ADHD Adults Need to Upgrade These 3 Skills to Manage Time Better

DESCRIPTION: Adults with ADHD who want to learn how to manage their time better need to upgrade their skills before they can effectively use any new tool or strategy. Here is how you can do that. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * learn 2 strategies to address your challenges with ADHD time blindness* learn 5 strategies to address your ADHD challenges with organizing your time* understand the importance of being flexible with your time and learn 3 strategies to be able to do this Resources Article: The ADHD Adult’s Guide To The Weekly Review Book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown Estimating Time Table ActivityTime EstimateActual TimeFeelings / Mood Other Commentsdrive to work20 min.32 minrushedLeft later than usual so more traffic – need to leave by 7prep for staff meeting1 hour30 minalert better to do in the morning when not tiredread yearly report30 mindidn’t finishbored and tiredbetter to read in the beginning of the day than end of daymake kids’ lunches in the morning10 min20 minutesoverwhelmed, couldn’t find lunch boxes or the right foodtoo much to do on the morning – make lunches at night TRANSCRIPT: 00:00: If you’re an adult with ADHD wanting to manage your time better, you probably tried many tools. I bet you are still struggling to manage your personal professional activities. You need to upgrade your skills first. Before any tool will work well for you. You’ve tuned into Scattered, Focused, Done – Reimagining Productivity with ADHD, a podcast for ADHD adults like you, who want to learn how to adopt the best strategies, tools, and skills, to be able to get your essential work done in a way that works with the way your brain is wired. I’m Marla Cummins, and I’m glad you decided to join me today on this journey to reimagining productivity, with ADHD. So you can get what is important to you done without trying to do it like everyone else. Do your days often seem like a struggle with time, feeling the stress of falling behind, wanting more hours in the day, experiencing the overwhelm of the minutes ticking by even on those days, when you start with a plan. And then, when you don’t feel you accomplished enough, do you work long past the time you intended to stop? 01:22: We all know there are just so many hours in the day. And trying to power your way through each day to get more and more done usually ends up backfiring. That is, rather than getting more done, you end up with diminishing returns. Yet, you may continue the cycle of working because you still think spending more time equals getting more stuff done. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, you continue this way out of habit. You do what you do because, well, that is what you do. And at the end of those long days, you think to yourself, “I didn’t get anything done. If only I managed my time better… Why can’t I get my stuff done just like everyone else?” Then this thinking might lead you into a shame spiral, further hindering your productivity. So maybe instead of doing your work, you start Googling some variation of ADHD and time management or best apps for time management. 02:31: