Mood, coming from someone who needs to make salt shaking motions while walking around looking for the salt or else I would forget what I was looking for 😭 I have to do this for lots of things, miming their purpose with my hand while looking for them so I don't forget.
This might solve one problem, but the real issue is that there are thousands of problems.
It’s not that notes don’t help, but they don’t solve the real problem. A shelter good for a single drop of rain isn’t useless, but that’s not the storm that troubles me.
Does anything actually help, though? I feel like there's no amount of "tricks" that would equal even half the benefit of getting the right prescription.
Yeah my desk is COVERED in post-its and notepads. It’s how I keep up with things. Plus all the notes in my phone that I write and forget exist (hence the paper notes in my face). But I love when my notes are just two words and I’m left scratching my head later like… wtf does that mean?
This is why I use the calendar in my phone instead. And set it to provide at least 5 reminders because I'm guaranteed to swipe away the first three notifications.
I do this sometimes, though usually through a slack message to myself with a reminder for work things. For home, I will write it down or maybe throw an appointment in my calendar with a reminder.
I set up my PC, so I have a single shortcut that opens up my editor with a notes file that I can just type into.
I always marvel when I see folks using OneNote or whatever, which takes like 10 seconds to boot, then you have to select a category/folder to create the note in, and I believe, you even have to give the note a name, all before you can start typing your thoughts. Just how does that work for you?
Not to mention if you have multiple identities (e.g. private and work-related but still private) that are related but should be separated.
A mess to keep that organized...
At work I always have a block of paper next to me, a pen I enjoy writing with. It works a treat for me. It also helps my brain from becoming overwhelmed with a lot of fractured things to remember.
I tend to just remember what I need to do. The only adhd symptom I have is intense procrastination/struggling to force myself to start working. It's 1 AM and I'm only 1/2 through a paper due tomorrow.
This has big "Depressed person: Have you tried going outside more?" vibes.
I have so many to-do lists, post its, whiteboards and notebooks around me and not a clue what's on them anymore.
You need to treat it like an inbox that you clear out. If you already have this habit for email, like I do, then it becomes pretty easy if you just email them to yourself (or have a script that does)
Oh I find notes years later and "oh right I forgot about that". I do infact forget about it as soon as I write it down. Including the existence of the note in the first place
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Where's my paper?
Now where's my pen?
What was i going to write again? Oh yeah, I remember.
What was i doing before? Oh right, the email.
What was I about to say in this email? I can't remember.
Why is this paper here?
Instructions unclear I started doodling
what are all these oter notes? wait are these last years tax forms? did i file my taxes?!
Mood, coming from someone who needs to make salt shaking motions while walking around looking for the salt or else I would forget what I was looking for 😭 I have to do this for lots of things, miming their purpose with my hand while looking for them so I don't forget.
This might solve one problem, but the real issue is that there are thousands of problems.
It’s not that notes don’t help, but they don’t solve the real problem. A shelter good for a single drop of rain isn’t useless, but that’s not the storm that troubles me.
Why is this paper here? Oh well
Typical, unhelpful, ableist advice from well-meaning but ultimately useless and irritating NTs.
Does anything actually help, though? I feel like there's no amount of "tricks" that would equal even half the benefit of getting the right prescription.
Yeah my desk is COVERED in post-its and notepads. It’s how I keep up with things. Plus all the notes in my phone that I write and forget exist (hence the paper notes in my face). But I love when my notes are just two words and I’m left scratching my head later like… wtf does that mean?
Yes, I'll surely remember to have a pen and paper ready to use before I start writing. /s
Last time I moved my keyboard there were so many notes...
I moved it looking for my pen to make a note
Paper is gone now
But I'm not looking for it
Because I forgot
Why is this paper
Telling me to "call Kevin"?
And when was "next week"?
That next week was three years ago!
This is why I use the calendar in my phone instead. And set it to provide at least 5 reminders because I'm guaranteed to swipe away the first three notifications.
It might work, if I remembered to do it in the moment, but I probably wouldn't.
Bold of you to assume I'll remember the email after writing this down.
In writing it down my brain files the task as "complete" and the paper becomes clutter with a hasty scribble on it I can barely decipher.
I do this sometimes, though usually through a slack message to myself with a reminder for work things. For home, I will write it down or maybe throw an appointment in my calendar with a reminder.
I set up my PC, so I have a single shortcut that opens up my editor with a notes file that I can just type into.
I always marvel when I see folks using OneNote or whatever, which takes like 10 seconds to boot, then you have to select a category/folder to create the note in, and I believe, you even have to give the note a name, all before you can start typing your thoughts. Just how does that work for you?
Basically an inbox of Getting Things Done.
Yeah, I have several of those. Shit, I should take a look into the last one, it's been years since I last sorted it.
Not to mention if you have multiple identities (e.g. private and work-related but still private) that are related but should be separated.
A mess to keep that organized...
It's fun to set up at the start, though.
Never really got further, though.
Not at all, but the idea is still sound. I need everything electronically because I will lose anything paper in seconds.
At work I always have a block of paper next to me, a pen I enjoy writing with. It works a treat for me. It also helps my brain from becoming overwhelmed with a lot of fractured things to remember.
I tend to just remember what I need to do. The only adhd symptom I have is intense procrastination/struggling to force myself to start working. It's 1 AM and I'm only 1/2 through a paper due tomorrow.
Write it down and it fades to the background.
This has big "Depressed person: Have you tried going outside more?" vibes.
I have so many to-do lists, post its, whiteboards and notebooks around me and not a clue what's on them anymore.
Having a way to quickly take a voice notes without interrupting your flow too much is a game changer.
I'm experimenting with that, but in the end I have just another folder with notes I stop looking at after a while.
You need to treat it like an inbox that you clear out. If you already have this habit for email, like I do, then it becomes pretty easy if you just email them to yourself (or have a script that does)
Oh I find notes years later and "oh right I forgot about that". I do infact forget about it as soon as I write it down. Including the existence of the note in the first place
it's called swap memory and it makes the maximum stack bigger. very effective for me.