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Chunking is Dangerous
May 7, 2010
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LMAO – Watching Rick toss the stuff out of the box was like watching my husband look for something!! Myself and our 12 year old daughter have been diagnosed (she was first 4 years ago), and he probably should be assessed, too….Dear God, its amazing that our family managed to get out the door at all most days without killing each other – now I know why- ROFL
Quests! I love it. With a big celebration at the end of the quest.
lol, this is definitely one of my main issues – I always keep busy with the easy to accomplish tasks, avoiding the more important but hard to tackle tasks.
I can see why video games are so addictive to us ADD’ers – wouldn’t it be nice if real life was broken down for you into easy to accomplish “quests”…
One thing I’ve found really helpful with paperwork is to stack everything together and then sort it as fast as I can into four piles.
URGENT/IMPORTANT
WORTH KEEPING
NOT SURE IF IT’S WORTH KEEPING
COULD BE TOSSED
Then I toss the could be tossed. I look at the NOT SURE IF IT’S WORTH KEEPING and decide if I am ever really going to get to this, considering all the cool and interesting things that are awaiting me in the future, and then I toss. Interesting articles I toss after noting the key point or two on a piece of paper or on my computer. Any articles or instructions that I figure will probably be available on the Internet, I toss as well.
Every time I toss something, I think, “Freedom! One less thing to distract me.”
Rather than what I used to think, “Hmm, could I use this someday?”
Cause I could use almost everything someday. Why else would I have a box of electric motors in a box in the basement?
I love to throw stuff around like a bull in A china shop.I often get asked if a granade hit.And typically my only saveing grace is have extra stuff.So i hope to give thease tips a shot.
I am watching these and it’s me, it sucks.
Mgd it feels good to laugh even while I am recognising some ADD traits in myself that I hadn’t noticed before!
One website that really has helped me move ahead with projects in manageable junks is http://www.flylady.net
Fly is an acronym for ‘finally loving yourself” She has super mantras like ‘you can do anything for 15 minutes (timers are big with her and I have had days of ‘you can do anything for 5 minutes) She is big on routines but somehow they are fun. She started in a chat room with friends who held each other accountable for getting things done and now her free email service has grown to over 500,000 people. She supports the website selling timers and other goodies, however one doesn’t have to buy anything to benefit from the grass roots system at her website. She stresses ‘baby steps’ and uses fun anachromisms like CHAOS means ‘can’t have anyone over syndrome’ She is fun and a bit bossy and has some great ideas
It appears to be a website devoted to getting one’s home organised but it is so much more. Look to the left of the homepage for the flying lessons and many many tips for breaking jobs into manageable parts. One thing I can do is get hyperfocused on the computer or a project and she stresses setting a timer so that for 15 minutes out of every hour I have to get up and go do something else. THIS IS HARD to do at first but it really keeps me from burning out and therefore is useful. Anyway, I think Rick and Marla Cilly (flylady) are kindred spirits and I encourage anyone who is looking for a way to organise paper clutter, body clutter mental clutter or whatever to give it a look. You can sign up for the email reminders or not. Although the testimonials are incredibly moving. I was surprised to find men and women from all walks of life and professions writing in. And there was always a moving story about someone who had a lot tougher than me. Oh and the first thing she will ask you to do is ‘shine your sink’ This is to create the feeling of accomplishment like Rick and the drawers. Don’t knock it if you haven’t tried it. Baby Steps and a morning and evening routine and all of a sudden things start falling into place. I rarely lose my car keys anymore and I dont’ have mornings like the video where rick went to work without his pants anymore because we have a ‘launch pad’ by the door and I get things ready the night before now. My life isn’t perfect (oh yeah perfectionism is a dirty word) but I am making progress and that is a good thing after all these years. It is never too late right?
If you ask me, everyone in show biz is totally ADHD. And in video gaming too. Or aspergers. What I wanna know is does doing too many video games give you adhd? Or at least make it worse?
That’s awfully nice!
I actually wondered if Susie Orman was ADD!
R
It’s expensive too. I’ve found uncashed checks in piles before.
Rick?
I know the Susie Orman of ADDers, I’ll buy her audiobook about finances for you just as a thank-you for this website if you are interested.
Thanks!
M