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@erica I hate feeling like people are looking at me too - which makes online bodydoubling hard.
Have you tried coffee shops? There's one near my local University and sitting with a bunch of other people who are studying is almost as good for me as something more focused.
I'm also working on finishing something that has lost all sense of novelty. It's such a grind and so hard to focus on.
@erica I feel you on this. I have a lot of fear that I won't be able to get myself to do the things I need to do to accomplish what I want.
You're not alone :) It's genuinely hard and not your fault.
If you're looking for concrete advice: give yourself a little time to really feel this without trying to make yourself do stuff. A little pause helps to reset some of the anxiety.
Body doubling is great if you can find people you like to work with.
I'm really struggling with my thesis work right now - I'm not sure I've managed to work more than one day in the last week... fortnight? And what I did get done was the more hands-on stuff, but the next step is "just" to sit down and write. And it's not like I have grand goals or anything like that - I just need to do SOMETHING.
But it's as if every time I as much as think about thinking about sitting down to do said work, my mind goes "nope!" and shifts focus to something else, anything else.
I know it's typical ADHD stuff, that I struggle to find the work motivating or rewarding in any way, and that I've probably been under stress for so damn long that all this nothingness is partly a freeze response. But I still need to fucking work.
And I'm so frustrated and angry and hopeless, because this inability to "do" have defined my life for decades now. I don't know how to change it.
What if I can't change it?
This is the zoomed out shot of my desk in case you were wondering if I actually have ADHD. I feel like this one image should be enough to get a diagnosis.
P.S. Yes, I am using my water cup as a stand for my ring light.
Here's the chaos of my desk as I work on printable stickers for the app.
(edited to add alt text. Oops!)
#adhd #ADHDTips #productivity #printables
@randomgeek This is me too. I'm really good at masking at this point.
It also require an elaborate and arcane set of techniques.
Filling out the #ADHD assessment intake form for a new provider (because @IamMrsGeek is heckin' on top of things thank you) and some of the questions are tricky.
Do I have problems being organized? Do I forget lots of things?
Not so much.
BUT WHY
fine I lean on five task apps, seven PKMs, and about 5,000 pages of notes including many repeating notes
Erica the fae
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Random Geek in limbo