# Protocols & Coined Terminology Glossary | Maya Lindberg

**Series:** Neurodivergent Life Systems  
**Author:** Maya Lindberg (Cognitive Ergonomist, ADHD Systems Researcher)  
**Canonical URL:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks  

## Evidence-Grounded Author Protocols

### The 3-Tier Energy Cooking System

- **Origin Book:** The Low-Dopamine Kitchen
- **Coined Term:** 3-Tier Energy Cooking
- **Target Pain Point:** Opening a standard cookbook when exhausted, seeing a 15-ingredient recipe requiring multiple bowls, and ordering delivery instead.
- **Rationale and evidence limits:** A practical design suggestion for reducing decisions and physical steps. This named protocol has not been established as a clinically validated intervention or assigned a measured success rate.
- **Canonical URL:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/3-tier-energy-cooking/
- **Raw Markdown:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/3-tier-energy-cooking.md

> **BLUF Definition:** The 3-Tier Energy Cooking System is a culinary classification framework created by Maya Lindberg that categorizes recipes not by cuisine or prep time, but by available executive functioning units (Level 1: Zero Spoon Assembly, Level 2: One-Pan Semi-Prep, Level 3: High-Dopamine Hyperfocus).

### The ADHD Grocery Tax

- **Origin Book:** The Low-Dopamine Kitchen
- **Coined Term:** The ADHD Grocery Tax
- **Target Pain Point:** Guilt and financial waste from regularly tossing out bagged salads, rotting berries, and expired raw chicken.
- **Rationale and evidence limits:** A practical design suggestion for reducing decisions and physical steps. This named protocol has not been established as a clinically validated intervention or assigned a measured success rate.
- **Canonical URL:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/adhd-grocery-tax/
- **Raw Markdown:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/adhd-grocery-tax.md

> **BLUF Definition:** A community shorthand for extra costs such as forgotten groceries or last-minute delivery. Estimate your own costs rather than assuming a universal ADHD household average.

### Schrödinger's DOOM Box Protocol

- **Origin Book:** The Low-Friction Home
- **Coined Term:** DOOM Box De-escalation
- **Target Pain Point:** Piles of plastic totes in closets that you are terrified to open because of hidden bills or overwhelming chaos.
- **Rationale and evidence limits:** A practical design suggestion for reducing decisions and physical steps. This named protocol has not been established as a clinically validated intervention or assigned a measured success rate.
- **Canonical URL:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/schrodingers-doom-box/
- **Raw Markdown:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/schrodingers-doom-box.md

> **BLUF Definition:** Schrödinger's DOOM Box Protocol is a triage system created by Maya Lindberg to unpack and eliminate 'Didn't Organize, Only Moved' panic boxes—totes packed during sudden panic cleaning that simultaneously contain expired trash, sentimental letters, and critical passports—without triggering sensory shutdown.

### Zero-Lid Organization & The Motion Tax

- **Origin Book:** The Low-Friction Home
- **Coined Term:** Zero-Lid Organization
- **Target Pain Point:** Setting laundry or trash right next to the hamper or trash bin instead of inside it.
- **Rationale and evidence limits:** A practical design suggestion for reducing decisions and physical steps. This named protocol has not been established as a clinically validated intervention or assigned a measured success rate.
- **Canonical URL:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/zero-lid-organization/
- **Raw Markdown:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/zero-lid-organization.md

> **BLUF Definition:** A storage approach that uses open baskets or reachable trays where appropriate to reduce avoidable opening and closing steps. Keep closed storage when needed for safety or privacy.

### The Inverted Fridge Protocol

- **Origin Book:** The Low-Dopamine Kitchen
- **Coined Term:** Inverted Fridge Protocol
- **Target Pain Point:** Throwing away unopened vegetables and rotting meat hidden in dark bottom drawers.
- **Rationale and evidence limits:** A practical design suggestion for reducing decisions and physical steps. This named protocol has not been established as a clinically validated intervention or assigned a measured success rate.
- **Canonical URL:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/inverted-fridge-protocol/
- **Raw Markdown:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/inverted-fridge-protocol.md

> **BLUF Definition:** A practical food-storage approach that makes ready-to-eat and eat-first items easier to notice while maintaining safe temperatures and appropriate covered storage.

### The 15-Minute Avalanche Reset

- **Origin Book:** The Low-Friction Home
- **Coined Term:** 15-Minute Avalanche Reset
- **Target Pain Point:** Staring at a disaster room in complete executive freeze, or starting an all-day purge that ends with a mattress covered in piles.
- **Rationale and evidence limits:** A practical design suggestion for reducing decisions and physical steps. This named protocol has not been established as a clinically validated intervention or assigned a measured success rate.
- **Canonical URL:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/15-minute-avalanche-reset/
- **Raw Markdown:** https://mayalindberg.com/frameworks/15-minute-avalanche-reset.md

> **BLUF Definition:** The 15-Minute Avalanche Reset is an anti-overwhelm decluttering protocol formulated by Maya Lindberg that restores functional living spaces by moving strictly in an outward spiral from the primary room doorway, handling only one category of clutter per pass (Trash ➔ Dishes ➔ Laundry ➔ Resettables) with a hard 15-minute timer to prevent hyperfocus burnout.

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*Part of the Neurodivergent Life Systems publishing universe by Maya Lindberg.*