Reality is a busy place and for most of my life I has struggled endlessly with not having enough of me to do everything I want, and need to do. It also doesn't help that I'm scatty and, although undiagnosed, I strongly suspect I have ADD (attention deficit disorder), it's a form of ADHD. This is something I have kind of decided to accept and a few people have made it clear that's what they think I have. Fine. But how do I manage this? I've decided this is just who I am. I do everything in crazy orders, forget stuff and feel like a failure when something goes wrong. There's probably more to it, but order is what I crave in my life, because there's just so much going on it's really hard to keep up. That's where lists have come into my life. My wife and my dad swear by them. My wife especially, has been screaming their benefits at me nearly the whole 17 years we've been together. But as usual, I assumed my way was best, which involved me just trying to remember everything all at once. It never worked. Well, I'm metaphorically eating my hat right now 😂
I decided to use Notes on my iPhone. The logic here was that I use my phone all the time and it's usually by my side in some way or another. So I created a group called ADHD Routines and Jobs,
I'll illustrate this with pictures...
I have used this all week, dedicating myself to the idea of if I'm wondering what to do next, always consult the list and if it's not on the list, it's not happening. Forcing myself to have a permanent list to hand has been a massive change for me. I have got so much done this week. Just look at my tick lists 🤣 for anyone who experiences life the way I do and considers themselves scatty and unable to do everything, try this. It may be common sense to some people, but it wasn't obvious to me until this month. This just means you're never too old to learn something new. Sure I wish I was doing this when I was back at school, but not much I can do about that now. I hope you've found this interesting and if you did, let me know what you think 🤔
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