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how to keep doing something? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by shneancy@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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there's a million different strategies on how to function well with adhd, and some of them even work. but every single time i encounter the same problem - even if something works and improves my quality of life it's always short lived. i get distracted or something happens that throws me off the rhythm and then- i can't restart.

so now i have a mental library of all those tactics that work and very little motivation to try again, it's going to last a week maybe, and then back to being a mess i go.

is there any way to work against that? any point of view i failed to consider? any tactic that is designed to stick? or just something that doesn't work on an assumption that you need to do it consistently for it to work? (and then feel like a failure once you inevitably stop doing it)

all the tips and tricks i googled fail at this step, no book on adhd that i've read highlights this problem, this can't be just me right?

i'm just so tired

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[–] Acklavidian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Making something so routine that you don't think about it. Like getting ready for work. Build it into your life. Make it a distraction. Get rid of start up barriers that make it difficult to get started. Make it to where you don't expect to reach the goal. Put all the distractions together so you can switch between them seamlessly. Lean in to the ADHD. Make it so that once you reach your goal your not only surprised but also kinda sad it's over.