Does anyone get into moods particularly on a good day when things are going well and your ADD meds are working as they’re supposed to (for once which is so rare these days) that you kinda over commit to things? Like people ask you to do things on a high executive function day and you agree, but then the next several days are low exec function days, and you’re disappointing your bosses and your friends who you agreed to plans with. Anyone else or just me?

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ALL. THE. TIME. UGGHH

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What do we do??!

Every week. There’s really strong demand in my practice area, which compounds the problem, too. About 1/3 of my time is spent just keeping balls in the air and communicating about deadlines. And doing small things to move stuff along and off my desk, even temporarily.

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It’s not pretending if stuff gets done eventually. To my mind, it’s more about negotiating and communicating deadlines and managing expectations. My practice has a lot of fire drills, and that also contributes to delay/lag time but it simultaneously provides some cover, if you will.

It helps that I’m confident I do great work, and my practice is very relationship-oriented (not many one-offs). By prioritizing those relationships, I have garnered lots of goodwill.

It’s also way less stressful now that I’m a shareholder, honestly. I’m not managing expectations of my assigning attorneys on top of clients, and there is much less scrutiny on how and when I deliver.

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This is the best description of what I go through all the time. It makes me feel even worse cuz I feel like I'm constantly disappointing everyone, but I don't know how to get out of this cycle

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I know! 😔 and the stress of feeling like a disappointment makes my lack of productivity spiral even more

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Well well well… 1 day later. If it isn’t the consequences of my actions. Getting a lot done as it doesn’t seem to be a low exec function day BUT everyone wants something from me at work, and it’s all allegedly urgent. Brain is shutting down as it does when I feel overwhelmed. This is what I get for saying yes to too many things yesterday. It left no room for so many last minute urgent things today 😭 save me!

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