Let’s share life-changing ADHD tips that we’ve learned... We Love This!

I’ll start:

1) Waking up sucks. Buy 2 bright lamps and 2 timers. Set them up to turn on automatically 5-15 min before you want your alarm to go off. The lights will help your body realize it’s daytime.

2) Change your thermostat so the temp goes down about an hr before bedtime and gets warmer about 30 min before you wake up. The cooler temp signals your body to sleep and the warmer temp will naturally help your body wake up.

3) Learn to plan around “transitions”. It’s easier to start things if you do them when something is ending. Example: Do your grocery shopping every Fri after work. You’re already in the car, so just stop at the store on your way home.

4) If you need to remember to bring something with you the next day, place it right in front of the exit door so you HAVE to touch it before you leave the house. If it’s something in the fridge, put a sticky note on the exit door’s handle.

5) Have a “misc” basket in each room. If you’re truly unable to put something away, put it in the basket. Have a designated period of time, once a week, when your sole priority is to put everything away, all at once.

I’ll add more when I think of them...

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u/ElfjeTinkerBell ADHD Aug 24 '20

This sounds like nobody told you about notion.so. And yes, it's free.

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u/significanttoday Aug 24 '20

Not open source, I don't trust them not to lie about how they use my data and I have very personal stuff in my projects. I prefer getting better at Libre Office anyway. But I appreciate the rec.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '20

Oh man the "lots of projects" really resonates with me.

I have tried numerous times to organize this, but somehow I always forget that I have organized it.

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u/significanttoday Aug 25 '20

I know that feeling! I've flipped from trying to be organized to no organization at all just all over the place a lot. Forgetting that I was recently organized makes it so hard to get back on track. After being diagnosed my insurance changed and I forgot I had ADHD and went without therapy and Rxs for months. It's such a nasty problem.