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Happy Friday! And quick question (Patreon)

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2016-12-02 21:04:10
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2023-02

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I'm finally editing paper clutter overwhelm now! Hoping to get it up by Sunday but I got carried away and wanted to use ALL my new equipment for the shoot...which, when you're already overwhelmed and running behind is NOT a good idea. Sunday will also be when we announce the topics that got voted on for December -- we've got some fun holiday ones looks like! Looks like we'll probably be tackling schedule overwhelm as well, I'm chatting with ADHD coach Eric Tivers who will be a guest on that show and help us tackle some of the major issues there. What are your biggest challenges with schedule overwhelm?

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How to ADHD (edited)

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2016-12-02 21:12:46 It doesn't help that I'm terminally optimistic

It doesn't help that I'm terminally optimistic

Anonymous

My biggest challenge is that I always get excited about cool new ideas, activities, games, etc. Those cool new things are at the front of my mind, so I am always inclined to do them first. But this creates two problems: 1. There are SO MANY cool things I want to try, way more than I actually have time for, and 2. There are other less new, less cool things ALREADY on my list that I really, really, really should do first. The Bullet Journal has helped a lot for this - when I think of some cool new thing, I add it to the BOTTOM (not the top - that's the key!) of the to-do, and the journal is like "yeah, nice, but there are like 185 OTHER THINGS ahead of that, so maaaybe try those instead?" It also helps to identify either a deadline or consequences for those must-do items (e.g. "buy milk before Tuesday or you'll be eating a bowl of dry cereal!")

Anonymous

I'm optimistic too . I always think i can do a lot of things in little time . I always feel and think i have enough time but i don't . I don't mind that and continue to feel i have time for everything

Anonymous

I'm late all the time, i hate to have to be somewhere at a certain hour , it make me anxios

How to ADHD

Thanks guys!!! I read all these to Eric and he said these are issues he can help with in his sleep! So we scheduled a "coaching" session on how to deal with time management issues and we'll put together an episode about it!

Dirk In The Dark

Just remembering them and keeping track. I use clock (smart phone) alarms with good labels a lot for daily items. Usually set to some reasonable point ahead of time, and then snooze them as the time ticks down in case (when) I get distracted by something else. This has worked well for the last few years. I'm still late for things that I can be late for, but this has helped me be on time more consistently for things I can't be. Now I'm way less anxious (except about my phone's battery 😀).

Anonymous

I forget to take into account work that needs to be done before or in preparation for something I schedule. I need to remember to break things down into tasks and schedule those too! For example, if I make a doctor's appointment with a new doctor, I need to schedule time to fill out the paperwork ahead of time. If I schedule a presentation, I need to schedule the creation of the presentation ... and printing copies ... and making sure I have something to wear and ....

Anonymous

One trick that an ADHD friend of mine has done to trick himself into being responsive to calendar alerts is he puts a bit of jitter in his calendar appointments. Jitter is a technical term for a randomly varying amount of something. So, some of his calendar items are actually 30 minutes before so he's actually on time, but others might give him less or no extra time. He can't remember which appointments had extra buffers so he ends up having to treat ever calendar appointment as if it's urgent, keeping him more on time and even early. I tried this, but my calendar isn't usually that busy so I end up remembering which ones I tried "hacking" myself with, and it doesn't work.

Anonymous

I have trouble: Remembering to add events to my calendar Remembering to check my calendar Packing too much into my schedule because I dont appreciate how much time it take to do things (I'm a terrible judge of time) I fail to leave time to travel, especially at the beginning and end--like I give myself enough time to walk from home to whatever address but forget that I need to add 5 minutes for elevators and hallways. I do that all the time, did it again yesterday, I know I do it, and yet I continue to do it anyway! Finally, I make todo lists in the order in which things occur to me... And then do things in that order, or a random order, instead of prioritizing and then sticking to a plan.

Anonymous

I've learned to be really careful not to over-schedule myself (which is my natural inclination because I am enthusiastic about everything) because when I have too many things on my schedule, I get stress-related insomnia and can't sleep which makes it even harder to get them done! It can be especially hard when one of the things involves driving somewhere 2 hours away because it's dangerous to drive on the freeway with no sleep. For this reason, sometimes I've had to cancel social plans that I was looking forward to, and I told them I wasn't feeling well. Sometimes I was honest about what happened.

Anonymous

Also, when I have too much to do and am stressed about it, I seem to rebel against my schedule and stay up later doing a bunch of non-essential things before I can calm down and get to sleep, which makes it even harder with less sleep the next day!

Anonymous

More than anything, I struggle with prioritization. I rebel against my schedule! I have felt like a bad person my whole life because I can't seem to do what I should be doing in the order I should be doing it. My brain wants to do non-essential things that help me to calm down before I can get back to the actual schedule.

Anonymous
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Yes!! Not thinking through all necessary steps is a big one for me as it leads me to underestimate the amount of time necessary to complete a project. Also, in general, I find it really hard to guage how long something will take. I think it will take an hour, but really it takes 3.. or 5. Because.. ADHD.