Are you chronically overbooked? Do you habitually plan more than you can accomplish in a day? And then feel bad about yourself because you didn’t get it all done?
People with ADHD tend to underestimate how long things take. We also tend to not plan for contingencies, like bad traffic or unexpected phone calls. And we rarely account for our own distractibility and impulsivity when planning our days. As a result, we constantly feel rushed and stressed. And at the end of the day, we lament all that was left undone.
Try reversing the trend by underbooking yourself. Select your usual number of tasks for the day, and then choose half of them. Plan to do just those things. Notice how great you feel at the end of the day when you’ve gotten everything done. You probably haven’t done any less work than yesterday, but you feel much better about your accomplishments.
Cutting your list in half not enough? Select even fewer tasks tomorrow. Keep experimenting until you can forecast how much you can really fit into one day. Putting unrealistic demands on yourself increases your stress, which in turn makes your ADHD symptoms even harder to manage. Who needs that?
Underbooking yourself is one easy way to maintain a positive state of mind. That’s something we can all use.
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