How to manage time between client delivery & internal work ? With ADHD, I get so overwhelmed by all these priorities and have trouble starting tasks. I have to hyperfocus on one task thoroughly and have trouble multi-tasking. I see my colleagues juggling through so many different workstreams and want to keep up with them but just can't shift focus on such a fleeting basis. Wondering if I would ever be able to perform as a Manager w/ more responsibilities. I do want to grow in consulting tho 🙏

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I have ADHD too. I try to avoid multitasking as much as possible. Been there done that and barely survived. My daily process is a bit tedious but I’ll share what works for me.

Create a chart with four quadrants, titled: Admin, Client, FI and Personal. I list all tasks that must be completed for each category with the associated due dates.

Each evening, I prepare a schedule according to my work day (e.g., 8:30am-6pm) in 30 minute increments. I first populate all scheduled meetings, then priority tasks from my quad chart, add planning time for each meeting and a few strategically placed breaks.

I use two timers - one set for overall task completion and the other set for 15 minutes increments. This helps me to refocus if I start to daydream or take to long on a portion of the task. The overall task timer is a visual ADHD clock because seeing a physical representation of my remaining time gives me an adrenaline boost.

I’ll add on to my quad chart as needed throughout the week and refresh on Sunday.

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Thank you for sharing D1! Super structured and accountable approach
The timer method is key bc ADHD folks need pressure to get things done lol

Not much of an answer, but here for moral support ❤️💪 I find I have a tendency to overcommit. Sometimes I use ChatGPT to break down and space out work and give me deadlines. May help? I found these prompts online to play around with.

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What kind of internal work? Do you mean trainings? Unfortunately, that gets done a little at a time when you don't have urgent client work. Until you run out of time, and you have block off an hour in your calendar to focus on it.

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More like BD, proposals, internal initiatives.. need to do internal work in order to progress in consulting 😬

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This is awesome!! Love it and thanks for sharing.

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