The ADHD Christmas Survival Planner

Does Christmas feel like 400 open tabs in your head? Presents, food, cards, who's going where, the school play, that thing for work. With ADHD it all piles up at once, and the bit you forget is the bit that keeps you up at night.

The ADHD Christmas Survival Planner is five short, gentle printables that get it out of your head and onto paper. Big boxes, not much text, no streaks and nothing to keep up with. Print the pages you need and ignore the rest.

What's inside, page by page:

• 1. Christmas Brain Dump and Sort: a big box to write down everything, then three columns to sort it into Must, Nice and Drop. Dropping things is allowed.
• 2. Gift Tracker: person, gift idea, budget, and tick boxes for bought, wrapped and posted (or given). Space for your total budget and what you've spent, plus a box to write in this year's last posting dates from Royal Mail.
• 3. Countdown Week: seven big day boxes with one task each, a low-energy version for bad days, and a "done, or done enough" box. There's also a "Parked until January" box for ideas that don't need to happen now.
• 4. Christmas Day Run Sheet: a simple timeline for the day (time, what's happening, who's on it) with three quiet breaks already planned in, plus "If it gets too much, I'll go to…" and "One thing I need today".
• 5. Overwhelm Reset card: five quick steps for when it's all too much. Two cards per page, so you can cut them out and keep one in the kitchen and one in your bag.

This is for you if… you have ADHD (diagnosed or not), you're often the one holding Christmas together, and you want a calmer December without a 40-page planner you'll never finish. It also makes a thoughtful little digital gift for someone with ADHD.

Pairs well with: Brain Dump and Sort for the rest of the year, and the Daily Dashboard for January.

Practical tools from lived experience, not medical advice.

Format: 5-page PDF, instant download. Comes in A4 and US Letter. Print at home as often as you need.

Made by the parent behind HopPdfs, who has ADHD and gets bored fast, so every page is short and to the point.