management, weekly planning, energy, priorities, and building systems that make follow-through easier.
Maddie has ADHD herself, and one of my favorite ideas from this conversation is separating planning from doing. When you’re looking at the week as a whole, you can make decisions based on your bigger priorities. When you’re actually living through Tuesday afternoon, you need enough flexibility to respond to your energy, workload, family needs, and whatever else showed up.
We also talk about ADHD productivity surges and the recovery that can follow. Maddie shares how recognizing this pattern changed the way she plans lower-capacity days rather than expecting herself to maintain the same level of output every day.
From there, we get practical about weekly planning, including a planning session, reviewing the previous week, and adding a midweek check-in.
We also dig into an idea that comes up often in my work: time management starts long before you put something on a calendar. Your season of life, energy, responsibilities, best focus times, tolerance for meetings, and context switching all affect how a schedule works in real life.
A calendar can account for the human who has to live inside it.
In this episode:
Separating planning from doing with ADHD
Maddie’s “two most important things” approach
Planning for recovery after productivity surges
Weekly planning, reviews, and midweek check-ins
Choosing priorities when everything feels important
Reducing mental load and decision fatigue
Batching and themed days to reduce context switching
Using timers, visual cues, and environmental design
Building ADHD-friendly systems that require less willpower
Treating your schedule like an experiment and adjusting what doesn’t work
About Maddie:
Maddie Morris is a time and energy management consultant and speaker who helps leaders and teams train their calendars to focus on what matters most and create the conditions for their best work. Drawing from a decade as an executive assistant and Chief of Staff, plus her own experience with burnout and ADHD, she teaches practical ways to protect focus, manage energy, and build momentum with less wasted effort.
Website wisdomstreak.ca
Instagram @itsmaddiemorris
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddiemorris/
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You’re Not Out of Time, You’re Out of Fuel https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/youre-not-out-of-time-youre-out-of-fuel/id1601675882?i=1000715381274
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