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    <description>For minds with ADHD – and everyone who finds structure hard.</description>
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      <title>Three nudges instead of one</title>
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      <description>One alarm turns into background noise. A ladder of 15, 5 and 0 minutes splits the jobs: exit, items, start – and it works with kitchen timers too.</description>
      <category>Focus &amp; getting started</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Exam accommodations at school and university: what actually works</title>
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      <description>More time, a quieter room, deadline extensions: what accommodations do for ADHD, what you can ask for, and what a request that gets approved looks like.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Forgotten subscription: getting your money back, step by step</title>
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      <description>Find the charges, cancel, ask for a refund: which deadlines apply, which wording works, and how much you can realistically expect back.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DayBlock, Tiimo, Structured, Sunsama – an honest comparison</title>
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      <description>Four visual day planners compared: what the providers themselves say, when another app suits you better and what DayBlock is built for. As of October 2026.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How secure is DayBlock? My threat model, openly explained</title>
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      <description>Who might want your planning, what protects you, and where does the protection end? The DayBlock threat model – with honest limits.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Switch planner apps without losing anything: moving in 15 minutes</title>
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      <description>Change your to-do app without losing tasks: export from Todoist, TickTick &amp; co., import into the new planner, and what a good app must offer for the move.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>I attacked DayBlock: the security audit, written up for everyone</title>
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      <description>A day planner knows a lot about you – does the protection hold? The internal DayBlock security audit: what was checked, what improved, as a free PDF.</description>
      <category>Planning &amp; tools</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The very first step: how big tasks get a handle</title>
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      <description>Big tasks have no beginning. The two-minute question finds it – with examples for tidying up and a difficult call.</description>
      <category>Focus &amp; getting started</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Day templates: why you do not have to reinvent your day every morning</title>
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      <description>Work day, working from home, study day, day off: with a template the frame is there before you start thinking. How to build your own.</description>
      <category>Planning &amp; tools</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Plan and reality: how long does it really take?</title>
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      <description>Your morning routine is planned at 15 minutes and takes an hour? Collecting real times makes your planning more honest – and your evenings less disappointing.</description>
      <category>Planning &amp; tools</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Preparing for an exam: a study plan for the last four weeks</title>
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      <description>Four weeks until the exam and the material seems huge? How to split it into blocks, study a piece every day and arrive rested on exam day.</description>
      <category>Focus &amp; getting started</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Body doubling: why it is easier when someone works alongside you</title>
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      <description>Alone you cannot get going, with someone in the room it works? What is behind body doubling and how to use it – even without video and talking.</description>
      <category>Focus &amp; getting started</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Brown noise, rain, train ride: sounds for concentration</title>
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      <description>Silence is not the best environment for everyone. Why steady sounds help many people and how to find the right one for you.</description>
      <category>Focus &amp; getting started</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lent done differently: seven weeks without a time waster</title>
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      <description>Fasting does not have to be about food. Seven weeks without your phone in the evening, streaming or online shopping – and what you keep afterwards.</description>
      <category>Routines &amp; habits</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Christmas without last-minute stress: presents done by the fourth Sunday of Advent</title>
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      <description>The same crush on 23 December every year? With a plan in small blocks, the presents are bought and wrapped by the fourth Sunday of Advent.</description>
      <category>Everyday life &amp; structure</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Planning a move: six weeks, small blocks, a relaxed moving day</title>
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      <description>A move consists of many small tasks with fixed times. The plan backwards from moving day – from six weeks before to one week after.</description>
      <category>Everyday life &amp; structure</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spring cleaning in small blocks: one month, one area each week</title>
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      <description>Clean for a whole weekend? No need. Spring cleaning spread over four Saturdays – plus one thing gone every day.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Getting ready for a trip: three weeks to departure, without the rush</title>
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      <description>Passport expired, plants forgotten, suitcase packed at midnight? With six small blocks your holiday starts relaxed before you even leave.</description>
      <category>Everyday life &amp; structure</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Keeping up friendships, even when life is full</title>
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      <description>You often think of someone and still do not get in touch for months? With a gentle rhythm and birthdays in view you stay in touch.</description>
      <category>Everyday life &amp; structure</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Parking thoughts: notes that turn into plans</title>
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      <description>In the middle of work something comes to mind – and your focus is gone. How to park thoughts quickly, sort them later and plan the important ones.</description>
      <category>Everyday life &amp; structure</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Doing it together: why plans get easier in a group</title>
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      <description>Alone much is left undone, together it suddenly works. Why doing things together helps – and how groups work without chat and pressure.</description>
      <category>Self-improvement</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A good start to the year: January in small blocks instead of big resolutions</title>
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      <description>Instead of resolutions forgotten by February: add dates, clear out subscriptions, sort paperwork and five minutes every day for tomorrow.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Seeing small wins: why checking things off feels so good</title>
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      <description>In the evening it feels like you got nothing done? How to make what you did visible, celebrate small wins and wrap up the day well.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Timeblocking: how to block your day – a guide in 6 steps</title>
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      <description>Timeblocking means every task gets a fixed place in your day. How the method works, why it helps with ADHD and how to start today.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The right planner app: 9 things that really matter</title>
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      <description>Hundreds of planner apps – but which one suits you? Nine criteria to check any app in ten minutes, also for minds that wander quickly.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Weekly planning in 15 minutes: a Sunday ritual that sticks</title>
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      <description>Fifteen minutes once a week, and Monday feels different. Weekly planning in five steps – with a template to copy.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Setting priorities: the Eisenhower matrix, honestly explained</title>
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      <description>Important or urgent? The Eisenhower matrix sorts your tasks into four boxes. How it works, where it falls short and how to use it day to day.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pomodoro &amp; co.: which focus method suits you?</title>
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      <description>Pomodoro, Flowtime, 52/17 or body doubling: four focus methods at a glance, with tips for minds that wander quickly.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Deep work in everyday life: focused work without a monastery</title>
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      <description>Deep concentration does not need a lonely office. How to clear time for focused work in normal life – with blocks, rituals and boundaries.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Evening routine: wrap up your day well in 10 minutes</title>
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      <description>A short wrap-up in the evening takes half the work off the next morning. The 10-minute evening routine with a checklist.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Building habits without streak stress: “11 of 14” instead of a chain</title>
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      <description>Streaks motivate – until they break. Why “x of y days” is kinder and how to build habits that survive a bad day.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Digital switch-off: how work really ends</title>
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      <description>Laptop closed, mind still on? A digital switch-off separates work and free time – with a short ritual, clear boundaries and no guilty conscience.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A few days out? How to ease back in</title>
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      <description>Sick, on holiday, simply too much: after a break, getting back in is often the hardest part. A plan in four steps – without a guilty conscience.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Self-improvement without pressure: getting better can be kind</title>
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      <description>Up at five, cold showers, tracking 30 habits? Self-improvement can be kind. Five principles for progress without self-blame.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The art of the short list: why three to-dos get more done than thirty</title>
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      <description>Long to-do lists feel productive and still paralyse. How the three-things rule helps you get more done and feel content in the evening.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Goals that last: from resolution to the first block</title>
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      <description>Good resolutions often fizzle out after two weeks. How to phrase and plan goals so that they arrive in everyday life – step by step.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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