I’m sure I’m not alone in spending more time building structures to be productive than actually producing. I’m always trying to find ways to “trick” myself into getting things done, with varying levels of success.
For me, it’s always a struggle to keep going with anything once the novelty wears off. Finding new ways to structure and gamify work helps for a while, but very few things stick more than a few months. That said, every once in a while I find a thing that does become an actual tool in my toolset. I’m thinking specifically of Pomodoro timers for me. If I don’t want to spend too much time hyper focusing, the intervals help me break out and evaluate, rather than working for 9 hours and forgetting to eat.
It’s been useful and I remember to implement it, I don’t have a ton of tools of strategies like that. What tools or strategies both work for you AND you seem able to actually implement them reasonably consistently?
I’m not sure to understand this sentence. Could you clarify it, please ?
The book I’m making my way through is called “How to ADHD by Jessica Mccabe.” It has plenty of real world situations that ADHD people deal with, and multiple ways to cope. The main thing they advise you to do is keep a list of the things you try that work for you. It becomes a “toolkit” you can reference when you’re frustrated or confused on how to approach different problems. I know I have to look at mine quit a lot.
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Thank you for sharing!
Jessica is such a great person and educator.
She is actually more commonly known for her YouTube channel. (Search “How to ADHD”). She has A LOT of content there and her book is basically the paper version of her videos and insights.