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AI for Transitions Between Activities
Many neurodivergent brains struggle to switch tasks. AI can build transition rituals that close one task and open the next.
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Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1Why transitions are expensive
- 2transitions
- 3switching
- 4ADHD
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Section 1
Why transitions are expensive
Switching tasks costs working memory, decision energy, and emotional regulation. Many autistic and ADHD people pay a higher tax than neurotypical peers. The fix is not to switch faster. The fix is to make the switch a known sequence, not a jump.
Anatomy of a transition
- 1Close: save the current task and write the next step on it
- 2Pause: 90 seconds of nothing — water, breath, walk to the kitchen
- 3Cue: a song, a scent, a sentence that signals new activity
- 4Open: name the new task in one sentence and the first step
- 5Start: do the first step before the brain re-debates
The 'next step' note
Before you leave a task, write down the very next step on it. Not the goal. The next move. Future-you opening that task tomorrow now has a launching line and skips the cliff.
Key terms in this lesson
Key takeaway: a known sequence beats a willpower jump. Ritualize the transition.
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