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I don’t feel comfortable calling or chatting with someone on here, but I’m happy to share some of what I’ve learned works for me.
I wasn’t diagnosed as ADD until I was an adult. I’m female and from what I’ve learned, symptoms don’t look the same in girls.
I’m married and have two children (one adult and one teenager) and have a two bachelor’s and two master’s degrees. I worked full-time while I was in school.
The first thing I had to do was figure out what time of day was my most productive time. For me, it’s around 7 am to 11 am.
Every day, before I sign off from work, I review my tasks / projects and write down which item have to be done in the next few days. Then, I rank them by priority.
I make a shorter list of 5 items which have to be done the next day and clip both lists together.
In the morning, I pull out the lists and do the 5 items on the short list. If there is time left over in my four hour productivity block, I work the rest of the list. Then, I eat lunch, and start on tasks again from 1-3. I repeat the process during the week.
When I was in school, I wrote papers during lunch breaks and worked on school work from 9 to 11 pm after my kids were in bed. I naturally don’t sleep a lot at night so this worked.
For me, I just had to get all the jumbled thoughts and to-do lists written down and out of my head. Once it’s written down, it makes it “real” and I can work on it.
I hope you find what works for you.
This is critical - "once it's written down, it makes it "real" and I can work on it."
THIS.
I bought a remarkable tablet (a dumb tablet) that mimics handwriting so that I can physically write my to do lists (the step I have to do for my brain to realize the task is real to me) AND now they are digital and mobile!
That external processing of my thoughts is the critical component. I am so broadly expended mentally that when I do have a moment to turn towards productivity, I need the decision of what to do to already be made for me... so I consult my external brain for the things I wrote down.
I use 1 sheet per week. I use it for work, kids, and personal. If it's not written down, it doesn't exist.
I renamed the sections for what I need them to be since I use one page weekly vs daily.
To Do List Notepad https://a.co/d/eh0Umem
Thank you!
Same here. I’ve been trying so hard to improve everything. I feel so defeated sometimes ugh
Right? Would you like to split up and try different tools and workflows to figure out something that works?
There’s too much and it’s exhausting.
I absolutely appreciate and love this post! I am looking for the same exact thing. ❤️
I would greatly appreciate it! I am willing to listen to any recommendations or anything that will help. I'm definitely not above receiving the help to contribute to my status. I definitely enjoy the opportunities of learning how to make the situation greater.
If a task can be done in a couple of minutes so I do it straight away, otherwise I put it on the list for when I have the time set aside for it. Doing the small tasks straight away stops the list getting overwhelmingly long. Of course, I have to remember to read the list, which doesn't always happen! I also tend not to differentiate between work and home tasks for the quick ones. Try David Llens book "Getting Things Done", it was a big help to me.
With me it's not moving my but todo it it's i forget then ocd kicks in I get everything done or close lol
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Message me and we can find some time to chat. I'm good at organizing in some ways, but I'm definitely not a master. We can try to brainstorm some things that work for you together.
Thank you! Just messaged you!
Hi!
This was me before getting formally diagnosed.
My advice:
Get a paper calendar and have it up in your home that you look at all the time. For me, that’s my coffee station. I write EVERYTHING in it. Doctor appointments, family get togethers, work projects due, etc. all goes on my paper calendar. (Including the time, for example - dr. apt @ 11am)
School: Get a homework planner. Note your assignments and major due dates in this. Your homework assignments all go in this. Note the important due dates in here. This is a tool for your paper calendar.
Organization: get a notebook per class
Work:
- Get a notebook that you really like. Keep all of your notes in there.
- Record your meetings when possible. If you can get a transcript along with the recording then you can pop that into ChatGPT and ask the system to pull out important due dates, all decisions, tasks, and critical details based on the provided agenda. If you have Copilot, it does that for you.
- Use your company calendar (outlook/google) to notate all important due dates. Put reminders in it that notifies you. Use this as a tool for your paper calendar as well.
- Tasks that have multiple steps: work from the due date and go backwards. What is this project’s definition of done? How do you get there? How long will each step take? Then tackle it one step at the time.
- When you get overwhelmed, write it down. You feel like you have a million things to do and your brain starts going into overdrive but inefficiently - write down everything you have to do. It doesn’t matter the order or anything, just write it down. Usually you’ll find that it really isn’t that much.
- When you get overwhelmed, remind yourself to take things one step at a time. That’s all you can do is just one thing at a time. Be gentle with yourself and just tackle what you can.
Daily stuff:
I’ve always been told to tackle the largest task first since it takes the most time but that hasn’t worked for me. I like to start with some easy tasks that I can quickly complete. That gives me a dopamine rush for completing the task and can help motivate me to go on to the next one.
Figure out how to motivate yourself. For me, it depends on what I need to do.
- Clean my house? Music that makes me want to move/dance.
- Can’t quiet your brain or you keep getting distracted by noise? A 2 hour YouTube video of brown noise (white noise is too high pitched).
- Work getting boring? Move back to an easy task that you can quickly complete and then go back to the boring stuff.
Don’t forget to take breaks. Having ADHD means we can get burned out very easily. It can also be hard for us to switch tasks if we’re hyper focused. It’s a pretty rough dichotomy at times.
Lastly, I will say that medication and therapy has been a huge help. Medication has helped motivate me and therapy helps me work on coping mechanisms and work through the stress I put myself through to get tasks done. Also, helping me identify things that I can take off my plate and how. Depending on your income that could be something like a cleaning service, laundry service, lawn mowing service, etc. It can also just be saying no to something that is t a necessity.
I hope this helps.
Find a app also that’s keeps you accountable for your goals and actions as well