The Start Button
12-card deck. 4-page PDF, plus 13 phone lock screens.
For when you know exactly what to do and can't make yourself do it.
Ten chapters. Four ways back in.
The field guide for the actual day.
Built For Chaos is designed to be entered sideways. Open it at the problem. Use one tool. Leave when you have motion.
What's inside
An operating manual that expects you to need a restart.
01
The System Is Broken, Not You
Why the repeated system failure was not a character verdict.
02
The Manual We Never Got
A plain-language operating manual for attention, time, energy, and motivation.
03
Burn the Productivity Lies
Drop the rules that depend on shame and perfect consistency.
04
Triage Your Brain
Use the Three Pile System when every task arrives at the same volume.
05
Read Your Operating Manual
Track the energy state you actually have instead of scheduling the imaginary one.
06
Translate Your Relationships
Use clearer language for interruption, forgetfulness, and boundaries.
07
Thrive, Manage, or Escape
Assess whether a work environment supports, strains, or fights your brain.
08
The Emergency Restart
A sequence for paralysis, dysregulation, and the day the system disappears.
09
You Get Skilled
Build a life that can bend, reset, and adapt without starting from zero.
10
Your Human AF Go-Bag
Keep compressed versions of the core tools within reach.
Look before you buy
Pages built for scanning, skipping, and coming back.
This is for you if
- You have a planner graveyard.
- Every task arrives marked urgent.
- Your system works until real life happens.
- You need tools, not another lecture.
This isn't
- A clinical diagnosis or treatment plan.
- A promise that one system fixes every day.
- A rigid morning routine.
- A reason to replace professional support.
From a reader
A must-read for people with ADHD and those who want to support them.
This is a wonderful resource for anyone navigating ADHD, or for anyone who wants to better understand and support people with ADHD. As an educator, I see many students facing the challenges described in this book, and before discovering it, I wasn’t always sure what strategies to recommend or how best to help. Now, I have a resource I can point students toward while also expanding my own understanding of ADHD.
If you’re an educator, parent, or leader who wants to help people with ADHD thrive, this is an insightful, practical read worth passing along to the people with ADHD in your life!
Katina Sawyer, PhD
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona. Co-author of Leading for Wellness.
Verified purchase. Reviewed on Amazon, August 24, 2026.
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Choose the version you'll actually use.
Paperback, Kindle, or PDF. Same field guide, three ways to keep it close.
Four tools from the same desk.
Standalone, $7.95 each, once. They don't need the book and the book doesn't need them.
Call Me
23-page prompt pack. PDF, plus a plain text file.
For when you need something to check on you and there's nobody to ask.
The List Is Lying
6-page printable. Letter size.
For the list with fourteen items where every one arrives at the same volume.
Dumpster Fire Reset
5-page printable. Letter size.
For the workday that was already sideways by nine in the morning.
The Whole Shelf
Every tool we make, in one download. Buy it once and stop deciding which problem you're having today.
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