PADDOCK
Russell Barkley, PhD, frames ADHD as a disorder of self-regulation across time: the difficulty is acting on what you know at the moment it matters, not a lack of knowledge. The moment is now, and the act is one text.
Barkley, Psychological Bulletin, 1997 ↗One text.
That's the whole task.
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Text Paddock what's wrong with your home. Paddock works it through with you and does the follow-through. Real people supervise every step.
Or send one of these.
- the smoke detector has been chirping for three weeks
- there's a drip under the kitchen sink that i keep forgetting about
- when did i last change the furnace filter? no idea. help
- the gutters need someone and i keep not calling
- the water heater is making a noise. just tell me what to do
- we've been arguing about the garage door for a month
Adults with ADHD
Starting is the hard part. Make it one text.
- Text the problem the moment you notice it. No form, no account.
- Paddock turns it into a plan and does the follow-through.
- Real people supervise every step.
ADHD Coaches
A group chat: you, your client, Paddock.
- Your client texts Paddock the problem, in their own words.
- Paddock does the follow-through and keeps the thread current.
- You see it happen without becoming the reminder.
studies in a review of ADHD coaching research reported that coaching supports improved ADHD symptoms and executive functioning. Paddock is the follow-through your coaching already points at.
Ahmann, Tuttle, Saviet & Wright, Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2018 ↗Couples with ADHD
Take the house off the table.
- Either of you texts Paddock. Neither of you reminds the other.
- Paddock notices, remembers, and follows through.
- The scoreboard — who noticed, who forgot, who asked twice — goes away.
Rates of marital dysfunction and divorce run about twice as high for people with ADHD as for people without it. Melissa Orlov names the pattern: one partner absorbs the reminding until they feel like a manager and the other like a disappointment. A third party that remembers breaks it.
Orlov, The ADHD Effect on Marriage, via ADDitude ↗