ADHD-Friendly Productivity: My Whiteboard System for Business & Self-Care + My 2025 Goals
Read Time: 5 MinutesTL;DR:
ADHD entrepreneurs struggle with traditional productivity methods—customized whiteboard systems can help.
Self-Care Chart: Tracking daily habits ensures energy and focus for business success.
Command Center: A giant whiteboard keeps annual, quarterly, and key performance goals visible.
Desktop Whiteboard: A quick-capture tool prevents distraction and keeps ideas organized.
Takeaway: Productivity is about creating ADHD-friendly systems, not forcing conventional methods.
Whiteboards for ADHD
As an entrepreneur with ADHD, staying organized, energized, and on track can feel like an uphill battle. Traditional productivity advice often falls flat because it doesn’t account for how spicy brains work.
That’s why I built my own system—a set of whiteboards that keep me grounded, focused, and aligned with my personal well-being and business goals. These simple tools have transformed how I show up for my life and business.
Here’s how you can create your own ADHD-friendly system that actually works.
The Self-Care Chart
My self-care whiteboard is, without a doubt, the most effective thing I’ve ever done for my business, and let me tell you why:
As an entrepreneur with ADHD, I know that maintaining my energy is one of the most important things I can do. There is no business without me, but there’s also no me if I don’t care for myself.
The whole thing started years ago when I randomly picked up what was intended to be a child’s chore chart for the clearance section. I brought it home, scratched out the word “chore,” and wrote “Self-Care,” I have since maintained a list of 10 things I can do for myself daily that help me feel and function better.
What’s been on that list has undoubtedly varied over time. Still, I will never take off two things: getting 8 hours of sleep and eating a high-protein breakfast because those two significantly impact my productivity. (Trust me, I tracked the data!)
Examples of Self-Care:
Move My Body
Get Dressed/Ready for the Day
Read 10 Pages
Get 1 Hour of Business Tasks Completed
Talking to a Friend
15 Minute Tidy Up
My list changes from time to time, but what does not is that if I complete at least seven items from it, I’m guaranteed a better day.
What things could you commit to doing every day to help you show up better in your life?
For you nosey nellies, here’s what I’m tracking this week:
8+ Hours of Sleep
High protein breakfast
Journal, Meditate or Pray
Get Dressed & Ready
Plan & Execute the Day
Move my Body
Complete 1+ hours of Biz tasks
Dishes or 15 Minute Tidy
Be Creative
Leave the House
The Command Center
One of the first things I see when I wake up is a giant whiteboard with all my goals for the year. Whether I want to or not, I’m immediately forced to evaluate my thoughts and actions in deference to those goals.
It’s easy to start the year with lofty ideas of what you want to do. What you want to accomplish. How different you want your life to look like a year from now.
But there are many reasons why New Year’s resolutions statistically fail by February. A common one is setting them and forgetting them. We write the goal in a notebook and are lucky if we think to look at it again before Christmas.
That’s not going to be you this year.
I break my Command Center into three sections:
1. Annual Goals:
There are a million articles out there about how to set annual goals, but here are my rules:
Make them reasonable enough to achieve with hard work.
Only one goal per area of life (work, relationships, health, wealth, etc.)
Limit to 3-5 so they can ALL be reached.
My Goals for 2025:
Earn $20k Revenue from Prismatic Growth (yeah, folks, that’s what early years in business actually look like!)
Give everything I own a home (I’m so f’ing sick of the clutter!)
Go on 3 Trips
2. Quarterly Quests:
Another reason New Year’s resolutions don’t pan out? No plan is made to actually reach them!
I know from experience that even with your goals visually front of mind, it’s easy to see the end of the year as far away and thus procrastinate. Before you know it, it’s August, and reaching those goals is literally impossible based on time alone.
I combat this by setting 3-5 mini goals for each quarter that tie into my annual goals. ChatGPT is useful here, try this prompt:
These are my goals for 2025 [list goals] - break them down into 3-5 goals for each quarter. Make the quarterly goals actionable and realistic.
My Q1 Quests for 2025:
Declutter 10 spaces
Release a new lead magnet
Post 10 articles
Plan 1 vacation
Complete my relaunch (eek!)
3. Key Performance Indicators:
Strictly for my business, this is my list of 5 measurable metrics I can track monthly to see my efforts’ success. I set a goal to reach each by the end of the year and gauge if my actions are “worth the squeeze” by how those numbers move.
Again, these are another way to reach my larger revenue goal for my business, but they are broken down into methods rather than simply wishing the goal into existence.
It’s a treat each month to see where I’m at, and even if things aren’t moving “up and to the right,” it’s good information! It’s so easy to get to a finish line and forget all the work it took to get there. This is an easy way to build in time to celebrate your wins each month.
Here’s what I’m tracking this year:
Annual Site Visits
Revenue
Email Subscribers
Facebook Page Followers
Articles Posted
The Desktop Whiteboard
I bet you can relate to this: you’ve got the mood set just right and get into the flow of some deep work, and out of nowhere, you remember that super important thing you need to do. Maybe it’s a return near the deadline or just a cool concept that popped into your head. You know if you chase that thought now, you’ll never finish the task at hand. But you also know if you don’t act, you’ll forget it.
Thus, the desktop whiteboard was born.
Rather than immediately dropping what you’re doing or letting the thought escape your brain, never to be seen again, just take a quick second and note it for later. You don’t lose any steam and perhaps even increase your focus because it’s no longer split between two ideas.
This could be done on paper, post-it, etc., but here’s my argument for using a whiteboard—it stays on your desk. It won’t accidentally be thrown away, spilled on, or just forgotten. How often have you written a note on paper and never looked at it again? Yeah, me too. That’s what’s so great about the whiteboard—there’s limited space, and you have to take action on the items because afterward, they get a rest.
I love mine because I can store my phone inside to keep it out of sight ( and out of mind!)
Build Your Own ADHD Success System
Productivity isn’t just about checking off tasks; it’s about creating systems that support your brain, energy, and goals.
My whiteboard setup (a combination of self-care tracking, goal-setting, and quick-focus tools) has been the backbone of my business success. It’s not fancy or complicated but effective because it’s designed around how I function best.
If you’ve struggled to stay consistent, focused, or energized, try building your version of this system. Start small, adjust as you go, and remember that the best productivity tools are the ones that work for you.
Struggling to stay consistent, focused, and motivated in your business? Let’s build a system that works for your ADHD brain. Book a Momentum Call and get a custom strategy to keep you on track!
