Some days my ADHD brain will let me do literally *anything* except what I'm supposed to be doing. I work around this using a hack I call Procrasti-work.
First, I set myself one task I must complete that day. Then I give myself permission to put that task aside and work on something else, as long as that something really does need to be done.
Eg If I set myself a blog-writing task, I can be pretty sure I'll do a bunch of housework and cook a decent meal.
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It works just as well if I set myself a housework task as the target for my non-zero day. Then I'll get a blog post written, file a few bugs, and maybe reinstall an OS on an ailing device.
But this only works if I hold myself to the "really does need to be done" criteria. Things like the fediverse and matrix are my kryptonite...
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@strypey I call this 'playing advanced prioritization chess'.
One method that's worked for me is to start up a videogame like, say, XCOM 2 - and then leave it on the pause menu. (Main menu doesn't work, it has to be the pause menu.)
This may also be why I have so many hours in some games.
@dartigen
> I call this 'playing advanced prioritization chess'
Absolutely, I love this phrase! For me, it's all about conceptualizing my brain as a precocious child young enough to fall for reverse psychology. Misdirection techniques that work when playing chess with kids that young definitely count : P
(disclaimer: I only use these techniques on kids when I'm teaching them chess, and showing them how they work, so they can learn to use and evade them)
@strypey
Sometimes listing lost of small tasks can be nice just for a change of pace; it's not even necessarily ADHD-related, though might help for it.
When the big epic task gets tiesome, one can do few small tasks to take the edge off, so to speak.
Just list everything, we say.
Sometimes just breaking big things down into small things can make things better.
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