#daily task list

[vamprisms]

sometimes in life you have to trick your brain into thinking it's video games

#yes i put a little progress % bar under my daily task list and (optional) next to certain items. yes somehow it's working #how have i let such a cringe disorder impact my life so deeply. adhd i want your fucking lunch money bitch.

[so-very-small]

this is not size related but i have a wider audience here. what’s a movie you think everyone should see? doesn’t matter if it’s popular or so niche or weird. new or old. sizey or not

im catching up on movies i missed out on growing up (strict mom), and i just want some fun new things to watch :)

#my FAVE kinds of movies r like. surreal horror/suspense #i like shit creepy and weird #but i love any movie honestly except for like. straight action movies #im open to all suggestions tho im making a big list!! #if i do all my daily tasks i get to watch a movie from the list as a treat #i know i could just ask for movie recs but i like this question more

[kirby-the-gorb]

#kirby #daily kirby #my art #digital #hal laboratory #nintendo #favorites #we're not moving until june but I was looking at housing anyway #and I might've found us somewhere really good 🤞 #it's cheaper than where our other partner is already living now #so they could just move into it right away #and it's a whole house!!! with 3 bedrooms!!! #so we wouldn't have to just make do and then move a second time a couple months down the line #so it was a really really lucky find #but the contact info on the listing was broken so our other partner ran by this afternoon on their way home from work #and they also got really really lucky cuz the property manager happened to be stopping by! #so they exchanged business cards and they'll start negotiating in the morning #(they work in sales and I can trust them with this task) #(which means I don't need to worry about it and we probably have better odds than we would if I was doing it XD ) #(I am *awful* at sales.) #it's a pretty old building and may need some work but we'd be able to afford to do that work #(and probably have the leeway from the owners) #so maybe this is finally the win we needed -n- #(or maybe not! nothing's been signed.) #(but it's definitely looking promising.)

[if-th3n-else]

I don't like to follow bookstagram trends but I find one super interesting (it's definitely NOT reading a popular bookstagram book).

I'm currently working on creating a box to randomly pick the next book I read. I have hopes to lower my tbr, well with my erratic reading sessions and me ordering second hand books cause I can buy more, it's gonna be a harsh task. Also it's gonna helping me read the books I bought to step out my comfort zone and then I ignored them. But also books that are in my comfort zone but have been here for year. And since my apartment is very small, yet 1/3 books if I avoid the same book lot of time, I will get rid of it.

BUT

While crafting this at past 10pm in the middle of the working week cause I needed to do it now (didn't finish considering the numbers of unread books I read), I have been struck by a sudden illumination.

Maybe, and really maybe, it's a hypothesis, I could apply the jar stuff for the daily stuff I have to do, chores, administrative paperwork, everything a normal human adult has to do. Maybe I could pick a task to do every day and it feels less overwhelming. I definitely need to try it.

#misc #idk if it could apply to daily life #i mean i don't even know if it's gonna work for books #I'm only making the jar #and I have to see how it's working #but i honestly like the idea for task #it could maybe lower the pressure of thinking about everything at once and feeling overwhelmed #for books i know i'd like the unexpected part #(will be less fun when i pick a Stendhal book) #so hypothetically it could also help me #knowing i do one thing and that's good #and sometimes #when i do one thing i didn't plan #i am happy #AND I DO A SECOND THING #also lists absolutely don't work on me #it makes my anxiety even worse #so yeah not seeing everything at once might work better #also it's an excuse to buy a pretty box #what do you guys think?

[sleepinglionhearts]

some little comics about work

#doodles #non fandom stuff #the customer service one still makes me giggle when i remember it #pretty sure the guy almost knocked his headset off when he answered so already it was amusing #but then the voice registered and i very nearly lost it on the phone with this poor man #definitely much better than the time i called a customer service line and the person who answered started growling at me #went ahead and hung up on that one and just left the task for the next day #hmmm the manga thing i get in.. not quite trouble but the other lady frequently in the office space with me will call me out for it #usually i end up off task bc of waiting for something. emails. a phone call. i'm on hold. if a book is there i will pick it up #this does mean i get to at least skim through all sorts of books tho my reading list is now.... long #if i can keep up this whole 'wanting to draw' thing i may draw more recent workplace shenanigans #there have been many.. someone has to record all of this silliness somehow... #enjoy the daily life nonsense hehehe

[lucalicatteart]

Poll adventure (paventure? lol) Day 10: read the small story tidbit below the poll for more details, OR just vote based on initial impression

(✦ see past poll results + further information HERE (link) ✦)

Yesterday's poll decided that The Adventurer should join the travelers on the larger river boat for a short lunch ...

~

"Before he even fully musters the courage to shout a 'hello', the large group on the boat initiates contact first, gleefully waving at him, whooping and shouting as they near his tiny raft in the water. Apparently, some of them were betting over whether they'd actually find any other travelers out on the river today.. He fumbles over his words a bit, as always, but somehow manages to successfully get himself invited onto their boat for a quick lunch..

After safely securing his raft to the side of the boat with some spare rope, he climbs aboard, stumbling into the excitement of some sort of celebration. A few of them explain that they're traveling for 'kahesallei', an old elven holiday recently re-popularized in some of the larger cities nearby. Whatever it's true meaning and origins used to be, the current significance (at least to those within the city walls) seems to just be mindless feasting, drinking, and gaudy decor. Most of the traveling group are strangers to each other, only brought together by catching a ride on the same tour/party boat, but the mood is light, quite friendly between them, and perhaps a bit drunk.

While the boat itself is relatively plain wood, it's been strewn with gold and orange banners, flags, shimmery tassels, beads, and bushels of dark green ivy braided with fresh herbs and wildflowers. There are flat round tables of food and drink, plenty of cushions to lounge on, and one random guy perched precariously on the edge railing of the boat, gently strumming a lute for background music..

The elderly ship captain hobbles over to The Adventurer, sternly explaining that, no matter what the 'silly' passengers say, he's only allowed to stay for an hour because he didn't pay for a boat ride ticket, and thus really shouldn't even be allowed on board. By the time The Adventurer has mentally processed this information, the captain has already returned to his little steering room, slamming the door shut with a displeased grunt.. It probably wouldn't be a good idea to confront him or question the rules...... But! Hey, at least he has one hour at the party.. How should he spend his time? "

~

Additional Information

the adventurer's current main goal: follow his map to reach the abandoned castle ruins and see the rare animal specialist about the mysterious egg he has

#paventure posting #polls #poll #choose your own adventure #LATE AGAIn I know.. I'm still in my weird unproductive spell. literally I've had the same 5 to do list items on my list #for 2 weeks now. I can't even do five simple things in 2 weeks lol. I did start some new supplements and change my diet since #my doctors are still trying to sort out what health issues are going on or etc. so maybe it's something with that #like accidentally on the new diet I'm not getting enough calories or not getting enough of some vitamin or something so it's made me oddly #brain foggy and just really tired and unable to focus well for the past few weeks or something..? ANYWYA. not really sure what #it is specifically but my functioning in terms of actually focusing on and completing tasks has been a lot worse . thus #chronically behind on things. which I am always chronically behind on things in some sense since I always have like 7000 projects #I'm working on at the same exact time and etc. lol. but like.. even more chronically behind than usual .. ToT #ANYWAY.. I'm suprised that the 'try to get a ride on the boat' option didn't get that many votes actually lol #Like.. treveling down a river in a tiny handmade raft is probably.. not extremely safe or efficient lol #But at least he gets to have lunch there. Just the hour that he's on the boat doing whatever will get him a lot further because the boat #is moving faster than his raft would be. It should still get him out of the river and back on track sooner. Because he still has a long way #to go to get to the abandoned castle. I know it's been a lot of days since I'm not keeping up well with actually doing these #daily or every other day - but technically in the story it's only been a little over a day since he left the Inn #The first day he just walked. the second day he saw there was a barrier in his path. then spent half the day building a boat. and now he'e #*he's where he is now. The trip is roughly 4 days and he's like.. a little over halfway through his second. Not counting any detours or #distractions he might run into. But at least at this pace he should be off the river before it starts to get dark #Thate the main thing. you want to get a good rest on solid ground. ideally. So long as nothing strange happens on the boat #but yeah! day 10.. of little elf man adventure... ALSO he is like early 20s I imagine. so he can drink hbhjbjh #I know the 'very quick simple ms paint style' is kind of chibi-ish so it makes people look young but he's not a boy #don't worry. I didnt want it to seem weird like some 10 year old kid walking into a party of drunk 30 year olds #like a toddler hanging out in a night club or whatever. It's safe and okay for him to be there. just for the record. lol #I mean maybe not SAFE safe. it's still a boat of like.. rowdy party goers who could easily fall over the edge into the water or whatever bu #but like.. safe in the sense that he's not a 6 year old being offered vodka by strangers at a party. etc. #despite his goofy nervous demeanor and chronic baby face syndrome he is indeed an actual adult somehow ghbj

[pishifuzul]

I will almost definitely be having to get a fucking cardiac procedure done in the next two months and all my mother can think about is how that will interact with my "defense date" when I have not even SET one ffs

#txt #can i have a job where i am given a list of daily tasks and upon completing those tasks i can relax

[chika-nyan]

Just two more months (plus 3 days in April that I left after vacation for saying goodbye forever to coworkers plus maybe hustling for some “hey we’ve been friendly, can I use you as a reference for a future job”s) to go!!! And honestly not a moment too soon as things continue to get worse :)

#like lolol heard that corporate has decided to add fake tasks to the to-do list #Like oh are you listening really????? Dump the garbage on the ground :) #Like I have no time for these dumb games I may know not to do it but you know what????? #If you put it on the list it shall be done :) *dumps trash on the ground* #It’s stuff like wow put the garbage bin on the other side of the store ;) #In addition we also take daily quizzes and they are adding more real tasks as well :) #All while there’s no hours to give and no manpower :) #I got so pissed off the other day I almost moved my quitting deadline up u_u #Don’t get me wrong would love to but gotta get all the bread I can before I go #I think there’s some holiday hours in between and that would be fantastic to have #Plus I have a doctor’s appointment and need the insurance for that #Lies down. I’m so excited to be free soon!!!!!!

[kangaracha]

wouldn't expect a lot of queenmaker until ~christmas time, which is not what i would like to say but my body is just telling me to ease up after november and i'm hitting that pre-holiday slump so we're just chillin. we're playing a game for the first time in six months. we're doing a puzzle. my eyes are really blurry rn so i think i'll go to bed.

#i did manage to sit down and do a lot of planning for queenmaker specifically though #had a good chat with zom mom about pacing and stuff #i say 'ease up' like i haven't added more projects/tasks to the list #i've just half started looking at planning and editing rather than writing like crazy #picked up daily korean practice again #added my novel back to my wip list #we're now working on the basis of 'every time i hate my job and i want a new career i write 1k of my novel' #whatever works #this is a lot of tags for someone with very blurry eyes #the game thing actually doesn't help with physical illness my tv is too small and it just makes my eyes strain really hard #one day someone is going to give me the gs i'm owed and i'll get to buy a new one #technically i saved for a new tv six months ago my savings are just tied up in an offshore account called Someone Else's Pockets #these tags have gotten way out of hand #i just wanted to talk about my life idk #been too busy to talk to my friends about life? post it in the tumblr tags #anyway i'm sure z m or keeps or someone is all the way down here #Roundup! #queenmaker has like 16 chapters plotted #none of chapter 5 written but i'm definitely. looking at starting it. #nevermore i wrote 500 words #haven't looked at it in a week #know exactly where it goes so if i'm not stuck i'm circling back within a month #pirates is ongoing most nights #however i don't know what the scene by scene play is so #very much Just Vibing i added what i will call the cake scene today because i was emotional about an uneaten piece of cake from a month ago #so that's where pirates and my mental health are at #damn this is a full life update huh #systems check #heart (the novel) is truly at 100k now #i figured out the holes in the first part of it so i can actually connect all these dots now

[nomaishuttle]

now heres the thing is my rule is i have to live on my own for a year before im allowed to get a pet but also consider what if i had a little friend .

#in my heart i want a wawa so badly it hurts but alsoooo i worry quite a bit bc like. i work full time... so el wawa would be at home alone a #lot and one thing about the beautiful adorable majestic chihuahua is they have to pee every 3-4 hours. so i would have to have some way to #let them out OR keep them outside while im at work but another thing is 1. apartments dont generally have backyards #2. chihuahuas get cold very easily .... i could do some ssort of doggy daycare but i fear that would be expensive .... and i hate pee pads #and would prefer not 2 use them so i dont rly have much optionn 😭 but i want a chihuahua so badly. #but ALSO. a kitty cat.... i love cats i think theyre really quite sweetsies and also i think they could handle living in an apartment bette #esp since famously cats use the bathroom indoors. u may know. #so... i could potentially get a kitty..... but also i dont want to get one until im absolutely positive i could take good care of it and i #feel like i could esp now that ive got a system that works so well 4 motivating me to do my daily tasks yk. and also i think if i had my ow #apartment id feel a lot safer just like. being up and around the apartment so thatd be good... but also pets r expensive. but also the apt #i just applied to is rly quite cheap (like 1050 a month) its income restricted but i qualify by like a lot LMAO... n this would be perfect #bc 1050 is likee. not even a full paycheck i could pay rent with 1 paycheck and still have like 150 left over and then my other paycheck fo #the month is fully mine... so i could save up lots #+ wsg is included in the rent whichhh is insane. adn the apartment is cute and Trust . alarm bells were going off a bit bc i was like maybe #this is too good to be true we all remember the 800$ scam incident. but its a verified listing and i checked the propertymanagers and theyr #legit... its even got a washer and dryer IN UNIT and also a fitness center which is good bc i wanna try n start doing more cardio... #IT EVEN HAS A FIREPLACE i dont particularly need a fireplace but its cool 2 have one i could make smores right in my very own living room #AND ITS NOT A STUDIO its a 1 br... #grahhh i rly rly rly want ittt ik i prolly wont get it but :[

[angelsdean]

depresssshyyyy :(

#feeling very. i'm never gonna finish any of my wips :/ #constantly having ideasss and theoretically i have the time to work on them too but. not the energy. bc mentol illness :( #every day keeps passing me by and i have nothing to show for it. never getting anything done #it's a struggle just to get basic things on my to do list done like chores and daily tasks :( #everything just feels so hard #delete later

[captain-habit]

Okay.

Okokokokok

Today.

Gotta grab some of my tool things from Jimmy's garage.

Pick up more paint pigment.

Dig up more of the raspberry bramble.

Figure out next step in financial bullshit.

Work on art more.

#lets see how much of that ii can actually get done #kaz daily shenanigans #i might start listing my tasks here if it helps me not lose time as much #aassgddgdvhffshhhhhh

[marsixm]

heartbreaking: journaling and writing lists genuinely is helping my ADHD

#the list thing is actually really huge #because i dont just use the lists as like #ok im going to follow this in order now #what i do is i write lists and then refer to them but i also just continue writing more lists of what im gonna do #and like eventually im able to utilize the list system while thinking #like if im not sure what to do next i just make a mental list and start doing that #and sometimes its as small as: step 1 get up step 2 walk to kitchen step 3 put phone in pocket etc #so im like slowly getting better wt just managing a series of tasks im doing #then its all routine and repetition #ive been making daily to do lists for years and years at this point so its def not an overnight thing

[0verthinking1t]

Your task menu for today, sir

It's day 2 of getting my shit back together and infusing life with the structure I need, and the method I came up with and want to share today is called the Task Menu. I was inspired to reformat my to-do list and reminders this way from watching some YouTube videos about the Dopamenu (Dopamine Menu); it's not the same concept, but it helps in a similar way.

Pardon the gross looking piece of clear acrylic board on the random shipping package, that's a tangent for another time. Suffice to say, it is now a whiteboard, because the little magnetic CVS board is not nearly big enough to contain the explosion that is my brain.

So the Task Menu. First off, it's important to me that I write the day of the week at the top, and wipe the entire thing clean at the end of the day, regardless of what I've done or not done. The purpose is to make me more conscious of time and stop the days from all blurring together, so I have to start fresh every day. I decided to use the menu structure from now on instead of just a boring "today's to-do list", because I wanted to focus more on getting to pick the tasks I feel up to accomplishing throughout the day, and less on feeling like I HAVE to or SHOULD be doing the entire list in one go. The menu is a list of options for my day, not a set plan. Sections of my daily task menu include:

Appetizers - the simple, basic tasks I need to be aware of throughout the day. These include things like taking a shower, remembering to eat meals, feeding my hermit crab every 2 days, remembering if I have d&d or social stuff today, etc.

Mains - the closest to the traditional To-Do list. These are the tasks I should really focus up on during the day. Most of them have a fairly low spoons requirement, and I feel they are well attainable on any given day. Examples of mains are things like making important phonecalls, filling out paperwork, sweeping my floor or putting things away, going for a walk, or watering plants.

Specials - the daily specials are like a bonus challenge list. These are higher spoons, more project-like tasks that I have a lot of trouble motivating for. They're the restaurant's famous megaburger you get a gift certificate or T-shirt for finishing in one sitting. My goal is to aim for getting one special done a day, but it's no big deal if it doesn't happen. Examples of Specials are cleaning up my storage drawers, repotting and pruning plants, getting out all the supplies and pumping the creative juices to paint something sellable, having to go out to an appointment or getting ready for a job interview.

Sides - sides are my daily reminders. They're things I have to make sure I hold on to while I'm doing all the other menu stuff, like the fact that I have a D&D game that night, or that I still need to pay rent when I get the chance, or that I have a trip with a friend coming up this month. Because of my struggles with time blindness and object permanence, I often forget things like this until they're right on top of me, get swept up in some hyperfocus of the day, and feel like an ass when I realize I should have been online half an hour ago or that I procrastinated packing until 10pm the night before, or that it's father's day and I really should have called home. It's not that I forgot about the thing itself (I'm well aware that game is on Thursday nights, in theory) but that I forgot to associate that thing with a concrete time and date and keep track (in practice, I forgot that Today is Thursday, and that I shouldn't get sucked in to a cross stitch project an hour before game.)

Along with the daily menu board, I have the bigger Megaboard to pull daily task ideas from and keep track of what I actually accomplish. Here is a master list of tasks and reminders, sorted into "levels" based on spoons requirement. The color coded levels are similar to the Tsp idea I posted about a week or two ago. Level 1, green tasks, are easy, daily repeatable, little things that require almost no effort themselves, but that I just need to be better about structuring and self motivating for. Level 2, red tasks, are those Daily Specials; these are bigger projects to do around the house that require some time and activity energy. They're finite milestones that I can check off and get rid of once they're done. Level 3, black tasks, are the big spoons tasks. The thought of any one of these is overwhelming, and I've put them off for way too long. These require a plan to spend most of the day on them, and should be planned in advance.

Also on the Megaboard is a section labeled "today I accomplished:". Sometimes (a lot of times) life with squirrel brain doesn't always go as planned. I want to acknowledge the menu items I do get done in a day, as well as whatever tasks come up naturally during the day that I wasn't expecting. I might look at my menu and feel bad that I didn't knock a lot off it in a day, but then I can remember that's because I did 3 other things that day that I didn't even know would come up when I wrote it. Just because they're not on the daily to-do list doesn't mean they don't count. I also keep tally marks of the tasks I complete from each color level, just for the dopamine hit of seeing how much I've done at a glance.

It's a lot of writing, rewriting, moving things around, and meticulously planning out the details of my day, but right now, it's helping. I have no daily habits formed at the moment, and I have trouble juggling all these thoughts in my head. If I weren't writing everything down, I'd basically get lost in my own daily doings, and not know how I end up at bedtime every night. I think of this stuff as less of a daunting list of tasks to get done, and more of a helpful guide or set of instructions for being human.

So what do you think of the Task Menu and Megaboard? Do you think it could be improved or streamlined? If you plan to use and adapt this to your own needs, what kind of changes will you make? I'd genuinely love to see outside perspectives on my ideas 😊

#adhd #depression #improvement #self care #structure #life hacks #gameify it #to do list #daily accomplishments #self motivation #dopamine #spoons #personal journal #personal experience #mental disability #disability awareness #coping strategies #getting healthy #let me know what yall think #Task Menu #dopamine menu #dopamenu

[togekissies]

when i was younger i bought into all that bullshit about meds for mental health problems being “happy pills” or making people “zombies” and was terrified to ever have to take medication, but now i’m like yeah doctor give me the trick my brain into functioning properly pills. i love those things

#text please! #starting a higher dose of my adhd meds this week wooooo #the adhd meds are great it's the learning skills to compensate for the areas my adhd fucks me over that sucks ass #i know keeping a calendar and task list will help me in my daily life but jesus christ. jesus fucking christ

[robotsynth]

i appear to have gotten weirdly hyperfixated on my budget tracking app, which probably isn’t the worst problem to have but is still a bit of an odd turn for me.

#plus i have another app by the same company for keeping daily to-do lists so now i’m getting stuff done???? #my need to complete silly virtual tasks has tricked me into doing real life tasks #i use the adhd to destroy the adhd #rambletag