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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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Theme · Your sense of time
What ADHD actually is 7Getting assessed and diagnosed 4Medication and how it works 3Systems for daily life 2Bringing the future closer 2Treatment and medication 2Self-compassion 1Structure and routine 1Your sense of time 1Reading, numbers and learning differences 1Remembering to do it 1
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A minute 1Five minutes 1Longer 1
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Any ordinary day 35After a row 1Under stress 1In a change 1

Look back over your own history for the times you were knocked down and started something anyway. That pattern is common with ADHD, and it is easy to miss while you are busy counting the failures.

It may be a side effect of not weighting the future heavily. The past does not press down quite as hard either. People who have been sacked, dropped…

Five minutesYour sense of timeADHD skillsQur’an 25:47