“You just need discipline!” My barely-functional life is the result of already more discipline than you can muster on your best day because - you guessed it - ADHD 🙃

[–] weimaraner_of_doom@piefed.social 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just make a routine!

I have a routine that rivals a priest on Easter Sunday. But the best written homily doesn't undo the fact that the organist is about to start the prelude and for the life of me, I can't figure out where those damned communion wafers have gone even though I swear I just saw them!

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

100% this. I have routines mapped out so I don't have to figure everything out again once my mind decides it's time to let me function for a bit.

[–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This sounds like me. I've got a spreadsheet I go through daily with sections like "morning routine," "returning routine," "essential chores," "dinner routine," etc. It's set up to turn tasks green when I complete them so I get just enough of a dopamine hit to continue. There's also a dedicated column that's basically for "you've determined this is the optimal way to do this task after countless iterations; stop trying to rethink it and just do it."

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's something so comforting about learning other people have the same struggles I do. I've had to do the same thing regarding "optimizing" my routine, which is one of my favorite ways to procrastinate.

[–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it is comforting. I still often spend more time optimizing my plan for a project than on actual progression. I also need reminders for very basic stuff. Some of my task lines are for stuff like feeding the cat, brushing my teeth, or charging my phone. My daily routine list is 200+ lines and would be unwieldy in anything other than a spreadsheet. Granted, many of those aren't actually daily tasks.

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