Ewen Bell 📸Mar 22
Realised today that "calendars/to-do-lists" used to be a really good thing in my life but that is no longer that case and I wonder if other ADHD brains have experienced this?

Pre-digital I always had lists of things that I needed to get done, and of course a fraction of things ever made it off the list BUT some things did and that was a win.

I feel now my to-do-list via calendar gets list inside tiny little boxes on a tiny little screen and I don't look at my calendar anyway it's rubbish. Thanks Google. I tried using a to-do-list in my note-taking system (UpNote) but again that is a deluge of information and I can barely focus attention on the most urgent note I'm working on and the to-do-list gets looked once every three months instead.

I am not doing any of this well, and that's making me unhappy.

Not saying it will cure my procrastination or lack of focus, but maybe someone else is doing this better and can share.

#ADHD
Show threadJamesMar 22

@ewen yeah, putting things in my calendar on my phone does not work at all. I have a small calendar with an overview over the whole week on my desk directly below my work screen for work things in addition to a notebook calendar for private things AND a huge year calendar on several of my walls for long term plans. I mark those plans in bright colours and cross out every done day in black so one look across the room shows me exactly where I am in the year and how many weeks/days to the next event.

Edit: for tasks and chores I actually write post-it notes and glue them into places I can see or directly onto the thing that needs to be done and hope my brain latches onto it in passing 😅

Show threadEwen Bell 📸Mar 22
@DrJLecter

It's been so long since I've had walls. I miss them. We have windows and shelves. No space for your luxurious indulgences!

Very jealous now.
Show threadJamesMar 22

@ewen maybe create a curtain out of a calendar to use the window space 😅

I have too much wall. I desperately need more shelves because I lack storage room to put books and stuff 💀

Show threadEwen Bell 📸Mar 23
@DrJLecter

It is what it is. Life in a small apartment has its limitations.
Show threadJames
@ewen very true! I guess in a few years when I had time to purchase more shelves because I'm tired of stacking things on the floor, I'll have your problems, too 😅
Mar 23 at 5:27amWeb