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[query] Is it a good idea to say a firm No due to medical reasons to a new night shift project I'm hired in?Accenture
I recently got a night shift project (2 days ago) that requires me to work from 10:30pm till 7:30am
I'm not comfortable with these timings and I'm thinking to ask my manager to put me on Bench (Due to medical reasons that involve mental health)
Is it a nice idea to say a firm No to a new project I'm hardlocked into, due to night shifts?
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Honestly being a consultant with hard deadlines is the only career I could thrive in for this exact reason.
You need a white paper in 2 months? Imma do it 2 hours before the deadline and do it well 😂
I am diagnosed with ADHD and used to take medicine, but no longer do.
The key for me was to try different things to see what works…essentially, figure out the organizational system and tools that keep you on top of your stuff, because everyone is different. What works for one person may not be right for you. Experiment and try to keep yourself accountable.
For me, that means a lot of manual effort. The digital/online to do and project tracking tools don’t work well with me. I literally have a huge physical cork board at my home that I set up a kanban board with swim lanes for stages, etc just like you see with jira, trello, and other tools. Taking time to physically write my tasks down myself helps me remember (there’s science to back this up) and I have a physical representation of my tasks that I walk by and see every day. I make it part of my routine to check it out, and it kinda keeps me on top of things from an accountability standpoint. I also do use apps, etc as a secondary/backup tool, they just don’t work in isolation for me personally.
Not saying this will work for you, just sharing my experience. It took me a while to figure out what works. Put in the time and effort to figure out your thing.
Good luck!
I’ve gone through a few different iterations, but here’s what’s been working for a while:
- Ideas/Future (basically a place to capture general concepts that aren’t fleshed out but I think I should eventually do or will need to do)
- Upcoming (tasks that are confirmed/slated to get done, but more than a week out)
- This week (self explanatory)
- In Progress (again, self explanatory…could also call this Today, but covers multi day efforts too)
- Review/Needs Discussion (things that are done but need to discuss or review with others before officially putting in the done pile)
- Done
I also have a “Notes” bucket separate from the swim lanes.
I use different color sticky notes as the individual effort cards, each color pertaining to a different category of work I do.
Context also is that I left traditional jobs and am working on a startup with one other cofounder and I handle a ton of different areas (basically everything non technical) so it really helps me stay on top of what I should actually be focusing on and forces me to prioritize. But I’ve also done things like this in the past when I was at a more traditional job. It works really well for me.
Using an agenda and calendar. Also learning how to say No
Medication, therapy, and years of inner work until I accepted that I do in fact have a disability. Accept that the productivity “hacks” that many folks love sometimes just won’t work for you. Xoxo
I have severe ADHD. Therapy, check lists, taking notes(after every meeting I send a recap to my project leader/team just to make sure I didn’t miss anything). Also honestly if you can afford it have as many personal life tasks farmed out as possible such as cleaning, laundry, meal prep etc. it makes life so much easier
Medication, therapist (that specialize in adhd), cognitive Behavioral therapy, forcing myself to religiously schedule meetings and deadlines using Google calendar
I have ADHD. I find jumping around too many tasks to be extremely exhausting, I focus on 1 single thing on 1 client. Ignore everything else, then move on down the next item on my list. I even schedule my days : morning - client 1, afternoon - client 2 tasks to avoid the lost energy switching from task to task. My coworkers thinks I’m OCD because I live by my sériales lists. If I don’t write it down, my brain will literally never let me refocus on that item.
I find task switching to be draining but struggle with people reaching out for one-off tasks
Medication, routine, and over documenting what needs to be done. I have to write everything down for the week. If it’s something I need to do in the future I put a reminder on my calendar. I use multiple calendars attached to the same email account (bills, personal appts, friend/family events etc) so that items are organized and color coded on my devices.
When I decided to go off medication I had to take a hard, objective look at my strengths and weaknesses and focused on ways that I can lean into strengths and mitigate weaknesses. I’m bad at multitasking, and have an especially hard time comprehending/listening while also writing. So I delegate note taking to someone I trust for most calls and make it a point to review immediately after the meeting to add in my own thoughts and plan follow up tasks. I do really well when I can focus on one thing so I try hard to block time for tasks when I can get into a flow- that sets a really good tone for my day. I tend to have a hard time getting started on tasks that I don’t see as being important in the immediate future even if doing them now will avoid an emergency situation later and are things that I really need to do myself. A lot of my to-do list is items that fall into this category. I trial and errored this number, but ultimately landed on needing to spend three hours a day on tasks like this. I have a stop watch on my desk and I hit start when I get going on one of these items and stop if I get a call or get distracted etc. Gamifying those tasks in that way has helped me a lot.
Systems, routines, and some sort of method for accountability (commitment devices, daily touch points with someone, goal setting w/bullet journaling).
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Mindset shift, regardless of my ADHD, it does not mean i don’t have to deliver at the same pace as my peers.