Why Aren't You Doing It All?

from Growing the Future · host Kate Sauser, Dan Aberhart

In agriculture, being busy is practically a badge. Ask anybody how they're doing and you'll get some version of underwater. So how does a 25-year-old fifth-generation grain farmer from Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, who also writes federal grain policy, finishes a master's thesis, teaches university, and referees hockey across the country, have more room in her day than most people do? Kate Sauser has ADHD, a system she built around how her brain actually works, and a tattoo on her wrist that reads "everything in time." This is the episode where she explains it. Resources Mentioned Albert Einstein: "Time is relative, its only worth depends on what we do as it is passing" Billy Joel: "Vienna" -- "Slow down, you're doing fine. You can't be everything you want to be before your time." Google Calendar -- Kate's primary scheduling tool ChatGPT -- Kate uses it for daily task planning, meal planning, and workouts Connect with Growing the Future Website: growingthefuture.ca YouTube: Growing the Future Instagram: @growingthefuturepodcast LinkedIn: Growing the Future Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.

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Dan Aberhart sits down with Kate Sauser, a 25-year-old fifth-generation grain farmer from Churchbridge, Saskatchewan who is simultaneously Policy Manager at Grain Growers of Canada, a national-level hockey referee, a university instructor, and a master's student who submitted her thesis half an hour before this recording. Kate has ADHD, was diagnosed at 23, and has built a time management system around how her brain actually works rather than against it. The conversation covers the time block structure she uses daily, why she reframes ADHD as an engine rather than an obstacle, the night she came up with her tattoo, and the PhD she walked away from when she hit the wall of overcommitment. Her closing message to the farmer who feels buried: stop asking why you don't have enough time and start finding where it's actually going.