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dailydivergent · 1 month

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Literally the only difference between someone thinking I'm lazy & unmotivated vs. someone thinking I'm highly ambitious & focused is if they understand ADHD or not.

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laestoica · 1 year

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#adhd struggles #inspiration #adhd productivity #adult adhd #adhd life #adhd #twitter #reflections

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rainbowsnsunnies · 1 year

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i quit (ranting of an adhd adult in the 'normal' world)

DISCLAIMER - I HAVE NOT BEEN CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD (I NEVER SAW A PROFESSIONAL BECAUSE I LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE SEEKING MENTAL HELP IS LOOKED DOWN UPON AND I CAN'T HELP IT). I PLAN TO SEE A DOCTOR WHEN I MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY (WHICH IS GOING TO BE IN 9 MONTHS). BUT I HAVE SO FAR, RELATED TO ALL THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ADHD, SO THERE'S THAT.

i have decided i'm quitting the depressing world of forced productivity and capitalist consumerism.

i have decided i'm quitting the saddening world of being 'relevant'

i have decided i'm quitting the digital world of subliminal slavery to 'self-help' youtubers selling 'productivity' tools that will make me my 'best' self

i'm done with my platforms telling me i'm not good enough, i'm not doing enough, i'm not consistent enough.

i embrace my learning skills in ways that are seemingly uncommon, i embrace my empathy towards the world and towards myself, i embrace me for all that i am.

endless planning for productivity and spending my savings on these apparently self-help tools have only made me more and more anxious. i was a straight A student in my early and high school years but in my undergraduate i dipped and do not ask about my mental health as a postgraduate student. i was doing just fine, more than fine actually, when i wasn't trying to 'fix' myself and 'improve' myself. i learnt so many skills, exceled academically, maintained good relationships and just had top mental health.

but i entered uni and then i entered the youtube era of productivity and self help and 'time management' and i have been hitting new lows every 6 month. as an adhd person, my life really was better when i didn't succumb to the pressure of the 'normal'' influencers to do more, and be my "best" version.

i'm still going to continue striving for my goals and my dream life, but in ways that serve me and make me better. they look nothing like what i see on productivity spaces online. my learning days look like studying for 15 hours straight and then taking 6 days off and then doing it again. is it the best way to learn? HELL NO. does it work for me? HELL YES. the information i learn in those 10 hours stays with me for the next 6 years. i can retain information better when i'm deep focussing. i always thought i was wasting those 6 days, but i m not. there are things like hobbies, and 'fixation' passions and i like those things about me. they teach me so many new things. i'm done trying to quit being myself, my authentic self. i'm going to own myself.

this is not a hate note for anyone. this is more of a frustrated rant of me trying to fix what isn't even broken. i know i live in a world where if i'm not following the rat race, i'm left behind but i have my own ways and i will work with those and i'm sure i'll make it out just fine. at least better than how i currently am. for someone who made productivity their whole aesthetic, you can imagine how truly damaged and broken i must've gotten to be here, writing this note.

there is nothing wrong with being the way i am. i will find my way to blend in this world. i do not have to follow youtube productivity systems to get where i want to.

if you've read this far and you're struggling with all this too, here are a few youtube videos that helped me break the chains that were holding me behind. these videos really did set my mind free in ways i cannot explain. check them out if you want :)

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#adhd #adhd studyblr #adhd thoughts #living with adhd #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #adhd feels #studyblr #toxic productivity #adhd productivity #toxic positivity #self helf #Youtube

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casual-owl · 3 months

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Day 2

I actually started doing stuff not too long after I woke up today! To reduce decision fatigue from the start I already knew what I wanted to make for breakfast (feta eggs with balsamic vinegar). At the time of writing this I am sitting in front of my laptop, eating my food, and watching one of my comfort shows.

I need to check something about my physics homework but other than that, all I need to do today is meal prep (while I have time, to reduce tasks throughout the week), and review some chem slides when my friend gets here.

As of this morning I think I feel fairly satisfied. I've had some food that I enjoy, I'm watching a favorite show, and I'm dressed very comfortably. What more is there to want from a nice morning? (Also it's dark and gloomy outside which makes it better!)

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Mini update: checked about physics, no homework this week :D

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So I kind of wanted to explain the reasoning behind having a friend over while I meal prep and stuff. Basically there's a task-doing method for ADHD called "body doubling" where you basically have someone there while you do your tasks. It doesn't work well for me for stuff like homework because I just get distracted and start talking to the other person, but it's great for meal prepping because it makes the task more fun and less "task". Like instead of being a task it becomes a social activity kind of?

So um. Yeah!

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Body doubling method worked! I've successfully meal prepped, swept the kitchen floor, and reviewed Chem with my friend. Now I'm just chilling and watching a show again, waiting for the tea kettle to boil. I was doing stuff all day but at the same time my day was fairly uneventful.

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Reflections

Grateful for: Friend! Tea, and cheesy pasta

Proud of: Actually reviewing chem instead of forcing myself to just learn everything from scratch before exams

Feeling right now: Comfortable but a tiny bit aimlessly anxious, maybe because I have my first physics recitation tomorrow

Goals for tomorrow: Pay attention in recitation, go to the gym, do any work I get assigned the day it's assigned

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Anyway, today wasn't particularly eventful but I think the attempt to explain my anxiety to myself was pretty helpful. Rationally I don't think I need to be nervous but emotionally I still am. I'll probably doodle a bit to calm down before going to sleep.

Also even though impulse buying isn't great, I've got an Amazon gift card and I've been thinking of what to get and I think I'm going to get a sun lamp because I really like the way it looks and the cozy feel it adds to a room.

#mental health #adhd #executive dysfunction #emotional health #health #lifestyle #adhd productivity #productivity

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teapot-studies · 1 year

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Random writing tips that my history professor just told during class that are actually helpful

Download all your sources or print them so you can turn off your wifi

Give your phone to someone

Just. WRITE. Writing is analysing, you’ll get more ideas as you write. It doesn’t need to be perfect, for now you can just blurt out words and ideas randomly. You can fix it later.

Create a skeleton/structure before writing.

Stop before you get exhausted. It’s best to stop writing when you still have some energy and inspiration left, this will also motivate you to get started again next time.

Make a to do list

Work in bite sizes. Even if it’s not much, as long as you put some ideas on paper or do some editing.

Simple language =/= boring language, simple language = clear language.

Own your words. If they are not your words, state this clearly in the text, not just in the footnotes.

STOP BEFORE YOU GET EXHAUSTED. Listing it again because it’s easily one of the best tips a teacher has ever given me.

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studycation · 9 months

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my tips for students that struggle with consistency

#studyspo #studyblr #studycation #studyblr community #school advice #school #study tips #adhd tips #adhd school tips #executive dysfunction tips #ways to be productive #productivity tips #back to school

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theabigailthorn · 4 months

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You're not uniquely talented or hard working you just went to the right schools.

Yes, yes! This is exactly why I started Philosophy Tube! Why shouldn't someone else, anyone else, have access to the education I got??? The intellectual and cultural heritage of our species is for everyone, not just privileged people like me! :)

#something else I'm learning from friends with ADHD is that I'm privileged to have the kind of brain that works in a way our society rewards #AND the institutions that I was able to attend and use to grow were often themselves the product of a society that not only excluded #but actively exploited other people!#And still do!#So not only should we widen access #We should give people the power to critique those institutions too #Education should give you power over your own life

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zebracakesarecopingmechanisms · 1 year

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ok so we know about the need to infodump, but what about the opposite? The need to absorb more information about your special interest like a sponge, but you literally can’t find any new material because you’ve already consumed every fact about it

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satorusluver · 7 months

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Minors DNI

Can't stop won't stop I'm hyperfixating.

Boyfriend Gojo Satoru who sees cumming in you as giving you his love. Letting him cum in you is such an act of trust and he sees it as the ultimate form of intimacy.

Even though he knows you're on birth control and have virtually no chance of having his baby, he can't help but love the idea of your womb being full of his cum, full of his seed. In his mind it marks you as his.

One time when he found out a coworker had been flirting with you, he fucked you right before you left for work. Didn't matter that you were fully dressed already, he just hiked your skirt up, pulled your panties aside and fucked you right up against the kitchen counter, his fat cock stuffing you full until you came all over it and he came in you, shooting thick ropes of cum as deeply as he could. Then he pulled out and readjusted your underwear, knowing damn well you'd be leaking his fluid onto them throughout the work day.

Sometimes he'll even choose to stay perfectly still when he cums in you because "want you to feel it, baby." He'll grip your waist tight and push all the way in until the tip of his dick kisses your cervix and then he'll cum hard, not moving a muscle so you can feel how his dick twitches with every spurt of thick, hot seed that floods your womb.

"You feel how much I love you, baby?"

#adhd brain im either super productive at one specific hobby or i am barely functional lol #gojo satoru x reader #gojo satoru smut #gojo x reader #jjk x reader #jjk smut #jujutsu kaisen smut #jujustsu kaisen x reader #satoru x reader #gojou satoru x reader #satoru smut #satoru gojo x reader #gojo x you #gojo x y/n #x reader smut

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minthy · 1 year

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the sillies, (they are my new hyperfixation so bare w me)

Am I self projecting? maybe..

uh, also, this comment gave me the inspiration so uh, yayay!!

adhd!sans by: @/gudulle_vinyls (on tiktok)

anxiety!sans by: @hheisa

#undertale #sans #not necessarily a shipping post #adhd!sans #anxiety!sans #sans au #they are so precious #i love em #adhd #anxeity #using my neurodivergent stuff for smth productive for once #adhd sans #anxiety sans

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dailydivergent · 16 days

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can you elaborate some more on breaks? what is a break? like how long is it, and how many do you take in a day? im curious what your typical day plan looks like, where would the “break” blocks go and for how long, vs “work” blocks. im into daily planning but i always fail to account for taking mindful breaks

Amazing question—and the answer, of course, is different for everyone.

But I'll try to answer as efficiently as possible.

A break is any moment you take to recollect your thoughts, energy, or focus.

Yes, it's nice to have intentional breaks built into your schedule, but if you're neurodivergent, then it's most likely going to have to be intuitive.

Intuitive meaning depending on how you're feeling in the moment.

It's practically impossible to know if something is going to tire you out after 30 minutes or an hour on this upcoming Friday, you know? We just don't have that kind of foresight.

So, really, building in breaks into your schedule means not packing your day with a bunch of things do to.

For me, it usually means only timeblocking half the day with stuff to do, so that I can be sure everything will get done.

Personally, I don't include chores into my time blocks, but you can if you want to.

Personally, I do include my morning routine and nightly routine into my calendar, but not each individual task. It just gets one timeblock called "morning/nightly routine" with the task list as the description.

Throughout my day, I take breaks every 45 minutes or so—even if it's just to stop looking at the computer screen and think for a second.

Usually, though, I recommend getting up (if you can), drinking some water, and maybe doing a quick stretch/head roll/stim to release some excess energy.

It's all about knowing when you're hitting a wall.

That's when to take a break.

When you decide to come back is based on:

Your mental health in the moment (do not push yourself if you're about to breakdown, no matter how important the thing is)

How much time you have in the day/hour (think timed items like tests or a work deadline)

What needs to be done today vs. what can wait (most things can wait, actually)

Which are all individual skills in and of themselves.

Taking breaks in a world that doesn't support neurodivergent minds is a complex problem, because there are multiple layers to sort through.

Give yourself the time (years), space (hour-by-hour), and grace (all the time) to figure it out.

Remember: Learning how to live takes a lifetime.

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laestoica · 1 year

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#adhd productivity #adhd memes #adhd #memes #productivity #birds #comics #mr lovenstein #illustration #sad memes

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casual-owl · 3 months

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Day 1

So today started out pretty poorly. I woke up with a plan: I was going to clean my room, shower, do all of the homework I could, and that's basically it. Probably also read a book that I keep trying and failing to finish.

As of me writing this part of the post it's 2:20 PM and the only thing I've done is shower. To be fair, it's better than nothing. On the other hand, it would've been completely realistic for me to be done with most of the other tasks as well by now.

It kind of feels like my brain and my body are two separate entities. Not like how when I disassociate, which is more like my brain is a passenger in my body. This ADHD paralysis is more like my brain is desperately begging my body to go do my tasks, but my body has noise-cancelling headphones on.

Getting out of this paralysis is a method of trial and error. My first attempt shall be listening to music and dividing up cleaning into predetermined steps. For anyone needing similar help, here are my steps:

- Make the bed (messy beds for me always seem to take up the most visual space and make cleaning seem much more daunting than it really is)

- Pick up near the desk area (the clutter near my desk makes walking around my room really difficult and annoying, which then makes the cleaning process more effort)

- Sort clothes into clean and not clean (a lot of my clothes on the floor weren't even worn, I just tried them on and left them there instead of putting them back, so the two individual piles will look like two smaller tasks instead of one huge task)

- Put away clean clothes (this is more difficult than throwing the dirty clothes in the laundry basket in my opinion so it goes first)

- Put away dirty clothes (duh)

- Gather all small things where they belong (this is just a mess of skincare and makeup that will take just a few minutes to clean up and will feel more like a "finishing touch" than a task I hope)

I added the reasoning for each step because maybe you have a bit of a different set of cleaning tasks but can apply a similar logic, making the process of creating a step list easier! (Or at least I hope it will!!)

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Finally, just under two hours later, my room is clean! I took my meds earlier which really was a game changer, and so was making the step-by-step plan.

Now my options are between making lunch and doing my homework.

I think I'll do homework first, because lunch would require me to leave my room and therefore it feels like a much more drastic task transition. Not fighting my brain right now is the most frictionless path to task completion.

Plus, after I finish homework there's nothing stopping me from watching YouTube on my laptop without guilt, while if I did lunch and YouTube before homework I'm just all the more likely to get stuck in paralysis like I was this morning.

Task steps for homework:

- First do my literature homework (it's the least difficult part of my homework, which makes the task transition easier)

- Then math homework (it's not difficult but it is tedious, and in my opinion long and tedious is worse than short and challenging)

- Put away homework supplies (storage is in desk and backpack, which are both accessible without having to even leave the desk, which makes the task as easy as possible)

Okay, we just did the worst task (in my opinion), and we've got momentum going. I'm hoping to be done by 5:30 PM (it is now 4:13). But of course, we shall see.

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Guess who finished before my goal time?? Me!! That's who!! Finished ten minutes before my goal, and as I'm writing this I'm warming up a frozen pre-made meal for a late lunch/early dinner. (Woo love having fewer steps for stuff!)

I found a new show to watch, I've got one of my favorite foods cooking (and it smells good), and my tasks for today are done!

I'll probably try to read a chapter of the book I mentioned in the beginning before bed :)

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What we learned today

1. Minimize task shifts (make changes between tasks as minimally drastic as possible)

2. Break up big tasks into a series of steps before beginning the task (this is to minimize the mental effort of deciding what to do first, I believe that's called decision fatigue?)

3. Have something to look forward to as a reward after tasks (this could be starting a new show, doing your nails, anything that would make you happy)

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Reflections for the day

Grateful for: warm showers, easily accessible food, support from others

Proud of: Finishing my tasks before my goal time

Feeling right now: satisfied and a little tired

Goals for tomorrow: to go over chem lecture slides with a friend, meal prep for the week, and recharge before Monday

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Thank you for reading this far, I'm still exploring how I plan on formatting these posts but I think I'll definitely keep the reflection portions as they are now. In regards to the "going through my day" I think that part will vary depending on the day I'm having and what I find most important to discuss at that time.

#mental health #adhd #productivity tips #adhd productivity #executive dysfunction #emotional health #introspection #reflection #journal blog #journal

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chaoticfroggo · 7 months

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ADHD study tip

One of the hardest things about studying, or just being productive in general, with ADHD is getting started. It's so hard to just sit down and get something done. I was talking to my brother, who also has ADHD, and we realised we both do the same thing before studying. I always thought it was a bad thing, but after talking to my brother I realised it motivates me to continue being productive.

What we do is something we like to call "productive procrastination". It sounds bad, and yes, to an extent, it can be. Basically you do something not related to your task at hand that is still productive. It gives you that activation energy you need to just start what you need to do.

For example, yesterday I put on an audiobook and for half an hour I did a deep clean of my desk and bookshelves before starting my day of studying. Yes, this was procrastination, but it helped give me motivation. Doing something small makes what you need to do less daunting, because you get that bit of dopamine that keeps you going.

I also find that cleaning up my room really helps. I'm normally a really messy person, but when I study I need a clean space. I used to think it wasn't true, but I now really agree with the saying "messy room, messy mind".

#adhd #adhd tips #adhd study tips #adhd studyblr #study motivation #studying #study blog #study tips #studyblr #student #a levels #tips #productive #productivity #student life #exams

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thatoneluckybee · 5 months

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Going to break into your house with pots and pans and yell at you until you reframe your thinking of productivity to include more than just schoolwork or a salary or chores and the like.

Did you do a thing? Was there a positive result for you or someone else?

Congratulations, you did a Productivity!!!

You aren’t ALWAYS going to be able to have the energy to do what we consider traditionally productive. You won’t always have the motivation.

Yeah, maybe you could have spent two hours studying for that test instead of 15 minutes. Maybe you could have cleaned the kitchen instead of the dishes. And? That’s still something!

Productivity is doing things!! Did you eat food and drink water? You did something that helped your body work! Doodled in class? You made art! Even just posting theories and memes on tumblr dot com is a thing! You thought out the post, figured out how to organize it (even if you don’t realize you did that) and you made it! And now other people can see and you DID something and you should be proud!!!

Be proud of yourself or I am going to show up outside your window tonight and scream positive affirmations louder than a cat who has just discovered her food bowl is empty.

#ESPECIALLY if you are disabled or mentally ill or sick or neurodivergent or any of the like #For me with ADHD and oftentimes poor mental health I really struggle to be traditionally “productive”#And earlier today I was frustrated because I was having a difficult time finishing a school assignment.#But also?#I noticed and made a post about a parallel between comic panels.#I’m working on a long post analyzing specific quotes from Webtoon.#I got up and got a water bottle.#Is that not productive?#Does that not produce a result that I and others may enjoy?#y’all have GOT to acknowledge little victories because that took effort and THAT was productive and Im sosososososososososo proud of you!!#adhd #autism #neurodivergent #i dont know what all to tag this as so feel free to reblog with any tags you feel this applies to or apply to you in relation to this!!#productive #disability #actually autistic #actually adhd #rambles

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positivelyadhd · 4 months

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Friendly reminder that you do not have to buy loads of new planners/journals or try new productivity systems in the new year.

You do not have to try and reinvent yourself overnight.

Change and growth happens slowly, and you are allowed to take your time with it.

#something about all the specifically adhd focused productivity apps/subscription services/journals ect around atm rly irks me #it feels like a new flavour of the productivity money making thing specifically for those of us that struggle with it #and i cant help but feel like its exploiting our adhd tendency to try new things like that #look after yourselves this new year <3 #actuallyadhd #recovery #productivity

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