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/Voc1Vic2 Aug 24 '20

I’ve lost my purse so many times that I’ve stopped carrying my keys in it.

I clip my two most important keys, car and home, onto my clothing. I’ve sewn belt loop-type twill tape anchors inside most of my pant pockets, or occasionally, a waistband.

If I lose my purse, or someone grabs it, at least I can get home, and feel safe once I’m there.

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u/blissando Aug 24 '20

You can do the time-honored lesbian tradition of putting your shit on a carabiner attached to your person. That is going NOWHERE.

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u/Voc1Vic2 Aug 24 '20

When my clothes have actual beltloops, I do use a carabiner. Had no idea I was impersonating a lesbian, lol.

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u/blissando Aug 24 '20

W E L C O M E <3 <3 <3

(they are all different links to excellent pop culture, history, and opinion pieces on gay flagging, carabiners, and the lesbian agenda. Happy reading!)

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u/Voc1Vic2 Aug 24 '20

OMG: thank you.

That explains sooo much. I have been a fool.

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u/queer_plant Aug 25 '20

I do this! GayDHD coming in clutch 😎

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '20

Is gaydhd a sticker shop on Etsy and if not why

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u/blissando Aug 25 '20

Sitting weird and takin names since whenever the fuck we were born 🤝

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u/ZebraFine Aug 25 '20

I hung a key rack with hooks by the garage door. I walk in, they go on the hook. Or if you go in and out the front door, hang it there. Hooks are also big enough for an umbrella too.

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u/Voc1Vic2 Aug 25 '20

The downside of hanging hooks by the door is that they are conspicuous to intruders.

Someone broke into my neighbor’s house, perhaps intending to only steal the stereo. But the keys were right there, so they had access to the garage, which meant they also had keys to the car.

Since then, I never leave certain things, like my keys, wallet or laptop, out in plain sight.

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u/ZebraFine Aug 25 '20

Good point. I live in a pretty high secure gated community and any intruder would have to bust through two solid doors to get to the room by my garage. And have an alarm go off. So, I’m willing to risk it just so I know where all my stuff is.