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Feel like I'm never caught up (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by sem@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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I'm trying to learn more about the feeling that I'm not doing something right and that my priorities are wrong because I'm not considering the full picture.

It feels like I have something I need to do, but I don't know what it is, but it's gonna bite me in the ass when I realize it.

Do you all have any techniques or ways of thinking that help you evaluate where you actually stand in terms of doing all the things you need to do?

How do you go through your life and re-priorotize?

How do you feel confident in thinking I don't have to do anything right now? I can just rest or do what I want?

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I use a bullet journal, the original Rider Carrol method: No advance planning, just dump your brain into ink and paper, organize what's there, index what's important so you can find it later, eliminate unfulfilled tasks that aren't as important, move important tasks to today's list.

It's not perfect but it's very resilient and works well with my brain. And if I don't use it your a day or a month or a year it still works fine when I come back, it doesn't require consistency.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Thanks. This does seem like a helpful method, and, pardon the pun, fairly bulletproof.

If I brain dump into the journal, then I'll feel less anxious. However, a big part of my anxiety is that I have many other apps and to-do lists floating around at the same time as using the bullet journal.