If you've ever watched someone trying to herd cats, you know exactly what chaos looks like. Just when you think you've got one headed in the right direction, three others are wandering off to investigate a butterfly, one's taking a nap in the middle of everything, and somehow one ended up on the roof (how did it even get up there?). Lately, we've been thinking about how managing our to-do lists feels a lot like that: just when we think we've got one task corralled, three more pop up unexpectedly, that important thing we were supposed to do is taking a nap somewhere in our brain, and somehow we end up doing something that wasn't even on the list to begin with (how did we even get there?).

This week, during our podcast chat about to-do lists, Noelle pointed out something fascinating: for neurotypical folks, managing tasks seems as natural as breathing. But for us? It's more like trying to herd those cats—possible, sure, but requiring way more energy, strategy, and patience than it probably should.