First step: Get started.
That was the topic of my last blogpost, dealing with the activation aspect of ADHD.
Following my own advice, just now I did two quick little internet tasks and crossed them off my list. Got a dopamine hit off that, like taking one bite of a piece of pie. So now I have a long task in front of me, writing my next blogpost on attention.Oops, damn. Just took a break to eat a banana. And then I started a timer on one of my games. And now I'm remembering it's a friend's birthday and I haven't sent a card yet.
NO! I will get back to the blogpost. Ugh. Even with a med on board, this is hard.
So. How do I keep working when my friend really deserves a birthday card and I really want to send it?
Here are my tricks: