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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals

@chriswaterguy.bsky.social
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ADHD business and life coach. Understanding of neurodivergence. I believe in community and in science communication. Sydney 🇦🇺 Rationality, post-rationalist, EA-adjacent, TPOT-ish.

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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I like the idea of BlueSky, but can we agree that it's not replacing Twitter? Instead it's a choir preaching to itself. Only welcoming to the very progressive. Others are ashamed. (I happen to be very progressive myself, but maybe not pure enough. And I don't want to live in a bubble.)
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
What's the best typo you've ever seen?
Tweet from Benjamin Ryan: "This is misinformation about #monkeypox. The outbreak is occurring almost entirely among men who have sex with me..."
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Ferdinand F. Zebua @ferdizebua.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
. @chriswaterguy.bsky.social I just wanna mention on Bluesky that I very much vibe with this tweet of yours from yesterday: > "Death defies our irrational but persistent belief in the inevitability of living." > > Aye
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Choosing a Linux distro after years on Windows. BunsenLabs & MX Linux appeal to me. Thoughts? I loved Crunchbang Linux – a smooth, light, fast & configurable Openbox/LXDE mashup on Debian stable. BunsenLabs is its main successor. MX Linux seems kinda similar, with bigger community. #Linux
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
What are you avoiding? (If you're up for it: Why?)
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
If you want to endear yourself to a Pakistani friend, try telling them how much you love Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Resistance. Comment from a client today about managing ADHD: "I was operating from an assumption that if I get systems and tech sorted, I'll be fine. But you can't systematise your way around not wanting to do something." (Shared with permission.) 1/3
The author, face scrunched in frustration.
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Ruth 🏳️‍🌈 @paintedpigeon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Finally reading The Anti-Planner by @danidonovan.com (no you cannot prove that I put it on my bookshelf and forgot about it, shut up) and wait is it common for deadlines you make up not to work? At least in neurodivergent people?
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genevieve 🏳️‍⚧️ @triceratops.zone · 17/03/2026
ME: oh a little Zohran video for St Patrick's Day, probably just celebrating Irish culture, maybe a few green beer jokes ZOHRAN (2 minutes in): ...and that's why King Leopold I of Belgium is a big wet bitch. Furthermore...
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I often say the first benefit of meditation is awareness: See just how distracted and distractible and preoccupied your mind is. Without judgement. "I can't meditate, my mind is distractible. I can't stop thinking."
Zen circle symbol: The ensō represents the universe, enlightenment and ‘mu’—the void.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I love new & different flavours. In jam or other fruit flavoured things, I choose ones I haven't had for a while: Apricot. Raspberry. Blackberry. Cherry. Why would I have the popular strawberry? But then I do have strawberry again and it blows me away. 10 out of 10, top tier. 🍓
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Love to see it. Getting out of the distraction vortex is a good thing. Unsubscribing from deeply unethical businesses is a good thing.
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Mobius Stripper @mobiusstripper.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
If I die, I want my remains to be scattered at the US Capitol. Do not cremate me.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
granular, practical, well organized info here: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
wired.com
How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
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Toni Whited @toniwhited.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
It's a shame that 90s style weird pizzas are so out of vogue because this one is SPECTACULAR. Pears, walnuts, blue cheese, olive oil drizzle, sage, salami (or prosciutto), and mozzarella. Before and after. SO GOOD.
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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 29/11/2024
One thing about teaching economics is that students don’t start at zero – they start at negative two, what with all the bizarre misconceptions that are circulating #TeachEcon
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Lots of people getting this and no one knows why lol. Ignoring it until and unless they give a good reason (and I might still say no, because I want a small security attack surface)
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Rebecca Roache @rebeccaroache.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Need help with your procrastination problem? Read my latest article in Psyche! psyche.co/guides/how-t... #academicsky #procrastination #productivity
psyche.co
How to think differently about procrastination and make progress | Psyche Guides
Avoid the trap of thinking you’re either working or not. A different mindset promises less self-judgment and more progress
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I love this. But also, pause and try a strategy. Laughs are good but beware of reinforcing your helplessness.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
A lot of my Bluesky feed is rage about the USA's politics, corruption and state violence. I share the rage! Strength to your arm. Organise and oppose.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
"…when I see you walking by the river, a step from me, there is this great kindness everywhere: now in the grace of the world and always." A poem by Tom Paulin, "A Lyric Afterwards"
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Conflicts that are decades old are the story of trauma, vengeance and striving for security. You don't create peace by making people feel more endangered.
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Gay & Tonic @deerene.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
One day, your brain will say “I feel better! I don’t even need these meds!” And it’s very important that you do not listen 😂
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/12/2025
In the sixth month of a disastrous reign in the house of money in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money, our great country of money, we (forgive us) lived happily during the war
poetryfoundation.org
We Lived Happily During the War
And when they bombed other people’s houses, we   protested but not enough, we opposed them but not   enough. I was in my bed, around my bed America   was falling: invisible house by invisible house by...
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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Triggers don't exist to punish us, although it can absolutely feel that way sometimes. Triggers point to our wounds & tell us where gentleness & care is needed inside. I know, the experience sucks. We don't have to love it. But we do have to understand what triggers are & aren't.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Reality: ADHD strategies work very well for many people and circumstances. (Sleep-deprived, rushed, stressed or otherwise compromised? Your executive functions are compromised.) But standard neurotypical strategies are often awful for people with ADHD.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
"The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, but also the spirit is weak"
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😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
This thread is me sharing how I deal with prioritizing self care when I'm too fatigued or depressed to do self-care but I need to do self-care to stop being fatigued/depressed. Breaking it down to be as simple as possible in case you're on your last brain cell (and therefore most in need of it).
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Antisemitism is popular again – blatantly so on X, also in right-wing spaces and since 2023 in left-wing spaces too. (Not universal, but not hard to find.) Jews are unsafe speaking up for Israel, against Israel, for Palestinians or against Palestinians.
News article screenshot: 

Israel News

Israeli Author Threatened After Speaking at the Frankfurt Book Fair About 'Gaza Genocide'

Tamar Raphael, whose visit to Frankfurt was funded by the Israeli Culture Ministry and who wore a Palestinian flag lapel pin at the event, said she made her remarks 'to express a sane opinion'
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Unhinged nonsense. 5 stars, highly recommended.
Screenshot of the "Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's" podcast, episode "Windfall"
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
People believe they cannot learn, and that learning is difficult. Because they were never taught how to learn. Some of the work I've enjoyed most in the last two years has been coaching neurodivergent students. There is so much we can do to make study and life better for them.
Author balancing a plushie ball
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thinking a lot about connection and wellbeing. Real connection, a rare thing. 'Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace...' – James Baldwin
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
For a long time I didn't know what Mark Manson's first book, Models, was about. Was it "models" as in abstract representations of things or processes, used to improve understanding and make predictions? Or people paid to look good in (or out of) clothing? It was the latter :(.
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Arjen Meijer @amsneek.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
#Autism: I prefer routines #ADHD: I get bored of routines #AuDHD: I make routines I never follow but get mad when life isn’t structured
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Enjoy your new experiences
Dominic Ng on Substack: Speaking as a neuroscientist: maybe you don't need more time to heal, maybe you just need new experiences to show your nervous system a different reality.
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Sarah Boon - Author @saraheboon.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
“Have you tried using a calendar” #ADHD
Book page which says ‘I didn't follow your advice because it was useless and
relied on me not having adhd’

Below is Tom (from Tom and Jerry) holding the book open on that page with a red angry face which is labelled ‘neurotypicals’.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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!
Wikipedia article for the Gruen transfer
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Tell people you appreciate them. Don't save your words for the funeral.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I brought you flowers! I hope your neighbour doesn't mind (Such a lovely garden)
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Some days are like... The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak (and the spirit is also weak)
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
When did Americans become such skeptics
Friend: Sydney really does seem lovely

Me: It really is pretty nice

Had a visitor from Florida who was talking about how beautiful our beaches are.

Friend: Yeah, Florida is garbage

Most of it anyway

I'll take the drop bears

Me: And the drop bears know how to make a qood coffee

Friend: Somehow, I don't think that is true
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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. 🧵
jonwiggens on Threads (part 1):  Most people think ADHD disclosure at work is binary.  Tell them or don't.  Fuck that.  There's a third option nobody talks about and it's saved my career multiple times.  Here's how it works  It's called strategic ambiguity.  Don't say "I have ADHD and need written instructions."  Say "I work better with documentation, helps me catch details."  You're not lying. You're framing needs as work preferences instead of medical accommodations.jonwiggens on Threads (part 2):  Don't say "I have ADHD and can't handle back-to-back meetings."  Say "I'm more effective with buffer time for context switching."  It sounds professional. Not diagnostic.  You get what you need without the permanent record.  Don't say "I have ADHD and forgot the deadline."  Say "I dropped the ball on this, setting up a better reminder system."  You're taking ownership without disclosing.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Relatable for ADHD folks
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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.
Brett Kistler, @AirKistler on Twitter:

Years ago, someone asked me: if I could have any superpower I wanted, what would I choose? 

I said I’d choose the power to have people drop their masks and be real with me.

Turns out this is a real superpower anyone can cultivate. It starts by dropping your own mask.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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.
Plushie elephant and koala sitting on an outdoor table tennis table.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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.
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Chris Waterguy – coaching neurodivergent professionals @chriswaterguy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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.
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