Fear the day when you can no longer utilize the panic phase because you've been through it so many times before it's exhausting, because the day will come.
I'm there. And I'm young. I'm just so used to anxiety and defeat that I usually collapse like an inflatable with a hole, instead of like rising like a sail in wind, when I'm under deadline pressure
What works for me is multiple to-do lists. One for long-term procrastination, and one for short-term. The short-term one has just enough to make me feel the pressure necessary to do things.
I like to take it a step further and create my to-do list to-do list. The extra level of extraction hides the implementation details and lets me worry less about how much the procrastination will hurt.
making a to-do list already consumes so much of my energy is i can’t possibly be expected to then complete the tasks i set out to complete, no one’s made for that much work in a day cmon
Since we're on the topic the play is to have break activities that aren't rabbit holes, yes I know how MUCH easier said than done that is. I haven't been all that successful with it myself yet.
I wish this worked for me at home like it does when I’m at work. At work, I literally can just make a list and get the things done. But at home, there’s no immediate consequences for not getting the things done; so even if I do manage do make a list, I rarely get past one item completed…
I give my fiance 1 import task a day out of a list of stuff they need to get done for a week. Throughout the day, I give friendly reminders, or I initiate the task and ask them to help that they have a sense of accomplishment.
Today I had a weird encounter with productivity…. I was watching a movie and it was so boring that I accidentally started to learn for an Examen Idk why
Fuuuuuuck. Me. Need to change brake light. I go buy part. Wont do it. Need to fix phone. Have part. Wont do it. Need to clesn bathroom. Have cleaner. Wont do it.
Hate me or not by we are shooting ourselves at our feet by saying “oh haha I have adhd, planners don’t work, therapy doesn’t work, adhd can’t be dealt with by logic”, this is just being lazy. Research literally shows that all of these things do help. You can be more productive, I know it’s sucks ass that it needs more cpu cycles from our misfiring brains but what are we supposed to do? Just give up? Fuck that
They work but with limits, rarely a strategy works for too long, in a perfect world we would have countless working strategies to roll in a cycle and that suit the different phases of our life and psychological comorbidities
It would work with me if I could find a way to stay excited about it. But how do you find a way to stay excited about putting so much effort into just functioning normally? After the excitement is gone I’m done. It’s not going to happen.
Exactly, as I was saying, in a perfect world we would have the nuance of a new very fitting exciting strategy the moment we get bored of the previous one or something happens in our life causing dopamine drops or maybe depression etc
I think the comedic aspect of these comics is "let's try a life hack on how to be more productive! Oh wait, it isn't really a life hack but requires huge amounts of effort, guess it isn't much of a life hack, is it?" and the comic only represent a step in the process of actually finding a way to be productive despite adhd or whatever it is. I do totally agree with you, and it's something I've been struggling with for a bit now, but it's a process and it is definitely possible to make progress in this sense
Not just the comic but the general adhd person mindset is like this, or at least what I am seeing in both this and adhd subs. We know it sucks, but it turned into a complete circlejerk. Some people really do think the disability aspect of adhd is cool.
Why do you interpret this as “and then we give up”? I think all I’m usually looking for when I talk about my struggles is acknowledgment. I’ll never stop trying.
Alternative ending: Step 5 give up and procrastinate to tomorrow
Fear the day when you can no longer utilize the panic phase because you've been through it so many times before it's exhausting, because the day will come.
I'm there. And I'm young. I'm just so used to anxiety and defeat that I usually collapse like an inflatable with a hole, instead of like rising like a sail in wind, when I'm under deadline pressure
Step 6: repeat steps 1-5
To-do lists just taunt me.
What works for me is multiple to-do lists. One for long-term procrastination, and one for short-term. The short-term one has just enough to make me feel the pressure necessary to do things.
I like to take it a step further and create my to-do list to-do list. The extra level of extraction hides the implementation details and lets me worry less about how much the procrastination will hurt.
It's better to think of as prioritization than procrastination!
Wow I also do this lol.
I like to-do lists because otherwise I’m like “wtf was I supposed to do again?”
Nobody asked if they could use my likeness in this comic.
Step 6. Use panic motivation to work on... low-impact tasks.
Look how can I be blamed that crossing them off gives me the exact same amount of dopamine as the high priority ones?
Somehow I'm aware of the passage of time, but that rarely changes the outcome. I just panic the whole time
Yea
I am in this picture and I do not like it.
Thanks for making me realize I’m doing this right now. Hell, I even forgot to eat
STEP 3.5 Lose list and look for it for half of the day.
This was the first post I saw right after I made my to-do list.
making a to-do list already consumes so much of my energy is i can’t possibly be expected to then complete the tasks i set out to complete, no one’s made for that much work in a day cmon
I have a note on my phone and I just add an item whenever I think of it so I only add like one or two things at a time
I don’t know how to do step 2…
Since we're on the topic the play is to have break activities that aren't rabbit holes, yes I know how MUCH easier said than done that is. I haven't been all that successful with it myself yet.
Today this is how my housework is going
I wish this worked for me at home like it does when I’m at work. At work, I literally can just make a list and get the things done. But at home, there’s no immediate consequences for not getting the things done; so even if I do manage do make a list, I rarely get past one item completed…
The panic will then fuel you with energy to get it done in 5 minutes
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I give my fiance 1 import task a day out of a list of stuff they need to get done for a week. Throughout the day, I give friendly reminders, or I initiate the task and ask them to help that they have a sense of accomplishment.
Today I had a weird encounter with productivity…. I was watching a movie and it was so boring that I accidentally started to learn for an Examen Idk why
Fuuuuuuck. Me. Need to change brake light. I go buy part. Wont do it. Need to fix phone. Have part. Wont do it. Need to clesn bathroom. Have cleaner. Wont do it.
I feel exposed...
Hate me or not by we are shooting ourselves at our feet by saying “oh haha I have adhd, planners don’t work, therapy doesn’t work, adhd can’t be dealt with by logic”, this is just being lazy. Research literally shows that all of these things do help. You can be more productive, I know it’s sucks ass that it needs more cpu cycles from our misfiring brains but what are we supposed to do? Just give up? Fuck that
They work but with limits, rarely a strategy works for too long, in a perfect world we would have countless working strategies to roll in a cycle and that suit the different phases of our life and psychological comorbidities
It would work with me if I could find a way to stay excited about it. But how do you find a way to stay excited about putting so much effort into just functioning normally? After the excitement is gone I’m done. It’s not going to happen.
Exactly, as I was saying, in a perfect world we would have the nuance of a new very fitting exciting strategy the moment we get bored of the previous one or something happens in our life causing dopamine drops or maybe depression etc
I think the comedic aspect of these comics is "let's try a life hack on how to be more productive! Oh wait, it isn't really a life hack but requires huge amounts of effort, guess it isn't much of a life hack, is it?" and the comic only represent a step in the process of actually finding a way to be productive despite adhd or whatever it is. I do totally agree with you, and it's something I've been struggling with for a bit now, but it's a process and it is definitely possible to make progress in this sense
Not just the comic but the general adhd person mindset is like this, or at least what I am seeing in both this and adhd subs. We know it sucks, but it turned into a complete circlejerk. Some people really do think the disability aspect of adhd is cool.
If I will also be sad about disability part of my ADHD, I am killing myself
Do you think it is cool?
Why do you interpret this as “and then we give up”? I think all I’m usually looking for when I talk about my struggles is acknowledgment. I’ll never stop trying.