Book
ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life
Judith Kolberg, Kathleen Nadeau
- One of the effects of ADD is often a poor sense of time. Typically, adults with ADD grossly underestimate the amount of time a task will require. (Location 550)
- To combat your poor time sense, instead of saying, “My goal is to clear out and organize the family room,” set your goal in terms of time expenditure. For example, set a timer for one hour (or six ten-minute intervals if you tend to slip into micro-focus) and stop working at that point. (Location 552)
- Setting a time limit rather than a task limit can help avoid getting stuck. (Location 560)
- To limit the addition of commitments, make a rule for yourself that you will not add a new commitment until you either finish or eliminate a prior commitment. (Location 574)