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Some actually effective advice I gained from a support group following my diagnosis: link tasks to a goal that you actually care about.

You can’t do it for every single task but the important tasks can usually be linked.

Go to the gym because I want to be healthy: nope

Go to the gym because I need to live long enough to ensure my wife’s safety and financial security: average 3.5 sessions per week; lost 20kg in a year.

Do minor day to day tidying because it’s easier to keep on top of that: nothing

Wife has been away and I want her to enjoy coming home to a tidy house: deep clean.

Plan my home RPG session because I value time with friends: can’t be done

Plan my school club’s RPG sessions because I value my pupils having alternative creative and social opportunities: meticulous notes and setting documents.

One thing that I can’t figure out is reading, which I really love. I got quite a way with a 52 books in a year goal in 2021 but lost steam in the 30s. I ended up binging novellas and short story collections around Christmas to hit 54. As soon as I can justifiably link reading to my wife or pupils, I’ll be an unstoppable reading machine.