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Focus, starting, and ADHD
Most advice about focus is written for a brain that starts easily. This area is not. It covers what ADHD actually is, how to make a start when starting is the hard part, how to bring a future consequence close enough to feel, and how to stop paying for it in shame.
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2 practicesTheme · Get it out of your head
Medication and how it works 148Systems for daily life 90Get started 69Getting assessed and diagnosed 64Your sense of time 58Exercise, food and other supports 55Treatment and medication 48What ADHD actually is 48Bringing the future closer 46Screens and attention 44Structure and routine 33Feelings and focus 32Reading, numbers and learning differences 31Shame and stigma 25Remembering to do it 20Use your strengths 8Self-compassion 8Work with your brain 2Get it out of your head 2
How long you have
Put the reminder where you will physically see it: the keys on the bag, the pills by the kettle.
Do not trust future you to remember. Build the cue into the world so the world reminds you.
Empty every open task from your head onto one list. Trust the list, not your memory.
A mind full of remembering has no room for doing. Park it all somewhere you trust, then work.