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Icy shower.
Putting on my playlist of pirate music.
Broke: "Ugh, I need to sweep, mop, and do the dishes."
Woke: "ARRR, IT BE TIME TO BE SWABBIN' THE DECK, YE SCURVY BILGE RAT!! AN' WASH ALL O' THE DISHES IN THE GALLEY, OR YE'LL BE WALKIN' THE PLANK!!"
Please, link?
Link?
Link please?
wait, you guys are getting things done??
I'm only gonna say this once
SEEK PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT GET THE FUCK OFF SOCIAL MEDIA
that's the only thing I know that really works
Not all of us have the privilege of getting actual, good professional help.
Ya, if you have any kind of brainrot habits, scrolling on Lemmy, Instagram, YouTube, etc, stop immediately and getting things done is actually a lot easier. Adding amphetamine salts is also a major game changer.
Adding stims to scrolling increases the number and length of shitpost comments.
This one might not be weird to some, but it's my "one weird trick".
I put my shoes on.
I normally work from home, so usually don't even wear shoes most of the day. And when I need to go outside for a minute or two, I don't wear my shoes either.
But on the days that I get up and put my socks and shoes on in the morning, I fell extra motivated for the whole day. I definitely get more things done.
During COVID I walked around the block in the morning before starting to work from home.
Also WFH. Just showering and putting out outside clothes goes a LONG way to getting to motivated.
This is good. Putting on a nicer shirt helps me as well. I'm not in a white shirt and tie by any means, but just something nicer than my casual tees really does seem to make a difference in getting me in a good mental place for being more focused.
I'm sure for some it makes no difference and I would hate to sound like I'm supporting the stupid office dress code policies that I loathe, so please chime in if this doesn't work for you
Oh yes, that's a good one too. I do notice that myself too.
Chugging a quad shot espresso while saying 'get up trinity. Get. Up.' in my head
If you time it right, the anxiety from the caffeine hitting really sells the feeling that a matrix agent is coming to kill you so better get moving.
Weaponized procrastination. Avoid doing the thing you want to do by doing something else.
Just the other day I cleaned most of my apartment because I was not in the headspace to write lore.
Another day I really needed to do laundry, most productive writing day I had in a while.
I use to say. My flat is never as clean as when I have to study. I never study as much as when I really have to clean. It never really occurred to me that I can weaponize this. Thanks!
We call that “productive procrastination.” But I like how you call it weaponized.
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That's how do most of my tasks.
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Something my therapist told me and that works more often than not. Set out to do the task for a very small time, like 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, you may find that you are absorbed in that task, but if not, just stop doing it.
The idea I think is to get over the difficulty in starting a task.
Yeah we want to know how to get out of the catatonic "I can't move" mode.
Interstitial Journal
Write down:
- current time
- current activity
- optional: how you feel
- next activity
Example:
- 13:02
- standing on balcony scrolling Lemmy
- tense and energetic
- next: flash fedora image to USB drive
Yeah, that method addresses that.
Often the catatonic ADHD can't move. Mode is related to resistance, starting a task.
Giving yourself an easy out that you know you can use after 3 minutes is an easy way to trick your brain into deciding that test starting a task isn't such a big deal.
Therefore allowing you to move.
If you can't move because depression then that's different.
I imagine labeouf shouting "JUST. DO IT"
This doesn't work if you also suffer from oppositional defiance disorder.
YES IT DOES!
As much caffeine and nicotine as I can physically tolerate.
Argue with every intrusive thought in the morning till 8am comes around, then tell them "Time for my adderall! And time for YOU ALL to shut the FUCK up!" then gleefully take it and wait 40-45 mins for brain silence.
Fucking SCREAM
I have a simple 5-step plan I've used to do this.
- Get old and have a family that always has needs
- Get a shitton of pets too that always have needs
- Go look at the shower plumbing I need to fix
- Go look at my car hovering on jack stands as I wait for parts to come in for the brakes
- I think there's an old overdue bill sitting somewhere too--
Heyyy today seems like the perfect time to go do that yard work that it's been too cold for!
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I set a 5-minute timer and race it like my life depends on it… somehow turning it into a game actually works 😅
I have autism but not ADHD. In my case it's "wait until 1 a.m., take advantage of the night owl super boost".
For some reason I can't concentrate during the day. It's only after sunset when I can really focus. I wrote all of my master's thesis after 1:00 a.m.
I'm the same way, except my body insists upon going to sleep at 10PM. I can push past that, but insomnia awaits me after midnight.
I can't explain what the underlying mechanism is, only that your brain and body just function differently in conjunction with your circadian rhythm. Provided you have a good rhythm, that is (not all neurodivergent types have that). In the worst cases, like dementia patients, this is called 'sundowning' and is a real shit-show. For high-functioning types, it's where your body prepares for sleep and your brain shifts gears.
As for what that has to do with ADHD, I'm not sure - it's probably been studied. My best guess is that melatonin helps, and maybe the brain is more receptive to dopamine at night? You may have fewer environmental distractions at night too; I know I do.
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Mushrooms
I've figured out mindset is everything for me which sucks because I've gotten that drilled into me as a kid but figuring out stuff about one self only works if you figure it out yourself. Getting into the mindset needs to be not so obvious. I can't just repeat "I am component, I am smart, I won't postpone". I need to get into a vibe of getting stuff done and I honestly can't explain it better than it being a vibe. Medium energy (not high energy because then I just get a small panic attack) electronica music helps a lot for some reason.
Also small breaks from time to time but I can't set myself a time or I will just keep thinking about the timer.
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