If you're struggling #ADHD task initiation, don't waste energy trying to convince yourself why the task is important or needs to be done.
You already know what needs to be done. That's not the problem.
The problem is the *doing it* part.
So approach it like it's a puzzle to solve. Try to imagine as many different ways as possible you could do the thing. Be curious and creative. Be silly. The goal is to make the task genuinely fun for you to do.
I have a bad habit of trying to guilt myself to death reminding myself of all of the myriad ways doing this thing is important to myself and other people.
Except that doesn't usually work. All it does is make me feel bad about not doing the thing, which further saps my motivation.
So fuck that.
@malcircuit gonna try to keep this in mind, this is a good suggestion.
my problem lately has been “organizing the mess” to use the phrase for it my spouse came up with
I'll finally do the pre-work necessary to actually do the task itself (gather the piled up trash into bags and put it by the backdoor, take all the dishes I let pile up out of the sink so I can actually use it as a basin, that kind of thing) and then find myself too exhausted to continue
@malcircuit with respect, I'm not sure I agree (or at least it might not be exactly this way with me). I think that disconnection from the actual goal can be a common reason to struggle to overcome intrinsic resistance to doing something
This is why maintenance is so damn hard
I do agree that guilt is a bad reason to do a task and I'm not against making a task more fun (as long as rewards are not involved)
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