Which is your favorite ADHD Homestead sticker? | The ADHD Homestead Facebook page
This week I’m restocking stickers for event giveaways 🙂 Which one do you like best? (My favorite is the social cues name tag.)
12 Simple Strategies to Create Space in Your Day | Becoming Minimalist
“Distractions do not remove themselves.”
This is great advice. Our willpower is a finite resource — don’t waste it fighting distractions when you could remove them. If ADHD is a problem of self-regulation, we need to accept that we will not simply ignore or moderate distractions on our own. Removing them entirely will help us focus on what’s important — including down time.
I’ve always struggled to create down time. My brain wants to be fiddling with something all the time. I mitigate that by using a lot of the tips outlined in this post. One of the best things I’ve done lately is recommit to single-tasking. When I’m working, I quit my email program, put my phone out of sight/reach, and close all apps on my computer except those I need for the task at hand. It’s amazing the difference that can make. Instead of bouncing between tasks while I wait for a website to load, for example, I sit and give my brain a few minutes of down time.
5 Steps to Break Free from Social Media Addiction | Living Well Spending Less
Many of us (myself included) can’t totally check out from social media, but I’ve benefited significantly from reducing time spent on it. These platforms are free to use and ad-supported, which means our attention is their most valuable commodity. They’re engineered to manipulate our brains using every ADHDer’s best buddy: dopamine.
Like anything else that preys upon dopamine-hungry brains — video games, junk food, or useless arguments, to name a few — we need to consume social media intentionally and with caution.
The Critically Most Important Place to Start with GTD | Getting Things Done
As I always say: absolutely anything, even the smallest effort, is better than nothing.
“Any portion or component of the GTD approach, applied, will bring at least a bit more clarity, focus, and control for you—without exception. And very likely when any one thing is executed, it will create a reverberation effect and spread to other parts. It’s a holistic model—i.e., any piece can be worked, and it will add to the whole gestalt.”
Fresh Start: The Email DMZ | 43 Folders
This post is old. Really old. But it’s still just as relevant and I reference it often. I even quoted it in my book! I also include an anecdote about my boss at the time applying this advice enthusiastically and without hesitation, much to the horror of some of her staff. But I have to tell you, the world didn’t end. It won’t end for you either. Now go delete some emails. Happy Friday!
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