answers

Sorry to break it to you — if you've come to Unstq for answers, I'm not going to be much use.

I'm short on answers myself. I wouldn't say I have none, but they're subjective. What works for me might not work for you.

The aim of this website is to build in public and talk about my own experience through the observations I make along the way. I am merely a fellow traveler showing what I make as I go along.

What I can say with absolute certainty is that every type of stuck I write about on these pages is from my own experience.

The simple act of talking about them and giving them a name takes away the hold they have on me. I'm not saying it's a fix, but it is a start. A recognition. The only way I'm carrying on is to not look down.

Last week was a major breakthrough for me. After 20 months of pure digital stuck, I maintained 6 days of tsunami-like power. I took an idea that didn't exist in my head on a Friday, and shipped it complete the following Thursday.

During that window there was no respite from the hyperfocus wave — it was 24/7. It was too much. If I could have got off I would have. It was like touching a live wire — rooted to the spot.

The crash came the day after the website went live. That was the biggest test of all. Would I go back to stuck? I took 3 days off, designed some internal tools, kept ticking over, long walks with the dog.

The product was this website. This brand. My journey into how to live a life not ruled by ADHD and the cycle of failed projects, good ideas that don't see reality, all those nearly-finished-but-not-quite moments. The mere fact that I shipped it — the whole plan, in record time — still boggles my mind.

Was it any good? Honestly, no.

Version one was very 2025. It was more about me figuring stuff out again and seeing how things fit together. What I learned was it didn't work for me. But here's the thing with ADHD — you have to ship. Dopamine. Improve. Change. Throw it out. Start again. This can only happen if you make something exist in the first place.

This website exists not because it's perfect, but because I shipped.

Against all the data from the past 2 years, I'm slowly picking plates up again and making them spin.

Here I am, back in week 2. Do I have answers yet? No I don't. I don't know how I'm maintaining focus. This is just one big experiment.