Just notice how you work best and approach things in that order. Do you prefer working from easy to harder things-getting on a roll and feeling a sense of accomplishment early on? Or, would you rather tackle the hard stuff first and get it over with-coasting toward the finish line with the easier tasks? There’s no right choice. Picking a meaningful order for completing tasks also weakens the beast. By the end of the weekend, her family had clean clothes and delicious cookies, too. The next day, she applied the same system to washing the clothes. Afterwards, the task was sorting clothes into two piles of lights and darks. Then she could make half a batch of cookies for her kids. We agreed that the smallest, doable step was carrying the laundry down to the basement once a week. The clothes in the hamper overflowed onto the floors of everybody’s bedrooms. She calls it “procrasti-baking.” She especially hated doing her family’s laundry. One client of mine likes to bake to avoid doing housework. If you break a task down and you still can’t start, then it’s not little enough. Taming the procrastination beast begins with breaking things down into small enough chunks so they don’t feel daunting to do. We all have our particular ways of putting things off. The first major step toward improving time management involves conquering this dragon. Procrastination encourages us to put off tasks that are unpleasant or overwhelming until we are panicked or disheartened or both. It’s the dragon whose fiery breath of delay tactics prevents us from doing what’s needed when it’s supposed to occur. Procrastination interferes with each of these elements. Goal-oriented persistence: setting a goal, staying focused on relevant tasks, and sticking with them over time being able to returning to the task right after an interruption.Sustained attention: directing attention and resisting distractions when faced with a task.Initiation: getting started on something, often without direction and lots of reminders.Most of us would agree that effective time management means easily getting down to business, doing things on time, meeting deadlines, and correctly estimating how long something will take. Both kids and adults with ADHD frequently tell me how they feel as if they are always behind or always catching up. Common executive functioning challenges related to planning, prioritizing, motivation, and organization make it especially tough to allocate time and effort appropriately. We know that most ADHD brains have two switches: NOW and NOT NOW. Learning to manage time capably involves more than applying great tools. Sometimes It feels like you’re stuck on a carousel of frustration and disappointment with no way off. Despite trying a million different tricks and techniques, they can’t stop miscalculating how long things will take or procrastinating until the last minute. Many adults with ADHD struggle with understanding and using their time well. ARE YOU ALWAYS LATE FOR EVENTS? Do you often turn in papers, reports, or projects after their deadlines? If so, you are not alone.
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