I did all the steps, I have a notebook. I put the task in my caldender... But then when it comes to that moment I just really don't find the motivation to start doing it and I do something else instead. I end up moving it to another timeslot in my calder but that could go on forever :| The problem is that I don't have any discipline when it comes to doing things I don't 'want' to do. I cannot force myself to do things.
@adhdbigbrother
6 ай бұрын
That's such a common issue. I totally swallowed the pill on the importance of community for these kinds of things. When we tell other people what we are doing, it adds that extra bit of accountability. Additionally, I would recommend the following things that work for me: 1) Make sure you are specific about what you are doing...cleaning is vague...cleaning the kitchen is more specific...doing the dishes is even more specific. The more specific the better. 2) Set a timer for the shortest amount of time that you could put toward it....doing something until it's done doesn't work for ADHD. Doing something for 10 minutes feels ridiculous but when you reward yourself with quitting, that makes it easy for me. In the ADHD Big Brother community, I have even done a thing where I had a goal of doing a thing for 15 minutes, but my commitment was only 2 minutes. This is all in service of how to "get started" and more often than not, I will have the juice to keep going. 3) Pick the easiest point of entry into the task - cleaning is the easiest example, so....doing the dishes would be "open the dishwasher". When you start the timer, ONLY do that one thing...(and 90% of the time you may find that you keep going) Hope that helps.
@NightOwl577
6 ай бұрын
@@adhdbigbrother Thanks so much for the elaborated response. I realised I wasn't specific enough and I also didn't use timers yet. I should give that a try!
@adhdbigbrother
6 ай бұрын
@@NightOwl577 Let me know how it goes! I love talking about this stuff! :)
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