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Violexie0071 – I know what you mean about the TO DO list and prioritising. All my to dos are As as well!
My to do list is long and overwhelming. One tip I picked up from the book ‘ADD-Friendly ways to organise your life’ by Kolberg and Nadeau was to use a ‘stubby’.
What you do is pick one or two items from your to do list. I prioritise based on deadlines. What’s shouting at me loudest? I try to select a larger item and a small item. Those two ‘to dos’ are then transferred to a small notebook – or to a post-it note – write them in BIG letters. I use thick marker pen. So for that day my focus is on just two tasks from the otherwise overwhelming main list.
Be realistic with how many things are on your stubby. It is not meant to be a duplicate of your main list. Stick to one or two things and see how good you feel when they’re done.
Break tasks down into do-able chunks. Work out what your deadlines are and use those as a means of prioritising.
Re your Dad. It’s probably best not to get into a deep discussion with him about ADHD from what you’ve said?
Have you seen Russell Barkley’s book ‘Taking charge of adult ADHD’? It might be a good one to leave lying around for him to read. He might do that out of curiosity when you’re out of the house. Or watch some of his (Barkley’s) YouTube videos with the sound up so he can hear.
If it’s any consolation, it’s normal to go through a range of emotions from fright to worry to anger to acceptance and finally to really realising that this is who you are, these are the techniques you need to adopt and maybe meds will help and if so great. It’s who you are, so embrace that, work with your skills and be positive.
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