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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I did not anticipate being talked into an *after party* to the 9 year old’s birthday party but I guess here we are winding down *checks watch* 6 hours after the actual birthday party.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s the last week in September which means 3 of my closest family members have birthdays in the same 48 hours. A kids party, a family party, 4 baked desserts. Soccer practice and a soccer game.This is the weekend I stress test my executive functioning strategies to make sure they’re still working.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Applied some of my own coaching principles to my kid’s birthday party. She kept changing her mind about what she wanted to do. So we drilled down, made the task smaller & asked what matters most. Having a piñata was what actually mattered to her. So that eliminated all but 1 party idea. Done. ✅

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

First the World Cup ended and now the ALX 🐐 🐑 are gone. The people need something unifying to get obsessed with (complimentary).

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Normally I’m here telling you to break the job down and just do the smallest step. But ok, KU, a blocked field goal run back for touchdown? This is the kind of multitasking I approve of.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Alexandria’s hottest (non-bike bus) club is hard at work this morning. A little rain won’t stop ‘em.

There’s always that one co-worker who is like leave me alone, turns off Slack, and goes off on their own.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The goats had their morning meeting and got in formation. (This is now an executive functioning AND goat content account).

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Look redistricting means a new bike bus route to a new school but it does have its advantages on the return bike bus route. Donkey Kong, @portcitybrew.bsky.social and La Tingeria is a great way to celebrate first week of school!

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly was the 1st artist I knew who sang about the full experience of being poor/working class, rural, & a woman. For a kid who was working class/poor on the rural High Plains, Dolly allowed emotional range, expression & vulnerability when my home culture didn’t allow it. Rest easy & thank you.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Bear with me for a 🧵 on back to school and why you should ignore the desire - influenced or internal - to somehow make the perfect routine for you and your kids starting on the first day of school.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Because I accidentally deleted my original post: You don’t need expensive bins, planners, apps, or crazy 4-hr morning routines to tackle overwhelm. You need to capture tasks, make it visible, explicit, and smaller, maybe anchor it to something you’ll def do. And tailored to what works for you.

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FRANCE 24 Español @es.france24.com · 11/08/2026

🇨🇴 En Itsmina, #Chocó, vecinos afectados por el #terremoto de magnitud 7,4 del 10 de agosto buscan entre los escombros lo poco que quedó de sus hogares ➡️https://f24.my/C6IV

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RosiGaviria @rosigaviria.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

El Chocó querido I wish this weren’t the way so many people finally know and acknowledge you 💔

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The epicenter of the Colombian earthquake was in Chocó the most under resourced department of Colombia, where the population is almost entirely afrocolombiano & indigenous. very little coverage but the few videos show absolute devastation. 😢 www.instagram.com/reel/Db3qHFA...

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

How we doing friends? Anyone got the Sunday Scaries about what their Monday morning to do list might look like?

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Today would have been my cousin’s husband’s 59th birthday. Instead, cancer took him last month far too young. The days feel long but life can pass so quickly. A reminder to hold on with care to your community. It’s all so fragile. Missing one heck of a scientist, tennis player, dad & friend.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Grateful for a long weekend away to rest & spend some quality 1:1 time with my youngest. Trip made possible and affordable by @dashbusva.bsky.social @amtrak.com @mta.info LIRR & my best friend/college roommate who somehow managed to end up with a pool. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I keep getting sponsored ads for a certain digital calendar/home management piece of equipment. If it works for you, great. But I, like many, have neither the budget nor wall/counter space for more stuff. Simple, low cost or free strategies work better than another thing that promises to fix all.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

IG keeps trying to sell folks another planner, color-coded bins, labels, carts, and productivity gadgets to fix ADHD or overwhelm. If you have executive function challenges you not need to spend all your $ on stuff that just becomes another thing manage.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Count me in for a thoughtful system winning over “one neat trick” (even if it’s perhaps the best player of all time). (This post is about fútbol but also executive function. Sorry o can’t help myself.)

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Did they think we needed a quick little nap after the muppets and BTS before Shakira?

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A hill I’ll die on: Entire industries try to tell you that you need more discipline & sell you hacks. But I bet what you actually need are fewer decisions. Every recurring decision is a chance to build a way that cuts down on the number of decisions you have to make in a day.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Mid-week check in, friends: How’s your progress on priority tasks going? If the answer is “not great,” don’t ask yourself “How do I finish this?” Ask “What’s the smallest action that proves I’ve started?” Decision fatigue sucks. Momentum can start really small and is usually how you get to done.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Pausa de confusión, wherein it is acceptable to stop conversations twice during an event to get clarification on something going on. Can we make this happen.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“Are you a pirate?” Girl is acting brand new like she isn’t born and raised in ALX and seen the town crier umpteen times every year of her existence. 🤦🏼‍♀️

A hyped up 8 year old in a red shirt interrogates the Alexandria town crier and tries to ring the bell.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It’s Friday afternoon. You may not have much mental energy left to do deep, focused work. Instead, try using the last half hour to hour of your day to capture everything that still needs to get done.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I have a rare meeting-free day. The voice in my head still defaults to “omg I’ll be able to get EVERYTHING done.” But meetings structure a day, so it’s extra important on meeting free days to create structure, such as:

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

An aspect of executive functioning is inhibitory control - that “pause” before making a rash decision. Like quitting your current job and applying for this. Not that anyone is thinking of doing that. Certainly not me. Why do you ask.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This match has me wishing I had a chocolate caliente colombiano to stress drink juepucha. And if you don’t know Colombian hot chocolate you can look it up because I am too anxiety ridden to explain why it’s the best.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

In related news Harry Kane can do novelas after this. Some of those flops made the acting in Amigas y Rivales looks subtle.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Sometimes you have to cantar y sí llorar. 😭 🇲🇽

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Órale gueys. Sí se puede. TQM chilangolandia. Pa’lante cabrones.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Can’t believe I didn’t try to go home for this match or at least for what must be an epic tailgate. 🇨🇴

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Mad respect for Cabo Verde. And also mad respect for whoever braided the CV players hair. Spectacular work all around.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A lot of us are off today. A friendly reminder that rest is not a reward for productivity. Rest is part of how your brain works. End of story. This has been one of the hardest things for me to internalize. Today I’m taking a slow morning and reading for fun. What are you doing to rest today?

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"I'll just do it after I finish this one thing." Then somehow it’s 9 p.m. and the day is gone. For my kid, it’s putting away the laundry. It's task initiation + time blindness working together against you. It happens to me too, but now I know what's happening and we have ways out.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Executive function isn’t some shiny productivity hack to do more work. It’s the set of mental skills that let you start, switch & remember tasks. And not lose your keys for the third time this week. If that’s a struggle, you're not lazy or broken, you just need EF tools that work for your brain.

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Kursten Phelps, Executive Function Coach @one-less-tab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hi. It's me. Your friend who is here to gently help you close all those open browser tabs. I’m back on bluesky after a very long absence that I was not planning to end. But…. 1/3

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