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Tips for Living With ADHD (From Someone Who Actually Has It)

There is a lot of advice floating around online for how to manage the symptoms of ADHD. 

Most of it is bad. 

A lot of the advice available for coping with ADHD has been written by people who don’t actually have it. Much of it is either aimed at parents raising ADHD children, or it simply amounts to “just try harder and figure out how to remember things better”. It’s hard for people who don’t have ADHD to understand that there’s more to it than “being easily distracted”, and the advice they give for managing the disorder is sometimes woefully out of touch. 

Luckily, I have ADHD, and I’ve had to deal with it all my life. ADHD has not prevented me from getting a master’s degree, writing a novel, keeping my apartment clean or advancing in my career, because I’ve figured out some coping strategies like:

Train yourself to do the “keys, phone, wallet” dance. Misplacing things sucks, and it happens a lot with ADHD. To keep at least the important things from going missing, I have taught myself to physically tap my keys, wallet and phone before I leave any location. Getting into this habit took a few weeks, but now it’s muscle memory - and it’s saved me a lot of headaches over the years. 

Start a Bullet Journal or find a good day planner. My bullet journal is my life. For those of you who aren’t familiar with them, bullet journals are basically grid notebooks written with a special system that lets you quickly keep track of and organize all the things you need to remember. Their customizability lets you organize things in a way that makes sense to your brain (and there’s no need to make them as fancy as the ones on Instagram). Plus, the fact that it’s not an app or online tool helps me avoid distraction.

Do a daily 15-minute sweep of your apartment. Household chores can quickly get away from you, until your apartment is so overwhelmingly gross that you don’t even know where to start. Keep things to a dull roar with a fifteen-minute daily sweep - bag up garbage, move the dishes to the kitchen, throw laundry into a hamper, wipe up obvious spills. When your space is less overwhelming, it’s easier to tackle bigger chores when you need to. 

Set reminders to reply to emails and messages. If I don’t answer a message immediately, under normal circumstances, there’s a 50/50 chance I’ll never remember to answer it. If I know I need to reply to a message, I’ll set a quick reminder in my phone to respond - Siri can set reminders for me instantly, and it helps a lot with communication. 

Prioritize tasks and do the most important ones first. My brain has a limited ability to concentrate on tasks that I’m not hyper-fixated on. Attention is a finite resource for me - once I start to get tired or burnt out, the odds of me completing a task I’m not interested in drops to almost nothing. Order your tasks by importance, not difficulty; sometimes I’m only able to do 1-2 very simple things in a day, and it’s important to make sure those are the things that most needed to get done. 

Use the Pomodoro method for getting things done. I need pressure and deadlines to get things done, which is sort of difficult to replicate after college - the only person who cares if I work on my art or write a novel is me. So I use the Pomodoro method - this is basically where you set a timer for 25 minutes, work until it goes off, set a time for 5 minutes, relax until it goes off, and so on. There are even apps like “Focus To-Do” that automatically use Pomodoro timers and can even track how many you do on each task per day. 

Put reminders of daily tasks in places where you can see them. I have several houseplants, and the only reason those houseplants are alive is because they have brightly-coloured sticky notes on them that say WATER ME EVERY FRIDAY. Putting up visual reminders might seem tacky or childish, but if that’s what works for you, then that’s what you need to do. Putting a chore chart for yourself on the fridge is way less embarrassing than getting a pest problem because you lost track of chores. 

Tackle chores and cleaning in stages. Deep-cleaning my whole apartment in one day is simply not going to happen. It’s just not. So when it’s time to deep-clean, I spread it out in stages - one day is the day to tackle the fridge, the next day is the bathrooms, the day after that is closet organization, etc. Breaking things into manageable chunks is how I’ve tackled everything from my graduate thesis to moving - I accept that I need to spread big tasks out across more days than other people do, and adapt accordingly. 

Audiobooks and podcasts are your friend. If I’m doing a task that doesn’t require a lot of concentration - like mopping, or dishes, or walking the dog - my mind wanders… and it often wanders to another task I could be doing, causing me to abandon what I’m working on. I’ve found that the best way to prevent that is to keep my mind occupied. Throwing on some headphones and listening to an audiobook (which I rent from the Libby app for free!) has been a win-win situation for me; it helps me stay on-task, and it helps me reach my reading goal every year. 

ADHD can make it difficult to thrive in a world that wasn’t built for our brains. But when you find the right strategies, it’s possible to accomplish your dreams and navigate the world in your own way. 

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19/02/21

And just like that, I’m back in Spain. I decided to travel back home because of UK lockdown and to work on my mental health. Everything was very smooth and I felt very safe. My mom got me a new IKEA bookshelf so I built that, see if you recognise any of the books. Look after yourselves please.

Lucy.

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21 February 2021 | another lazy Sunday

here’s another look at an unseen side of my desk. as finals approach, I abandon my love for an empty desk and let the chaos pile up. sometimes you just need four different candles, an oil diffuser, and used matches to watch you study.

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Oh to sit in a crowded cafe and read Jane Austen in a British accent to my beloved.

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Feeling really excited and motivated after hosting my first room on clubhouse last night and talking with so many different creative people, I can’t wait to do it again next week. I hadn’t realised how much I miss meeting new people and having fun conversations. Using this new motivation to write and make things today 🤍

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2.12.2020 // Getting ready for December exams and lecture notes aren’t as pretty on the computer, but they sure are faster!

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043020 - Currently reading: Little Women

"Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault."

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101 Study Tips

  1. Take advantage of that lower workload in between exam periods to make good notes, clean your house, get work experience and do the things then rather than when you’re busier
  2. Use Highlighters instead of pens to save time. Or vice versa depending on you
  3. Change the timing in the pomodoro technique to suit you rather than the other way round
  4. Use a planner to organise your day
  5. Work out what time of day you study best. You could get up and study in the morning if you’re that sort of person
  6. Attend your tutor or form sessions. Even if you don’t do much in them, you can
  7. Keep your planner small and carry it everywhere
  8. Even better, put your planner on your phone
  9.  Don’t sulk if you fail, look back at why you failed and try to improve
  10. If you get distracted by wanting to do something when you should be focusing, write it down. It gives you a checklist of things to do later
  11. Do these things on the checklist in your study breaks
  12. Answer questions without your teaching asking you to
  13. Read about your subjects outside of your classes, especially in high school
  14. Sit at the front of the class room
  15. Don’t sit by yourself in class
  16. Get an early nights sleep
  17. Or at least use sleepytime to get a good time frame
  18. On school days when you wake up, get up straight away, it stops you lazing about
  19. Work hard from the start of the year. There isn’t a time to slack off
  20. Try spaced repititon for learning key facts or a revision schedule
  21. Have snacks and a drink during study sessions. Preferably water.
  22. Summarise and make all your notes onto smaller bits of paper for revision, it helps you recognise what the important facts are
  23. To avoid study stress, take breaks and avoid studying for more than two hours a day
  24. It’s also good to have a day where you don’t study at all once a week
  25. Don’t schedule too far in advance, you’ll just get busy in the meantime or change your methods
  26. When you’re feeling too stressed to work properly but not studying stresses you out, do easier tasks like reviewing flashcards or watching videos on your course
  27. Do as much of your work in school as possible
  28. Prioritise your classes. Especially if you have loads
  29. Make any big habit changes you’ve been thinking of at the start of a term or new year
  30. Study a little before bed, you’ve probably seen that study that says you remember more just before bed
  31. Only make flashcards of the things that you don’t get or are important, not everything
  32. Use online sites like Brainscape, Memrise, Anki or Quizlet for flashcards between devices
  33. Print off your powerpoint slides before a lesson
  34. If you can’t do that, read ahead in the textbook
  35. The syllabus is your guide, so use that as a framework for your revision notes
  36. Your stress and nerves are normal, don’t worry
  37. Aim to finish your revision a week before your exams, it makes you start earlier and finish earlier, you also can rest before your exam
  38. When you pick your subjects, choose the subjects you love
  39. Don’t drink alcohol when you’re studying or any type of drug while studying
  40. Don’t listen to how much everyone is studying. A lot of people big it up or say they do none, usually both aren’t being truthful
  41. Take messy notes in class and neaten them up later
  42. Or take your notes online or on a computer
  43. Have a folder to put your loose sheets and handouts in
  44. Keep your to do list and schedule all in one place, whether that’s a book, app or phone
  45. If you fall behind or are ill a lot, your classmates are your friends for a realistic description of what you’ve missed
  46. When at school, know all the places you’d like to study in case one of them is busy
  47. Don’t work in your bed if it makes you tired
  48. Or work in your bed if all your seats are uncomfortable and it’s distracting
  49. Don’t have too much coffee! And energy drinks are just terrible for you so maybe not have those either
  50. You don’t have to be truthful to your actual opinion in essays, just go for what option has the most points
  51. Listen to your teacher
  52. Have your window open, the fresh air helps
  53. Use practice papers and questions, they really help
  54. Try to teach others as well or if you can’t, explain it in your own words to yourself
  55. Combine more than one technique, so that the weaknesses of each method gets covered by another
  56. Seriously just listen to your teachers
  57. Check your emails every day
  58. Set realistic goals and try not to be too harsh and unrealistic about the time you’ll spend achieving these as well
  59. Use loud and annoying alarms to get you to do things
  60. If you have to read, read out loud rather than in your head
  61. Use a hair tie if you have long hair to keep it out of your face
  62. Keep clean and get dressed for studying
  63. Don’t waste your term making your notes pretty, if it helps, make sure the benefits outweigh the time it takes
  64. Study when you can. Don’t study if you’re too exhausted to do so.
  65. Keep your desk as clean as you can
  66. Know your sources of motivation. Possibly find a way to put that in your study space.
  67. Attend as many classes as possible and don’t skip
  68. Keep yourself busy with stuff that isn’t studying
  69. Reward yourself for your hard work
  70. Before you go back to school, start to wake up earlier so you’re ready
  71. Wear comfortable clothes to school
  72. Or wear whatever makes you feel good, feeling bad can be pretty distracting
  73. Always think about the next step early, whether thats getting work experience, choosing subjects, finding a job or picking a thesis
  74. Always eat breakfast
  75. And always eat lunch too! Especially at school
  76. Do whatever is best for you. Don’t follow a studyblr trend, do what’s best for you.
  77. Make your studying a habit. Do it nearly every day for a long time and it’ll begin to feel more like second nature
  78. Get to know your teachers if you can
  79. And don’t be afraid to ask them for help outside of a lesson, either by email or afterwards, it helps a lot 
  80. Look at the types of questions you often get wrong as well as the topics you keep missing out on 
  81. Keep a spare bit of food in your bag, I usually have some sesame snaps in my bag as a small snack so I don’t have to get up to get food
  82. Make productive friends and people with similar goals to you
  83. When revising, revise everything and then focus on your weak points
  84. Don’t spend too long on tumblr, and if you are right now, then this is your reminder to log off!
  85. Don’t panic when you don’t know all the answers in a test, do you really need 100%?
  86. Break your studying into smaller bits and spread it out over time to avoid headaches, burnout and all the problems that come with it
  87. Eat better. Get enough fruit and vegetables
  88. Don’t forget about Protein, from meats, nuts, etc. it helps a lot
  89. If you’re falling asleep in class, I usually drink water, pinch myself, take lots of notes and fidget to keep myself up
  90. Regularly clear out your bag, because a lot of stuff builds up
  91. If you’re a more artistic person, use drawings like visual notes, mindmaps, timelines and literal drawings to help you study
  92. If you study with a friend, quiz each other
  93. Study on public transport if you can, notes and flashcards on phones are good for this
  94. Don’t neglect any of your subjects, make sure they all get some time spent on them
  95. Also focus beyond your first exam, it’s easy to overprepare for the first test and then not be ready for the rest
  96. When taking a test look through it quickly before hand
  97. Remember you don’t have to take the test in order
  98. Review your notes all the time, review helps the memory
  99. If you want to pull an all-nighter see if you can do it in the morning or day instead, and don’t do it the night before anything important
  100. Always look at the details, especially if you get a mark-scheme or guide for your assignments
  101. Constantly be taking on new improvements and trying to improve your methods
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Developing Self-Discipline

Source: kimberlystudies.tumblr.com

Self-discipline can be considered a type of selective training, creating new habits of thought, action, and speech toward improving yourself and reaching goals. Self-discipline can also be task oriented and selective. View self-discipline as positive effort, rather than one of denial.

Schedule a small task for a given time of the day. Practice deliberate delaying.

  • Schedule a particular task in the morning and once in the evening.
  • The task should not take more than 15 minutes.
  • Wait for the exact scheduled time. When the schedule time is due, start the task.
  • Stick to the schedule for at least two months.

Advantage: Scheduling helps you focus on your priorities. By focusing on starting tasks rather than completing them, you can avoid procrastination.

  • Schedule a task and hold to its time; Avoid acting on impulse.
  • Track your progress; At the end of the allotted time, keep a record of accomplishment that builds over time.
  • If you begin to have surplus time, fill it with small tasks, make notes to yourself, plan other tasks, etc.

Advantage: Building a record will help you track how much time tasks take.

  • If you begin to have surplus time, fill it with small tasks, make notes to yourself, plan other tasks, etc.

Harness the power of routine.

  • Instead of devoting a lot of hours one day, and none the other and then a few on an another day and so on, allocate a specific time period each day of the week for that task.
  • Hold firm.
  • Don’t set a goal other than time allocation, simply set the habit of routine.
  • Apply this technique to your homework or your projects, you will be on your way to getting things done

Advantage: You are working on tasks in small increments, not all at once. You first develop a habit, then the habit does the job for you.

Use self discipline to explore time management

Time management can become an overwhelming task. When you do not have control over your own self, how can you control time? Begin with task-oriented self-discipline and build from there.

Advantage: As you control tasks, you build self-discipline. As you build self-discipline, you build time management. As you build time management, you build self-confidence.

Maintain a self-discipline log book.

  • Record the start and end times of the tasks.
  • Review for feedback on your progress

Advantage: This log book can be a valuable tool to get a better picture over your activities in order to prioritize activities, and realize what is important and not important on how you spend your time.

Schedule your work day and studies.

  • When you first begin your work day, or going to work take a few minutes and write down on a piece of paper the tasks that you want to accomplish for that day.
  • Prioritize the list.
  • Immediately start working on the most important one.
  • Try it for a few days to see if the habit works for you.
  • Habits form over time: how much time depends on you and the habit.

Advantage: When you have a clear idea as to what you want to achieve for the day at its start, the chances are very high that you will be able to proactively accomplish the tasks. Writing or sketching out the day helps.

Discouragement:

  • Do not be intimidated; do not be put off by the challenge
  • If you slip, remember this is natural
  • Take a break and then refresh the challenge

Tricks:

Associate a new habit with an old one: If you drink coffee, make that first cup the time to write out and prioritize your tasks.

Advantage: Association facilitates neural connections!

Mark your progress:

On a calendar in your bathroom, on a spreadsheet at your computer, on your breakfast table: Check off days you successfully follow up. If you break the routine, start over!

Advantage: Visualizing is a ready reinforcement of progress

Role models:

Observe the people in your life and see to what extent self discipline and habits help them accomplish goals. Ask them for advice on what works, what does not.