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I'm at the mercy of my own whims. How can I feel more in control of myself? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by polarpear11@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I came to a startling realization this morning while getting ready to start my day. I plan my day around various contingencies because I know that if I don't feel like doing a task, nothing will stop me from not doing it. It's like I live in fear of myself like I'm some sort of moody army general and I have to work around my own impulsiveness. I take adderall and that helps me to focus but most of my adhd problems are things that I'm not sure medicine will help. Has anyone successfully gotten at least a little handle on their productivity? How did you do it?

I'll also explain what made me come to this realization. I had the thought, "thank God I've been in mood to be frugal recently, I'm scared of when that feeling goes away and I start spending money on stupid shit again" So yeah, impulsivity is a problem 😅

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[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

There's always another task I don't want to do. I give myself the choice. I can work on the computer thing I don't want to do, or I can clean the kitchen which I don't want to do. I can do either, but those are my only choices. That way even if I procrastinate the computer job I have to do, at least the kitchen is clean. And sometimes the momentum from cleaning spills over to the computer task.