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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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Feelings and focus 16Systems for daily life 9Medication and how it works 8Screens and attention 8Getting assessed and diagnosed 7Bringing the future closer 6Shame and stigma 6Get started 4Exercise, food and other supports 3Self-compassion 2Reading, numbers and learning differences 2Treatment and medication 2Your sense of time 2Structure and routine 2Remembering to do it 1What ADHD actually is 1
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Choosing the dull useful thing over the bright easy one starts with a pause, not with willpower. If the pause never happens, nothing downstream of it gets a chance to happen either.

The chain runs roughly like this: something stops you for a second, you notice what you are doing, the later consequence comes into view, and only…

A minuteYour sense of timeADHD skillsQur’an 20:114

Rushing out of the door is the most reliable way to leave something behind. The hurry uses up the very attention that would have checked for the keys.

The answer is not to remember harder, it is to move the check earlier. Pack the bag the night before and leave it by the door, and give yourself a…

Five minutesYour sense of timeADHD skillsQur’an 21:37