Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals
@chriswaterguy.bsky.social
ADHD business and life coach. Understanding of neurodivergence.
I believe in community and in science communication.
Sydney 🇦🇺
Rationality, post-rationalist, EA-adjacent, TPOT-ish.
I believe in community and in science communication.
Sydney 🇦🇺
Rationality, post-rationalist, EA-adjacent, TPOT-ish.
Pinned
Motivation is so unreliable.
Helps more to set up my environment to make it easier to do the things that are helpful.
Have a place to put my phone, away from the bed. (And pillow on the floor to toss it onto, out of reach.)
Add resistance to opening social media. Reduce resistance to study.
Helps more to set up my environment to make it easier to do the things that are helpful.
Have a place to put my phone, away from the bed. (And pillow on the floor to toss it onto, out of reach.)
Add resistance to opening social media. Reduce resistance to study.
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Motivation is so unreliable.
Helps more to set up my environment to make it easier to do the things that are helpful.
Have a place to put my phone, away from the bed. (And pillow on the floor to toss it onto, out of reach.)
Add resistance to opening social media. Reduce resistance to study.
Helps more to set up my environment to make it easier to do the things that are helpful.
Have a place to put my phone, away from the bed. (And pillow on the floor to toss it onto, out of reach.)
Add resistance to opening social media. Reduce resistance to study.
Enjoy your new experiences
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Enjoy your new experiences
Reposted by Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Gruen transfer is when you enter a store and land in an intentionally confusing layout, that makes you lose track of your intention, leaving you more susceptible to impulsive shopping.
Social media feels the same!
Social media feels the same!
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Gruen transfer is when you enter a store and land in an intentionally confusing layout, that makes you lose track of your intention, leaving you more susceptible to impulsive shopping.
Social media feels the same!
Social media feels the same!
Tell people you appreciate them.
Don't save your words for the funeral.
Don't save your words for the funeral.
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Tell people you appreciate them.
Don't save your words for the funeral.
Don't save your words for the funeral.
I brought you flowers!
I hope your neighbour doesn't mind
(Such a lovely garden)
I hope your neighbour doesn't mind
(Such a lovely garden)
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I brought you flowers!
I hope your neighbour doesn't mind
(Such a lovely garden)
I hope your neighbour doesn't mind
(Such a lovely garden)
Some days are like...
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
(and the spirit is also weak)
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
(and the spirit is also weak)
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Some days are like...
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
(and the spirit is also weak)
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
(and the spirit is also weak)
When did Americans become such skeptics
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
When did Americans become such skeptics
Sadly it's not always safe to disclose to employers if you have ADHD (or other condition affecting how you work).
Maybe HR is understanding but your manager doesn't quite get it. Or vice versa.
🧵
Maybe HR is understanding but your manager doesn't quite get it. Or vice versa.
🧵
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Sadly it's not always safe to disclose to employers if you have ADHD (or other condition affecting how you work).
Maybe HR is understanding but your manager doesn't quite get it. Or vice versa.
🧵
Maybe HR is understanding but your manager doesn't quite get it. Or vice versa.
🧵
Relatable for ADHD folks
#ADHDAwarenessMonth (www.adhdawarenessmonth.org)
Day 28: ADHD Prioritizing
adhddd.com/comics/
#Prioritizing tasks can - as illustrated in this image from @DaniDonovan - be a challenge for many children and adults experiencing #ADHD.
#ADHD #ExecutiveFunction #EF #Information #Empowerment
Day 28: ADHD Prioritizing
adhddd.com/comics/
#Prioritizing tasks can - as illustrated in this image from @DaniDonovan - be a challenge for many children and adults experiencing #ADHD.
#ADHD #ExecutiveFunction #EF #Information #Empowerment
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Relatable for ADHD folks
If I turn up as myself, some people will connect with me.
If I hide myself, I'm alone and I carry a heavy mask.
As a neurodivergent young person I learned: Some people will judge me and misinterpret me regardless of how I turn up. Might as well be me.
If I hide myself, I'm alone and I carry a heavy mask.
As a neurodivergent young person I learned: Some people will judge me and misinterpret me regardless of how I turn up. Might as well be me.
October 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If I turn up as myself, some people will connect with me.
If I hide myself, I'm alone and I carry a heavy mask.
As a neurodivergent young person I learned: Some people will judge me and misinterpret me regardless of how I turn up. Might as well be me.
If I hide myself, I'm alone and I carry a heavy mask.
As a neurodivergent young person I learned: Some people will judge me and misinterpret me regardless of how I turn up. Might as well be me.
It's super subjective but...
"What We Do in the Shadows" is the only TV show I've ever known where the American remake was better than the original.
"What We Do in the Shadows" is the only TV show I've ever known where the American remake was better than the original.
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
It's super subjective but...
"What We Do in the Shadows" is the only TV show I've ever known where the American remake was better than the original.
"What We Do in the Shadows" is the only TV show I've ever known where the American remake was better than the original.
Procrastination when you're not doing things, & anxious about the not doing, and not enjoying the not doing and avoidance…
Is a very good example of executive dysfunction. Often it's from trying to force with willpower, rather than understanding and strategies.
If you need support, that's my job.
Is a very good example of executive dysfunction. Often it's from trying to force with willpower, rather than understanding and strategies.
If you need support, that's my job.
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Procrastination when you're not doing things, & anxious about the not doing, and not enjoying the not doing and avoidance…
Is a very good example of executive dysfunction. Often it's from trying to force with willpower, rather than understanding and strategies.
If you need support, that's my job.
Is a very good example of executive dysfunction. Often it's from trying to force with willpower, rather than understanding and strategies.
If you need support, that's my job.
How do you stay sane/reduce the stress that comes with ADHD and executive dysfunction?
A big one for me: I mute most phone notifications otherwise they drive me crazy.
I only allow notification noises from messaging apps where I expect to hear from clients.
A big one for me: I mute most phone notifications otherwise they drive me crazy.
I only allow notification noises from messaging apps where I expect to hear from clients.
October 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
How do you stay sane/reduce the stress that comes with ADHD and executive dysfunction?
A big one for me: I mute most phone notifications otherwise they drive me crazy.
I only allow notification noises from messaging apps where I expect to hear from clients.
A big one for me: I mute most phone notifications otherwise they drive me crazy.
I only allow notification noises from messaging apps where I expect to hear from clients.
I knew I was becoming more secure when someone reacted impatiently to me over a small thing, & my honest reaction was, "huh, what's up with you?"
I don't always react to this way straight away (and it's not always as blatantly obvious that it's their own stuff), but I can get to it more easily now.
I don't always react to this way straight away (and it's not always as blatantly obvious that it's their own stuff), but I can get to it more easily now.
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I knew I was becoming more secure when someone reacted impatiently to me over a small thing, & my honest reaction was, "huh, what's up with you?"
I don't always react to this way straight away (and it's not always as blatantly obvious that it's their own stuff), but I can get to it more easily now.
I don't always react to this way straight away (and it's not always as blatantly obvious that it's their own stuff), but I can get to it more easily now.
A great story, well-told.
"What if you were a gay, Mormon, drug-dealing, federal informant?"
"What if you were a gay, Mormon, drug-dealing, federal informant?"
October 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A great story, well-told.
"What if you were a gay, Mormon, drug-dealing, federal informant?"
"What if you were a gay, Mormon, drug-dealing, federal informant?"
Scientists need more time to think and so do I. So do you.
Emails and messaging are the OG brainrot, and scrolling makes it so much worse.
I've spent a lot of coaching time with clients on creating more distance from their phone, literally and figuratively. Much benefit.
Emails and messaging are the OG brainrot, and scrolling makes it so much worse.
I've spent a lot of coaching time with clients on creating more distance from their phone, literally and figuratively. Much benefit.
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Scientists need more time to think and so do I. So do you.
Emails and messaging are the OG brainrot, and scrolling makes it so much worse.
I've spent a lot of coaching time with clients on creating more distance from their phone, literally and figuratively. Much benefit.
Emails and messaging are the OG brainrot, and scrolling makes it so much worse.
I've spent a lot of coaching time with clients on creating more distance from their phone, literally and figuratively. Much benefit.
There's a trope in ADHD/neurodivergent meme-land: You do the important thing you've stressed about & avoiding, &… you feel nothing.
No sense of reward or relief.
It's hard to build good habits when there's no internal reward.
I've had a degree of this. I've seen it in clients too. 🧵
No sense of reward or relief.
It's hard to build good habits when there's no internal reward.
I've had a degree of this. I've seen it in clients too. 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
There's a trope in ADHD/neurodivergent meme-land: You do the important thing you've stressed about & avoiding, &… you feel nothing.
No sense of reward or relief.
It's hard to build good habits when there's no internal reward.
I've had a degree of this. I've seen it in clients too. 🧵
No sense of reward or relief.
It's hard to build good habits when there's no internal reward.
I've had a degree of this. I've seen it in clients too. 🧵
Reposted by Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals
In fairness one of my favourite things is "feminism ruined my love life and now I'm all alone" followed by a description of being the most obnoxious prick to everyone you've ever dated and calling it feminism
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In fairness one of my favourite things is "feminism ruined my love life and now I'm all alone" followed by a description of being the most obnoxious prick to everyone you've ever dated and calling it feminism
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
There's a bunch of community organisers in Sydney – e.g. for creative, tech, activist, philanthropic, self-improvement or introspective/spiritual communities.
Some have been connecting and comparing notes. If you're not part of that yet, lmk.
We'll do a get-together this year.
Some have been connecting and comparing notes. If you're not part of that yet, lmk.
We'll do a get-together this year.
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
There's a bunch of community organisers in Sydney – e.g. for creative, tech, activist, philanthropic, self-improvement or introspective/spiritual communities.
Some have been connecting and comparing notes. If you're not part of that yet, lmk.
We'll do a get-together this year.
Some have been connecting and comparing notes. If you're not part of that yet, lmk.
We'll do a get-together this year.
The greatest overwhelm and mood boost hack, much of the time, is doing the thing you're avoiding.
I currently have space for new clients. If you know someone who could benefit from support, please point them in my direction. #ADHD #neurodivergent
Pic: a tree I planted 29 years ago.
I currently have space for new clients. If you know someone who could benefit from support, please point them in my direction. #ADHD #neurodivergent
Pic: a tree I planted 29 years ago.
October 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The greatest overwhelm and mood boost hack, much of the time, is doing the thing you're avoiding.
I currently have space for new clients. If you know someone who could benefit from support, please point them in my direction. #ADHD #neurodivergent
Pic: a tree I planted 29 years ago.
I currently have space for new clients. If you know someone who could benefit from support, please point them in my direction. #ADHD #neurodivergent
Pic: a tree I planted 29 years ago.
Watching Prime Suspect, two episodes in. (Free on iView in Australia.)
It's very good. Of course, Helen Mirren is always very good.
My version of keeping up with popular culture is watching a British crime drama from 1991.
It's very good. Of course, Helen Mirren is always very good.
My version of keeping up with popular culture is watching a British crime drama from 1991.
October 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Watching Prime Suspect, two episodes in. (Free on iView in Australia.)
It's very good. Of course, Helen Mirren is always very good.
My version of keeping up with popular culture is watching a British crime drama from 1991.
It's very good. Of course, Helen Mirren is always very good.
My version of keeping up with popular culture is watching a British crime drama from 1991.
Rob Wiblin (very thoughtful poster and podcast host) once disagreed with someone and screenshotted them... and then followed with another tweet saying just "Anyone who goes after this guy is dead to me."
And I respect that. Classy.
(I'm not disagreeing with Ryan so I don't need to say it 😅)
And I respect that. Classy.
(I'm not disagreeing with Ryan so I don't need to say it 😅)
One thing I miss about being a much smaller account on Twitter is that I used to be able to disagree with someone in a quote without it feeling inherently rude. Now there's always the chance I direct a million people at them.
PSA: if you quote post me first, you have formally invited me in
i abide by poster’s vampire rules
i abide by poster’s vampire rules
October 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Rob Wiblin (very thoughtful poster and podcast host) once disagreed with someone and screenshotted them... and then followed with another tweet saying just "Anyone who goes after this guy is dead to me."
And I respect that. Classy.
(I'm not disagreeing with Ryan so I don't need to say it 😅)
And I respect that. Classy.
(I'm not disagreeing with Ryan so I don't need to say it 😅)