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ADHD Tools to Help with Timeblindness #adhd #shorts (Patreon)

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2022-04-07 17:05:04
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I'm curious to know... how do YOU cope with time blindness? Let us know in the comments of the short or right here on Patreon! 😄

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ADHD Tools to Help with Timeblindness #adhd #shorts

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Greg Watson

Digital timers on my phone make a huge difference. I found that helped when I was learning to cook. The alert when the timer ended would remind me of what I was doing and I would immediately go check. Wearing a watch definitely helped. Also setting appointments with audible and visual alerts made a huge difference.

Kris Ferrell

I use GPS wherever I go. Helps prevent spacing out and missing turns (Something that happens frequently even with GPS on the highways). I'm also always around some kind of internet connected device, so it's easy to see what time it is.

Luis Torrefranca

Desperately trying to suppress my people-pleasing tendencies and convincing myself I have no idea what I'm doing, so pad high. I would love to put up a big freakin' clock at my desk.

Channon Koty

Timers timers timers! I set a timer even when others think it is silly. Like this morning I asked Alexa to set a timer for 3 minutes so I didn't forget to take my son to the bus.

Liz Bianchini

So. Many. Alarms. Everything goes in my Google calendar with reminders 2hrs, 45min, and 15min before the event (I do edit times depending on what the event is and when I need to leave). And if it's not an event it goes in my Google tasks app with a reminder notification

Bryce Parsons

One thing I do is I'll listen to songs and albums that I know, because they're predictable and I can roughly gauge time by using them for reference. For instance, I'll put on a particular album I like while cleaning, and I can gauge where I need to be (with my cleaning) when a certain song or a certain lyric comes up.

Faraday

Reminders everywhere. Audible reminders from my Alexa and/or phone. Visual reminders on sticky notes and an old-school calendar - prominently placed in areas I walk through often. Chunking things based on tasks not minutes. Using things with known times as reference (music, as Bryce P. said, or YT videos that are specific lengths).

Justin Velthoen

I live by my Google (Personal) and Outlook (8-4) calendars. Wife and I had a lot of issues at first, but shared calendars and made a rule that whatever is on the calendar goes. Took me a long time to adapt, but I tell people if they don't send me a calendar invite, I will not show up. I set all reminders to 5 minutes (or add an additional if I need to prep for something). I am always early to every Zoom because as soon as the reminder pops up I click it...because I know if I don't, I'll forget. CoWorkers think I'm super responsible, but only because I live in fear I am going to miss a commitment and I have tools ushering me into place.

Calle Englund

Everything goes into calendar or reminders. Calendar events for breakfast, lunch, snack breaks, dinner, sleep. But then there’s the notification blindness… or notification fatigue… so well sometimes it works? If I’m not zoned out or hyper focused. Oh, and my watch supposedly taps me on the wrist on the hour, but I’m not sure it remembers to do that more than once in a while, because I almost never notice.

Lee Katherine Ayerhart

Everything goes into Google calendar with color codes and notifications, and I build transitions into my schedule. That latter piece was a game changer. Scheduled meetings and appointments are blue, tasks that don't involve anyone else (and are therefore not necessarily time-specific) are orange, and transitions are grey. Doctor appointment next month at 1pm? Immediately goes in the calendar in blue as I'm talking to the receptionist, and then 30 minutes (or however long) of driving time goes in immediately before and after in grey. That way I know that whole chunk of time is Spoken For, and I get a notification before I *actually* need to leave.

JTB

All of the other comments are right on. One thing I have found that helps as well is letting myself be time blind when I can. Free afternoon? Don't worry about the time. I'll set an alarm for the next thing I need to do and just let that part of my brain rest.

Will Tharp

Before I was diagnosed, I knew things tended to take me more time to do them than I thought they should, so I just included extra time to get things done. If I ran over a particular work day, I just kept working -- until I got married. Then she would call me and tell me to come home. :-) Since I have been diagnosed, I still get the time blindness, but I enjoy the time when I am able to do things no one else can do. And, between therapy and medication, I can usually catch myself and stop when I want to. Typically I don't want to, though, and THAT gets me in trouble...

Meredith

Another thing that helps with Sunsama usage: ONLY importing in tasks that I actually want to do, and adding to my calendar ONLY the tasks that have concrete deadlines attached to them (i.e. meetings). Otherwise, I create general time blocks on the Sunsama calendar for the different “types” of time I have: i.e. work focus, personal, etc. Chill time or food time just means extra extra large gaps, like 1-2h gaps instead of the usual 30m gaps between my blocks. ;-; and yes, I need 30m gaps between my time blocks. :shrug: that’s just how long transitions can take, and I still want some emergency fund set aside I can lean against when budgeting time :)

Donna McMaster

Clocks everywhere. I used to have clocks only in the kitchen and my bedroom, and I couldn't read the bedroom clock from my bed. A couple of months ago I bought four easy-to-read analog clocks at thrift stores and two more cheap plain 6" ones from Amazon, and now I can see a clock from anywhere in the house without stretching my neck. I've noticed the difference especially when I'm doing laundry or at the computer. Even though there is a tiny digital clock on my computer screen, it doesn't have nearly the impact of a big lovely round clock on the wall just to the right of the screen. Still I'm often surprised to see what time it is. "Good grief, it's already after 4!"

Donna McMaster

The timer app on my phone just doesn't do the job. It's too small to read from across the room, even in my small kitchen. The screen goes blank shortly after I start the timer, so I can't glance over and see how much time is left. And the alarm isn't loud enough to be heard over the sound of running water. So I'm in the market for a nice large, loud, easy-to-read timer, or maybe two so I can keep one in the kitchen and have another that can move to where I need it. I'm thinking about the darkroom timers I used when I was printing photos. Amazon is calling me. Or if you have a favorite, I'd love to hear your recommendation!

Robert Pavelchek

I'm currently trying having an app on my phone that rings the hour...

josh g.

I'm working on making my own little web-based timer, because I really want something that'll do a regular small beep every 5 or 10 min to help me maintain awareness of time passing while I'm working on a task. Something so I can set how long I'm going to focus for, and then it'll beep the passage of time until the final larger All Done sound goes off. of course, by "working on" I mean "one of my little side projects that I flitter between when bouncing off of my larger main task", haha

SableBadger3D

I keep a close eye on my meeting schedule at work. the rest I have some freedom to do what I need to do, and for that, lists. and KPI dashboards for things I am responsible for at work can be counted in days. like average response time to deal with a ticket etc. (I test software), so I know I need to look at the dashbaord to get started, the rest flows from there. Make sure all the sections look good. then look at my list again...

Frank Lammers

My old casio watch beeps every hour and usually I have my calendar open at work. There's a line that shows the time of day related to my planning of the tasks which really helps me.

JB

I used to have clocks everywhere, and it did help me be more on time, but it made me extremely anxious about being late (something about hearing the passage of time) so I took them down. I heard something from Dr. Tracy Marks' YouTube channel that really resonated with me, and this has to do with leaving the house on time. Paraphrased: if you need to be somewhere at 12, and it takes you 30 minutes to get there, you need to have your KEY IN THE IGNITION by 11:25 (to give yourself five minutes of wiggle room). That phrase "key in the ignition" as opposed "it takes 30 minutes to get there so at 11:30, I'll get up and get ready" changed my mindset about the time that it takes to get places.

Traeonna W.

My apple watch was the best thing I ever purchased for myself. I constantly use timers, alarms, etc. to remind me of things (alarms), to set time goals (timers), to do lists (with alarms!), etc. I utilizes reminder alarms for making sure I get ready at a certain time, stop what I'm doing to head out, etc. Sometimes it takes several alarms to get me where I need to be...get ready, grab your keys, you should be in the car by now, etc. I also have clocks in most rooms as well, but honestly, my watch...it keeps me on track.

Kalkail

As someone else said using audio timers, I like brown noise with gradual shifts when I am doing focused work. A thunderstorm audio that ebbs to songbirds at the hour mark — I just add more rain sounds if I need a longer timer. It helps with softer transitions rather than jarring alarms that could take me out of focused productive flow.

Christine H

I send myself delayed texts to remind me of things I need to do in a certain block of time. I use Google calendar's email feature to remind me to do certain daily tasks and remind me to get ready for whatever is next in my day.

Sam Rosentel

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Ann Ingham

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TheRuiner24

Love this topic. This is my biggest issue. I've lost my 13 year government career due to this. There is no compassion and no real treatment for this! I'm trying to recondition my brain on time and how long things actually take. Hopefully something will change soon.