I received this message from a reader struggling to set up David Allen’s Getting Things Done system: I’ve tried to set [GTD] up so many times, but I get hung up on contexts. Since I’m a full-time homemaker, everything happens at home. I’ve tried dividing my list based on my priorities, and I’ve tried setting it up […]
Category: Task Management
Taming distractions: my smartphone-free week
Smartphones are a double-edged sword for adults with ADHD. I have a love-hate relationship with mine. On one hand, it’s a Swiss Army knife of a device. It reminds me to take my meds. It puts my calendar in front of my face every time I unlock its screen. It condenses many tools — day […]
Applying the ADHD brakes during a huge project
Life at the ADHD Homestead is about to get crazy: we’re renovating our kitchen. This is our biggest, baddest project since we did in vitro fertilization almost five years ago. Like IVF, the payoffs will be fantastic — we got a kid last time, and this time we’ll get a kitchen larger than a closet — […]