I've been using Anytype (like obsidian or notion) to track longer term things, things I need to remember, or references for hobbies (not everything).
And also a reminder app for medium to short term time-sensitive things so i don't forget.
I feel like it's been an improvement.
very few things stick more than a few months
months
Months... How do you make things stick for more than 2-3 days ? 😭😭😭
DBT
Laundry has always been a struggle for me. I'm guilty of the classic laundry chair.
I got one of those shelves that have the square shelf things and several cloth drawers for them. I don't really fold anything anymore. Socks in one cube, underwear in another, tank tops in their own, shorts in theirs, etc. I do hang my pants and long sleeve things. And I have a longer box thing for my tshirts to lay out semi flat in so they're not getting too wrinkled.
It's helped me a ton. Just throw everything in it's box and tada. I like sorting things, but just hate the folding part so this has been a saver.
I do a simpler variant (2 bins) of this and it helps. I hope that someday I'll get to more granular categories.
Going for many super short walks during the day. Office workers are supposed take a 5 minute stretch every hour to stretch, so use that. This helps me declutter the brain.
Starting a task is hard, but so is stopping! Attacking "hard" tasks with momentum instead of willpower: I don't want to organize the freezer. I can tidy the floor in the storage room. Then empty the laundry basket. Now I have momentum and can attempt a breaching maneuver on the freezer: throw away some old food from the freezer. Usually this snowballs into sorting the freezer. If it doesn't, then hey at least I threw out some old food.
More controlled routines helped me a lot. I'm committed to stuff like taking a photo walk and doing a language lesson every day.
Also started using more to-do tracking apps, and also using paper almanac and notebooks and a Post-It wall. If I need to do something, I'm more likely to write down somewhere, and I'm actually getting stuff underway!
Loop Habit Tracker from F-Droid (Android only). It notifies me with a yes/no question about certain habits I'm trying to maintain. I set the notifications to come back immediately if swiped away without an answer. Keeps me accountable.
Thank you, just downloaded it, this sounds like it might truly help
I'm gonna check this out, thanks!
Bullet Journal — the original method described by Carrol, not the fancy spread-and-decoration bullshit. Write everything down as it occurs to you, indicate whether it's a note or a to-do with different bullet points, and at the end of the day decide which tasks to put in tomorrow's notes and which to discard. Date each page and list the page number in the index of it contains long-term notes (eg. quite from a contractor, birthday present ideas).
It's easy, it's fast, and it doesn't break if you forget to do it for a day or two or two hundred.
It's an incredible tool. Especially since Carroll has ADHD as well and kind of "invented" the Bullet Journal over time to manage himself.
I tend to add "Inboxes" to the general method. I might not have the journal with me at every minute, or it might be inconvenient to use it in certain situations (i.e. I prefer paper journal, but in meetings a digital format has it's advantages). So I have an "Inbox" (basically a daily log) on my Phone & Work PC. At the end of the day, I go through the additional Inboxes as well and condense everything into my central (paper) journal.
For me, it's better to have a small number of additional but convenient places to write down stuff than skipping the journaling just because I don't want to pull out my journal during a meeting.
I print off a calendar for the year, creating a shorthand note on my current aims, I scribble in the shorthand on the calendar on what I want to do for the week and check it off as I go. Staying on top of my hydration and a healthy dose of “Doing less is doing more” has made me as productive as I can be with no prescription assistance. Best thing you can do is build a personalized toolkit with a legitimate adhd book.
Best thing you can do is build a personalized toolkit with a legitimate adhd book.
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.
Ohh
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.
The lighter side of ADHD