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How do *you* executive function? Part ii! (Patreon)

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Hello again! 

If you've already shared on Part I, don't worry! We'll still go through those comments! You won't need to repost those comments here. 🧡

In a very unsurprising twist of ADHD... I maaaaaybe posted the first a little too soon! 😅

So lets try this again (and again don't worry, we're still going to comb through the first post comments!)...How do *you* executive function? 

What are some tips & tricks you've learned to use to help cope with executive function challenges?

What are some funny stories of when things went wrong? 

What are some funny stories about the lengths you've gone to make something work for you? 

And what are those simple hacks that you tried that worked out better than expected?If you happen to remember, be sure to let us know how (and if) you'd like to be quoted if your story is used -- and anonymous is an option! If you do not want to be quoted, you can still comment, but let us know that you'd like to not be quoted at all. 😊🧡We'll be reading through answers until Friday (25 February)!

Comments

Sarah Miller

Sleep doesn’t happen unless it’s 11:30 12 o’clock in the morning when I don’t have my adhd med I loose track of time it’s 9:30 and I think it’s 7:30 and pacing back and forth and not realizing it and forgetting something in a conversation that we just talked about and was recognizing more without my adhd med today I was really hungry for some reason I don’t know why just all over the place having to many thoughts I don’t know what to do with doing task before I complete another am very distracted almost like I’m not paying attention and I am and hyper active mind and inattentive at the same time

HT

attention—working from home, I walk away from computer to stay focused on conversation/mtg/WebEx (otherwise I read email and perform other tasks at the expense of paying attn to discussion…and pay a price later for missing it). memory—I set alarms on iPhone and AppleWatch, 9-10 mins before mtg because the snooze function is 9 minutes. I also email myself/others in the middle of the night so I don’t lose the thought/solution that came to mind. I offer to create mtg agendas so I don’t forget to capture/submit my own items. organization/time management—I join WebEx mtgs early so when I get focused on a different task, the voices of others joining at start time bring me back (otherwise I lose track of time and am then late). I have three monitors and I use the Dell display manager tool to auto-apply my custom layout of which apps display where. I keep WebEx and Teams calendars open on a third screen so I can see and readily join diff mtgs throughout each day. Feel free to quote, re-phrase, etc. I use these day in and day out to help myself. If I think of more I will pop over and add.

Davis Fay

Some smol ones: During the pandemic I had to adjust to working from home. Before that I only ever worked from an office (when other-employed) or from a coffee shop (when self-employed) to separate my work and personal lives as much as possible. The trick I found? Put some shoes on. I don't wear shoes when I'm relaxing, so having shoes on put me in more of a getting-things-done mindset. Similarly, wearing a pair of light workman's gloves makes me less reluctant to scoop the cat's litter boxes or do other kinda gross tasks; separates me from the physical sensations, and also puts me in more of a doing-chores mindset since I'd often wear those gloves when shoveling snow/working on my parent's property/etc. growing up. Lastly, I love the feeling of having rings on my fingers. I've come to associate it with safety and self-expression, next best thing to wearing armor. I always wear them outside the house, and if I'm struggling at home or need to kick-start a task I put them on. Feel free to quote, compile, and/or paraphrase!

Xoe Allred

My favorite trick to focus on work is to stream myself working. Even though I'll have at most maybe 1 or 2 viewers, I'm a lot more self conscious about the time I spend spiraling into social media. Feel free to quote me!

Anne Duguay

Tips and tricks for executive function: routines! I used to hate routines feeling that they pinned me down but they have been a lifeboat in keeping me from drowning in my job as a high school teacher. Routines help me to catch all of the steps that I would otherwise miss in my day to day activities. Also, peel and stick chalkboard reminders everywhere in my home. I am a 50 year old 3 year old in many respects :) I have chalkboard lists to prompting me to check that I have all of the things I need to take to work every morning, a dedicated 'really MUST remember' board in my kitchen (beside the coffee maker :)) for anything that is urgent and can't be forgotten. A dedicated workspace so I can focus when I need to at home away from sources of distraction. Bullet journal trackers (the grown up version of a sticker chart really :)) I use to track progress in a tangible way or to motivate me to stay on track with goals in bite-sized pieces. Time blocking as well with dedicated chunks of time devoted to certain tasks. Feel free to use this if you like :)

Tom LaMantia

I put things on the calendar, add things to digital lists, use robots to add things to digital lists by talking to them so that things get added to the lists, and save emails for way too long. Oh, and I'm starting to use outlook rules to organize my work email better. As far as a funny thing, I was doing really good and made a reservation at a restaurant, specifically my partner's favorite restaurant, for our anniversary. I put it on the calendar and everything, coordinated with our coparents, though they still showed up late, and we got on the road. We called ahead while on the road and... I put the wrong day on the calendar.... This is a very well known and popular restaurant... However we lucked out and they had a cancellation that they graciously gave to us. So yeah, worked out in the end.

Leesah

I'm a manager at my job and I remember once at a team builder of other managers we did this game where we had to write down what we needed to "feel successful" at our jobs. I wrote down "a cup of water" because I never sitdown at my desk without first filling up my water bottle. As we started going around the room people were saying things like, "a supportive manager" and "work life balance" and I'm like oh. I mean yes, I need those things too - but I have found that routine is one of the key triggers for my executive function. Filling up my water bottle is telling myself I'm at work now, time to work. I realize I have a lot of those things throughout the day that help me maintain focus. Oh! And also color coded post it notes, haha! Feel free to use this if wanted :) thanks for hearing our stories, great comment section - both threads!

aetherspoon

How do *you* executive function? I pretend to be an adultier adult, basically. The whole fake-it-until-you-make-it thing, only through a lens of roleplaying. So I'm roleplaying a decisive character, which makes me more decisive, strangely enough. I have a bit of a background in acting, plus lots of roleplaying experience in general, so these things are actually easier for me to do than just actually having executive function. In addition, I automate as much as humanly possible. Bills are all automated, I have several dozen alarms set on my phone for the simplest of things (including /lunch/ of all things), that way when I do have a good day, I can set all of these things up at once. Plus the "oo shiny~" effect of having something new usually gives me enough of a dopamine boost to set things up, just not maintain. What are some tips & tricks you've learned to use to help cope with executive function challenges? Pretend. People who are neurotypical are ALSO really bad at executive function, they're just not taking the additional penalties you are. So just ... pretend to be someone else and make the decision, depersonalizing the situation just enough to let you make a logical choice. Also, set alarms for things! So many alarms. I don't even have a wake-up alarm because I naturally wake up early, I instead have an alarm to remind me to actually get out of bed, an alarm for each meeting, an alarm for each meal, an alarm for each medication, and so on. What are some funny stories of when things went wrong? Being woken up at 3:30a because one of my alarms went off... because I was seven time zones away and forgot to turn off my alarms. Then it happening three more times because I kept forgetting to turn off the other alarms too. What are some funny stories about the lengths you've gone to make something work for you? I was an expert witness in a court case for the company I was working for at the time - I couldn't exactly work on my alarm system, so I had to use the roleplaying system. Also at the time, I was playing a pirate captain in an RPG who could be charitably described as the William Shatner / Captain Kirk meme of "I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am". I practiced THAT in advance instead of anything else in front of the lawyers, because that character was extremely decisive about everything he did... which made me actually have very strong executive function for short periods of time. The brain is weird. Worked like a charm. As for credit, you have permission to use and credit me as aetherspoon. :) And what are those simple hacks that you tried that worked out better than expected?

10goto10

If I pick something up and start walking I don’t put it down until I return to what I was doing or else put it away. I had a desk job and fortunately had two computer monitors. They were my short term memory. I could open windows for applications and emails and this allowed me to find my way back to what I was doing. I would always send emails to people so I could read them over to see what information I had left out. I would do this even if the person was just two doors down from my office. For most meetings I could get the PowerPoint deck or a task summary would be sent out. That’s where the important information was anyway. In meetings, people ask too many unrelated questions or just waste time. Meetings are evil. You can quote this and just say it was said by a retired computer analyst.

Kristian Gregory

Make and keep a list of prompts/reminders that help! Keep accessible everywhere. Some from my list currently that might be useful to others: # What *can* I do? (When I feel like I can't do anything) # Think on Paper (when I'm overwhelmed by a problem my short term memory makes it hard to see it all at once. I use paper as short term memory.) # Do something to feel better (instead of waiting to feel better to do something) # Surrender to what is (self explanatory? But I sometimes get wrapped up in how something important is difficult, and waste energy fighting it) # Run the dishwasher twice (from that meme about doing differently being better than not doing it at all) # There are seven days in a week, someday is not one of them (a reminder to be specific about times) # What's my win state? (Video games have clear win states, but sometimes life doesn't. A reminder to clarify my tasks) PS: you can attribute to "Wandering Scholar"

Andrew Wetzel

For me, I've done my best to adopt a rule I learned from someone that basically boils down to if it can be done in 5 minutes or less, just do it now. So, if i need to send a quick email, set a reminder, write a birthday card, whatever it is, if it is a simple task that can be done quickly i just get it done right away. I'm sure I don't need to tell you that if I don't do that, that task is out the window until the next time I think about it lol.

Selphis

The main reason I decided to get tested for ADHD at 31 was that my executive function wasn't, in fact, functioning. I'm still working on managing it, and I still haven't really figured it out on the day-to-day stuff like chores, small work tasks,... I try to set alarms or try some kind of sticker charts but lack of motivation still wins a lot of the time. I am starting to find ways to manage longer projects though. Plan more meetings to add deadlines, try to work side-by-side as a way of body-doubling. But yeah, I still don't really function executively well a lot of the time, but working on it. I guess my comments is not all that useful for a book, but just in case, using my name is fine ;-)

Koenraad Jacobs

Hi there, Starting off with quoting - as said yesterday, I'm happy to be quoted and mentioned by name. So tips & tricks - First and best tip, watch your channel, I've learned so much. 1) For me, I'd say try to be conscious of our emotional state (which can prove to be unstable at times). I've learned that trying to fix things and pick up new things is harder when I'm overwhelmed, angry or sad. 2) The organizer with "trivia", "informative", "important info", "TO DO" and "urgent TO DO" is a big one. I just have to decide whether something is important or not and leave opening letters to another time. That's very manageable. Conclusion - make things manageable if you've experienced they aren't yet. 3) Another one of these is take a notepad with you for example. I find grabbing my phone, unlocking it with code of FaceID and find notes, go to the right notes, ... can be a bit of a pushback. So I carry around a notepad and pen. Just need to take them and write. I'll put them somewhere else (like calendar) when I feel up for it. At least the information isn't lost. 4) Cut yourself some slack and make sure your environment knows how you feel. My girlfriend is aware when a bad brain day creeps in and tries to support me. Funny stories - Honestly the thought of it makes me laugh. Everything that goes wrong is kind of sad in a way, but a lot of turns out to be very funny if you look back on it. But for it to be funny, you have to be able to cut yourself some slack again. Stop judging is what everyone always says about judging others. Well, stop judging yourself as well then! ;) So a while ago I got started on meds (finally), and as you know, at first, the effect is way bigger. So my gf and me had an appointment at the bank. We were driving there and I was still under the effect of my Ritalin. She went "if you're going to be this structured and calm, that's going to be so easy, just remember to not speak on a low volume." Fastforward 15 minutes in the car and the effects wore off. I started tapping my steering wheel, volume up, .. STRUCTURE GONE. She just started laughing and said "What the hell did I even expect.. I'm glad you're back though". Also I've discovered I can not pay bills until they ask for administrative fees, I then feel pressure to pay bills WITHOUT administrative fees, and no one ever complains hahaha. LOOPHOOOOOOLE. Funny stories about lengths - LOL, the lengths I've gone without realizing I had ADHD. For my music parts for a band I play in, I've set up so many new structures, organizers, ... throughout the years, it has become more of a chaos of organization structures, then actually being just a mess of parts. I've managed to just lose everything IN my systems, over just losing stuff without systems. And boy have I spent on binders... :') Simple hacks that work better then expected - Read first again. Those 2 are lifesavers. Also my calendar once I get to updating it. My gf and me share a calendar and both write up our appointments. When it's for both we just write appointment (lets be real though.. It's always my gf that remembers to put them in). When it's for one of us we write "Ruth - ..." or "Koenraad - ...". That way I can always check my calendar, because otherwise I end up with double-bookings. She also does it for me at times, because she notices I've used my notebook, but haven't put it down yet. My gf is wonderful and I'd say she's the best tool I've got to cope and learn. Find yourself someone that can support you with these things, just the functioning, but also the frustration when you can't get started on something, ... It doesn't have to be a partner, it can be a parent, a friend, someone on discord you get close to. Hell, it can be another ADHD'er. I've found it's easier to motivate myself to follow-up other people's stuff because I love helping. We can be great support for others. And last but not least .. TALK. Talk to peers, they don't need to have solutions, but understanding does take away some frustration, so you can push that reset button and go again. Through all this I had taken a screenshot of Jessica's questions. By the time I scrolled down to the answer part I was glad I did. I had forgotten all of them.. Hehe :').

Aelynn_Graywind

The most helpful thing for me to control, switch and focus my attention is music. It works for emotion control as well. I have tons of playlists for everything that I have to or love to do. The only things that I do without music is sleeping and... procrastinating :D I use alarms, reminders and color labels in Trello not to forget to turn a certain playlist on when I need it. I also asked my husband to remind me about them - when he's at home, he's my DJ :D I also use roleplaying that someone already mentioned above. It works fantastic. I've always enjoyed roleplaying my favourite characters, and at some point, in certain situations that require it, I also started roleplaying real people that are good at something that I have to do, but I am afraid/overwhelmed/indecisive/don't have the skill/don't feel like doing it/just literally hate it. And a real nuclear bomb is to combine roleplaying with the proper playlist. But if you are like me, you will need a reminder to "get out of the character" when you don't need it anymore, otherwise it will ruin the rest of your plans/routines. So it's a bit risky...) *Feel free to quote, if you find any of these tips useful, I'd be happy to help a fellow beginning writer :)

Kyle Thomas

Honestly, I don't feel like I have any techniques that work at all. The main way I get things done is by having structure forced on me from an outside source, like a job for instance, where the potential shame of failure is compelling enough to pull me through the wall. With anything else, though, I just don't do it until I literally have no choice (all of my dishes are piled up in the sink so I can't eat) or the deadline is so close that I can ride the panic-induced adrenaline rush of, for example, having to write an entire essay in one night. Occasionally I'll see success with stepping back, doing some breathing exercises, and allowing my brain to "reset" from whatever I was fixated on, which allows me to then refocus on whatever I need to do. But most often I can't do that, like I feel as though I physically cannot make myself stop doing the most stimulating thing (usually video games) even when I am mentally screaming at myself to just do the thing I'm supposed to do. I've honestly never found a strategy that consistently works for me, and medication only lifts me from "completely hopeless" to "almost barely functional." This probably isn't what you were looking for (sorry), but if you do want to quote this mess of a comment, you can credit me as Kyle Thomas.

David Richins

My best success with that is basically having something or someone tell me explicitly. Usually, at work anyway, once I start I'm good. It's just the anxiety of getting started. Cleaning at home is a different story. I'll get to that... Probably... At work I have to juggle an ever growing list of tasks that I take one look at and grab my phone and go to Facebook. It's a horrifying to do list that involves calling actual people who may yell at me (more likely the longer I put it off). So I've resorted to several things. Taking the most immediate priorities and putting them on a notepad, Trello, and straight up scheduling everything on a calendar. I made the calendar public and straight up told my boss and coworkers that if it's not on the calendar, it won't happen. The obnoxious part is in a few months, my method stops working for me and has to be changed up. At this point I have a supervisor just explicitly telling me what to work on next. That works wonderfully if you've got a whole person to tell you what to do all day. I just need a personal assistant to run my life! At home (and at work when my project doesn't require me to be on the phone) I can't do *anything* without earphones. Music, podcasts, NPR, audiobook, whatever, but I need some kind of constant stimulation while blocking out external input. That way, I sort of trick myself into hyperfocus. Drives my wife crazy that I can't hear her in that state, but do you want chores done or not? People always talk about routine being the best help, but I have a gutteral (probably not the right word... but it feels right) aversion to routine of any kind. As soon as something becomes routine, my brain rejects it. "Oh no, you're not fooling me! I OWN you! Muahaha!" This is not an situation, especially raising a child. Still don't know what to do with that issue. I don't think I have any hilarious stories besides the usual leaving my phone in the dryer ("Hey Google, find my phone" is used daily), or going downstairs to get my wife a glass of milk and returning having done the dishes, bringing up clean clothes from the wash, and bringing back bedtime snacks but no milk. Most of the exercise I get in my life is going up and down the stairs for the stuff I forgot. Quoting, paraphrasing, naming, nicknaming, straight up mocking... All fine with me. I should also point out that I'm currently supposed to be getting ready to get my daughter up for school and myself ready for work and I just spent an hour writing a small essay... That's *not* good executive functioning.

Erich Saide

And what are those simple hacks that you tried that worked out better than expected? When I am in a conversation with someone and something they say triggers me tell them something, instead of just totally interrupting and jumping in with what I want to see (so cutting them off to talk) I will nicely interrupt them and ask them to repeat a work back to me. I tell them I will explain after. I have found that a "trigger" word can bring me back to that moment in time to then tell the story i wanted to tell, or what ever it was that was important for me to mentoin. I also try to keep a small pad or paper with me when in a meeting or zoom so I can quickly do the same thing before my Memory loses the thought.

Karl Fetzer

Karl Fetzer - feel free to use my name For me, routines and reminders are vital to reducing distractions and focusing on the more important tasks like short / medium / long-term planning. These techniques offload my brain from needing to mentally keep track of what is to be done. My routines are a set pattern of tasks performed in a specific way, often triggered by an event. For example: when I come home, I put my wallet, keys, sunglasses, and anything else I need to go out again in a specific place (or set of places), like a side table or on a hook next to the door. The next time I go out, there's only one place I need to check for these items -- no mental effort required for this task. For another related example: as soon as I find out I need to take something extra / different the next time I leave the house, I immediately (not "later," because I'll forget) place that thing on top of one of the normal "leaving the house" items or I'll block the door with it. I have many of these routines that have become ingrained habits over the years. They generally address something that I find challenging -- like remembering to take things with me -- or a consistent problem I've noticed -- like being unable to find things as I'm leaving the house (and leaving late, again). It is vital for me to avoid interruptions during these routines so that I'm not actually thinking about the task, I'm just doing it; once started, I try my best to finish a routine ASAP! My reminders are either tasks that need to be done later or appointments to do things at a later time. Upon planning a task / appointment or upon finding out about them from someone else, I *immediately* enter these reminders into my digital calendar (aka available everywhere the internet is). This is actually one of my routines -- and I adhere to it rigidly because otherwise important things *don't* get done (uh-oh!). Digital assistants do the work of keeping track of these reminders and only inform me of them at the pre-appointed time -- through gentle reminders and appointment notifications or through "wake me up out of whatever I'm doing" alarms, in the case of vital tasks / appointments). Although I schedule these reminders for a time when I think that I'll have capacity for them, they can be postponed by a set period of time at the click of a button or manually edited for an even later time / date. I do both of these postponements often, but the key for me is trying to keep reminders from falling through the cracks entirely. With routines and reminders, I clear a bunch of mental capacity for the more difficult brain tasks and give myself a fighting chance!

BL

I think one of the MOST important things I do is while cooking: Set the stove timer for 4 or 5 minutes. When the timer goes off set it for another 5 minutes, then stir the pot or what ever, or see that you need to do nothing. Repeat. Keep doing this. This trick reminds me that there is food cooking, and protects against daydreaming, wandering off, or going down a rabbit hole of throwing out expired products.

BL

I have my computer setup to email me reminders on the 1st and the 15th to "Check Bank Balance" to remind me to pay bills and transfer funds. I....EVENTUALLY get around to paying my bills. If I don't do it the first time I see the email, i forward it to myself. this can also be done with recurring calendar reminders, most people will probably need them more frequently.

K Johnson

1. There is great power in the right question. I wonder if breaking down a huge topic such as “executive function” would have value. Executive function seems so abstract. Plus, many of the ways it is broadly discussed are in a negative context. 2. What about re-framing the “bad” into something “how did you turn your random scheduling/planning into a superpower?” 3. Ask specific questions about single topics/words. 4. Ask for stories or examples. Personal examples always have more power and impact. And, ask for details. The best of many stories is often skipped by saying something like, “it was hard but we did it” or “and it worked out…”

Justin Velthoen

I use a 1x3x5 card for my daily task list. (1 main focus, 3 projects I need to move forward, and 5 tasks I promise through the day and don't want to forget...all on a 3x5in index card). I tried digital, but having a 3x5 card is a huge win for me. I had trouble reading because by the time I got done I forgot where I was, so I developed Tactical Reading: How to read a book in an hour. Taught a lot of friends to consume books quickly. I got away from them since we had our second child, but with a new (and not toxic) job I am getting back to my productive habits.

Jennifer Mitchell

I make up songs for things I just can’t forget. If I am leaving for work I do a sing song so I bring everything I need.

Gregory Dale

I have set places I have to leave certain things otherwise I will forget them and not be a blessing to find them .

vlado101

I actually use an agile board. I work in an IT role so I just put sticky notes on a board of things to do, things I am working on now in middle and then have the sticky notes of what I finished at the end.

Phylicia

I hope you're still reading these! I can't come up with this kind of stuff in the moment so here we go: I heavily rely on things external to my brain to cue myself throughout the day. My morning routine is probably the best example: I use a sunrise alarm clock in combination with alarms on my phone to get up in the morning. I know without seeing the time that if the light is on in the sunrise alarm clock, I’m within 40 minutes of the audio alarm that goes off at the alarm time. When that audio alarm goes off, I know I have another 20 minutes before my phone alarm. When that alarm goes off it’s time to get up or I get one 5 minute snooze. If I hear the phone alarm before the light from the sunrise alarm comes on, I know something isn’t right and get up with more urgency. I’ve also learned what to expect from sunlight peeking in around my curtains at certain times. Waking up this way also builds in transition time so my brain goes from rest to waking up at a pace that works better for it. I have also found that getting as much ready for work the evening before helps me get up in the morning. Knowing that I don’t have to figure out what to wear or that my work bag is ready or where stuff for food is in addition to actually doing all the getting ready stuff makes it easier. Before figuring this all out I would absolutely dread getting out of bed even when I felt well rested because there was just so much stuff to do. Another way I use cues is I try to leave things in ways that I know my brain will want to question it. For example, when getting ready to leave my apartment I don’t turn lights off in rooms I’m not done in yet. If I get to the door to leave and there is a light on that shouldn’t be, I almost always remember why it’s on when I walk to the room to turn it off. And honestly - my meds. All of them, not just my ADHD meds. I had a huge mental block telling me that I can “fix” myself without them and that I don’t want to be dependent on them, but I wish I had been more open to them sooner. Some other general things I do for self accommodation: I’ve found that making sure I have enough to keep my brain occupied is essential! I frequently find I work better when I can go between two or three different projects/tasks. This of course varies day by day. I have taught myself that sometimes things just aren’t fun to do. I know starting them means they are over sooner - and frequently I am happier for doing them! Preparing mentally for the task being not fun in some way gives me a better chance of getting it done. I have also learned that some things just don’t get done and that’s okay. I have to be strategic about which things these end up being and accept it.

Kae(NWPA)

I tell myself that I will feel better when I get "the thing" done. I convince myself it won't take very long to do it. I have a hard time doing it if I think it will take too long. I have trouble dividing it into separate sessions.

A Arctic fox

The only thing I really know that helps with executive function is making sure to eat, drink water, and take care of my body and mind (chronic illness and mental health conditions wise and just in general) *enter* i answered this in the first one and I dont want to say it again so go there for my answer, *enter* i dont have any funny stories but I have one I think is important to share for non adhd-ers trigger warning self harm (it'll be until i say *ENTER* again like that) when I first found out I had adhd and was still trying to accept it i started self harming everything I did an adhd thing due to so much internalized ableism about how I was doing EVERYTHINF wrong and how I wasnt like anyone else around me, I think thats important so non-adhders know how badly it affects us to be told all our lives we are doing basically everything wrong *ENTER* it workef out a lot better than expected to just try and do things i need to do more instead of consistently because due to chronic illness and mental health doing things consistently is reallt hard and my routine gets broken really easily due to how often I'm unable to do my routines so just aiming to do it more and do it only when I can without harming myself phschically or mentally from it helps a lot and makes it easier for me to do stuff with less pressure chronic illness and mental health wise (I know yall won't be seeing this but thats ok! I totally understand i just thought I should say anyway because idk I'm awake its 5 am and I dont want to sleep lol)

Donna McMaster

I had to get my car jump-started three times last year because I forgot to turn off the interior lights in my car. So I stuck a piece of masking tape on top of each switch. Now if I turn on a light, I pull off the masking tape and attach it to my finger to remind me to go back, turn off the light, and replace the tape. It's worked so far.🤞

Alexandria Hoffman

The first part of this actually made me realize that how I organize thing is not just because I am Type A, it is also a way to help my brain function with my ADHD. I have lived in a decent amount of places starting age 18 - now (35). This includes going away for chunks of months for jobs et cetera. Whenever I am in a new place I organize my drawers, fridge, and toiletries the same way. This gets trickier with shared spaces (fridges), but to the best of my ability my objects are always where I can find them. Allowing my brain to focus on everything else and not be concerned with opening the fridge and reaching for the eggs. If this is used I have no problem being quoted if it helps.

Aimee Fournier “Bug”

I take neurotrophics caffeine adderall and usé iCal and schedule notifications. I turn off all notifications and turn on the focus do not disturb feature while I work. I also use l tyrosine to boost my dopamine and neurotransmitters Mondays.com