/* Loops Blog — index / landing page.
Data-driven: add new entries to BLOG_POSTS (newest first) and the page grows.
The first entry renders as the featured "Latest" post; the rest fill the grid.
UK English, no em dashes. */
const BI_LINK = "text-brand-deep font-semibold hover:underline";
const BLOG_POSTS = [
{
href: "/blog/easier-to-talk-to-chatgpt-than-a-therapist/",
category: "AI and ADHD",
title: "I find it easier to talk to ChatGPT than I ever found it to talk to a therapist.",
dek: "A chatbot beat the professionals on openness. Why that is, why CBT never landed for me, and the half of the data that should worry all of us.",
read: "7 min read",
},
{
href: "/blog/doing-my-tax-return-with-adhd/",
category: "Money and admin",
title: "Doing my tax return with ADHD, and why I still haven't paid it.",
dek: "It's July, the money is ready, and the payment still isn't sent, because I've forgotten my Government Gateway password again. Why the wall always lands at the very last step.",
read: "7 min read",
},
{
href: "/blog/getting-fit-means-not-stopping-not-starting/",
category: "Get fit",
title: "Getting fit with ADHD means not stopping, not starting.",
dek: "Starting a fitness habit was never the hard part. Not stopping is. Why continuity breaks for ADHD brains, and how to make coming back easier than starting over.",
read: "8 min read",
},
{
href: "/blog/becoming-a-leader-means-running-the-system/",
category: "Become a leader",
title: "Becoming a leader with ADHD means running the system, not just doing the work.",
dek: "You aren't failing at leadership. You're failing at the invisible machine it runs on. Why the maintenance work breaks ADHD leaders, and how to make it visible.",
read: "9 min read",
},
{
href: "/blog/building-a-side-project-means-finishing-not-starting/",
category: "Build a side project",
title: "Building a side project with ADHD means finishing, not starting.",
dek: "You're not short of side projects. You're short of finished ones. Why finishing is a completely different job from starting, and how to design around it.",
read: "8 min read",
},
{
href: "/blog/starting-a-business-means-surviving-the-boring-middle/",
category: "Starting a business",
title: "Starting a business with ADHD means surviving the boring middle.",
dek: "The start plays to every strength an ADHD brain has. The middle attacks every weakness. Why founding is easy and finishing is hard, and what actually helps.",
read: "8 min read",
},
{
href: "/blog/finding-a-new-job-means-building-a-search-you-can-restart/",
category: "Finding a new job",
title: "Finding a new job with ADHD means building a search you can restart.",
dek: "A job search doesn't fail because you gave up. It fails because it stalled and never restarted. Why that hits ADHD brains hardest, and how to build a way back in.",
read: "7 min read",
},
{
href: "/blog/getting-a-promotion-means-building-a-record-of-your-work/",
category: "Getting promoted",
title: "Getting a promotion with ADHD means building a record of your work.",
dek: "You don't get promoted for the work. You get promoted for the record of the work. Why that gap is widest for ADHD brains, and how to close it.",
read: "6 min read",
},
];
/* ---------------- Page nav ---------------- */
const BI_NAV_LINKS = [
{ label: "Knowledge Hub", href: "/adhd/knowledge-hub/" },
{ label: "For ADHD", href: "/adhd/#directory" },
];
const BiNav = () => {
const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
const [scrolled, setScrolled] = React.useState(false);
React.useEffect(() => {
const onScroll = () => setScrolled(window.scrollY > 8);
onScroll();
window.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll, { passive: true });
return () => window.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll);
}, []);
React.useEffect(() => {
if (!open) return;
const onKey = (e) => e.key === "Escape" && setOpen(false);
document.body.style.overflow = "hidden";
document.addEventListener("keydown", onKey);
return () => { document.body.style.overflow = ""; document.removeEventListener("keydown", onKey); };
}, [open]);
return (
Notes on ADHD, work, and building things that last.
Honest, research-backed writing on how ADHD brains actually work, and how to design around the parts that get hard. Written by the people building Loops.
);
/* ---------------- Featured (latest) post ---------------- */
const BiFeatured = ({ post }) => (