Support for managing time blindness, lateness, and planning real-time use — in ways that work with how your brain ticks.
Last week my daughter started 3 weeks of overnight camp. As I am self employed, caring for my daughter is one of the few activities that put boundaries around my work. If you have read any of my writing before, you know that I work hard at making values based decisions. And caring for my…
Do you know how you spend your time? Many with ADD find that time is somewhat elusive. That is, there is now and not now (later). The first step in getting a handle on time is to discover how you are spending it now. Dr. Neil Fiore, in his book, THE NOW HABIT, suggest keeping…
I should be able to get ready in 15 minutes. I should be able to find my keys. I should be able to get to the meeting by 10:30. I should be able to handle all of my tasks. Fighting What Is On occasion, I observe my clients and myself fighting reality by holding onto…
Got ideas? If you have ADD, chances are ideas flow fast and furious. And this ability to generate a wealth of ideas may be a tremendous asset for you. It may allow you to: think of multiple interesting solutions to problems. synthesize and interpret information in a unique way. envision many future paths. However, being…
I Forgot. Whenever I catch myself saying, “I forgot,” then I remember. I remember that I shouldn’t rely on my brain to retain information and expect that I will be able to access it at precisely the moment I need it. Over time I have come to accept this. And I have worked hard to find…
It is almost the New Year. For some, that means it is time to establish New Year’s Resolutions, like losing weight getting out of debt getting fit spending more time with family reducing stress going to school getting a new job To be honest, New Years Resolutions do not work for me. I find it…
Have you ever had this conversation with yourself?! The wind up… I’ll just spend a few minutes relaxing and look at the news and Facebook. Then I’ll get back to what I planned to do. 10 minutes later… I really want to read this article and then it is time to get off the computer….
For those items that are date sensitive ,you put them on your calendar. If it is also a time sensitive task, such as a meeting, you also block out the specific time. If it is not time time sensitive, you may still decide to block out a particular time in which to work on the…
When you have ADD, part of then fuzziness around planning occurs because it overwhelming to think about creating the path to allow you to finish. As I just finished my book about reaching your goals, it may seem odd to suggest that sometimes it is helpful not to focus on the finish line. As counter…
One of my promises to my clients is that I will remind them of what is important to them when they forget. I keep track of their “larger life goals,” as well as the daily tasks that they need to accomplish in order to reach these goals. Most people want to live a balanced life, which includes…