Practical GuideWork
Planning a Meeting-Heavy Day
Preparing for back-to-back conversations when alertness is not guaranteed.
Planned — not currently available
Work & Career
Ambitious—and allowed to need rest.
Narcolepsy can affect how work gets done without changing the value of the person doing it.
Recurring founder seriesFounder draft — not yet published
The Narcoleptic Consultant
An ongoing series by Anne King on building and running a consulting career with narcolepsy — client days, travel weeks, meeting-heavy schedules, and the planning nobody sees. Individual entries appear here as they are written; none are published yet.
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What Work & Career covers
Remote work
PlannedDesigning a remote day around your real windows, and handling the expectation of constant availability.
Meetings and presentations
PlannedPreparing so a meeting does not depend on peak alertness: pre-written notes, structured agendas, recovery afterwards.
Client-facing work
PlannedManaging client days, travel, and the performance element of consulting without pretending every hour is equal.
Work travel
PlannedPlanning the trip and the recovery together. Cross-referenced with the Travel hub.
Energy-aware productivity
PublishedPlacing demanding work where capacity actually is, instead of where the calendar happens to be empty.
Disclosure decisions
PlannedHow to think through what to share, with whom, and when — including the option of sharing nothing.
Workplace communication
PlannedLanguage for setting expectations about response times, meeting load, and schedule shape.
Accommodation organization
PlannedOrganizing your own notes, examples, and requests before a workplace conversation. Organizational support, not legal advice.
Career ambition and invisible disability
PlannedHolding onto ambition while planning realistically, and refusing the idea that they are in conflict.
Students and academic work
PlannedCoursework, exams, and campus logistics when alertness varies across the day.
Articles
Featured pieces
Practical GuideWork
Why Traditional Productivity Advice Fails Fluctuating Energy
Popular systems quietly assume that tomorrow will feel like today. Here is what to keep, what to drop, and what to replace.
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Founder ExperienceWork
How I Built a Consulting Career With Narcolepsy
The Narcoleptic Consultant — a recurring founder series.
Read the article8 min read
Founder DraftTravel
Work Travel When Alertness Is Unpredictable
Planning the trip and the recovery that has to follow it.
Founder draft — not yet published
Founder DraftWork
What I Wish Managers Understood
Practical, non-clinical notes for the people who set the workload.
Founder draft — not yet published
Practical GuideWork
Preparing for a Workplace Accommodation Conversation
Organizing your own notes before the meeting. Not legal advice.
Planned — not currently available
Important
On accommodations
NAP does not provide legal advice. Accommodation-related content here is organizational support — help preparing your own notes, examples, and questions before a conversation. Employment laws, employer policies, and individual circumstances vary widely by country and situation. For anything binding, consult a qualified employment lawyer, an advocacy organization, or the relevant government agency, and for anything clinical consult your clinician.
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Daily NAP Planner
Plan the workday around the energy you actually have. Free, no account, stored on your device.
Planned — not currently available
Workday Planner
Protect focus windows, prepare for meetings, and build recovery into the workday.
Planned — not currently available
Workshops
Practical sessions for teams and individuals on energy-aware planning. Nothing is scheduled or on sale yet.
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