Assistive Tech Hacks

The Less‑Clicks, More‑Doing Manifesto: Essential Shortcuts for Digital Energy Conservation

Fewer clicks = more energy left. Learn five high‑leverage shortcuts this week and you’ll save dozens of micro‑movements and decisions every hour. Quick Path ⚡️ Learn these 5: New Tab, Close Tab, Address Bar, Word Jump, Delete Word. Practice 2 minutes daily: one tab drill, one edit drill. Post a sticky cheat: T W L ⟵ ⌫ (new, close, location, jump, delete). Use the mouse only when necessary; keep hands parked on keys. Add one new shortcut on Friday—only if you used it. Full Path 🧭 Phase 1 — Master the Core Five (⏱️ 5 min • 🧩 Easy) The Five to Master First ...

Assistive Tech Hacks

Shortcut‑First Computing for MS: Save Your Hands with Built‑In Accessibility

Quick Path Pick three actions that drain you most: select, copy/paste, switch apps. Learn only the matching shortcuts today (Windows or macOS list below). Turn on Sticky/Slow/Filter/Mouse Keys to make combos easy. Post the one‑page cheat card by your monitor. Practice two minutes daily in a blank document. Full Path Phase 1 — Choose Your 3 Moves (5 min) List recurring actions that hurt or fatigue your hands. Map each to one shortcut below. Keep the list tiny and focused. Decide where you will rehearse daily: any notes app works. Alt text: List actions → three shortcuts chosen → notes app. ...

Offsetting Brain Fog

Outsmarting Brain Fog: My System for Clarity and Memory

Brain fog makes simple tasks feel heavy. The fix is remembering less by trusting a system. Quick Path ⚡️ Pick one inbox for ideas: a single notes app or doc named Brain Inbox. Turn on voice to text, then dictate every loose thought into that one inbox. Use voice reminders for time‑sensitive items; skip typing when possible. Triage once daily: move actions to your reminders or calendar; archive the rest. Keep cues tiny: one capture phrase, one reminder phrase, one review time. Full Path 🧭 Phase 1 — Capture Without Friction (⏱️ 5 min • 🧩 Easy) Choose your inbox: Create a note called Brain Inbox in your preferred app. Enable dictation/voice typing on your phone and computer. Pin it: Add the note to your home screen or favorites for one‑tap access. Test the flow: Dictate a thought; confirm it lands in Brain Inbox. Voice prompts (examples): ...

Automation & Disability | Offsetting Brain Fog

The Daily Briefing: Your AI‑Powered Executive Assistant

You do not need integrations. You need a two‑minute, copy‑paste daily briefing that protects scarce energy. Quick Path ⚡ Copy today’s inputs. Grab 5 email subjects, 3 Slack items, today’s calendar, and 1 note. Paste into AI with a persona. Use the prompt below. Ask for 3 items max. Get a briefing table. Keep Urgent, Important, For Later with one action each. Schedule one thing. Time‑box 25 minutes. Defer the rest to a 1:00 PM block. Do, then mark done. Close the loop with a one‑sentence reflection. Full Path 🛠️ Phase 1 — Set the container (5 min · Easy) Create a note called “Daily Briefing.” Put it in your Inbox or Today view. Add tags: #fog, #lowenergy, #briefing for fast retrieval. Paste the templates below into the top of that note for reuse. Alt text: Set container — briefing note and tags prepared — notes app. ...

Offsetting Brain Fog | Automation & Disability

The Frictionless Knowledge Capture System: Your AI-Powered Archivist

The Frictionless Knowledge Capture System The Challenge: When you live with a condition that impacts your cognitive energy, like MS, the hardest thing to manage isn’t the physical exhaustion—it’s the relentless “brain fog.” You have brilliant ideas, clever observations, and important to-dos, but before you can write them down, they vanish into the mental ether. The world is not designed for this. A complex note-taking system requires energy to set up. Writing a detailed summary requires a level of focus you just don’t have. So, the idea is lost, the task is forgotten, and a little piece of your potential disappears with it. It’s not just frustrating; it feels like a genuine loss of self. ...