My ADD ADHD Problem: Stalled, Stuck, and Overwhelmed — ADD Tip o the Day 531

Posted on August 18, 2014 by doug with ADHD

Stuck

Since I changed my schedule I haven’t been able to get reorganized yet.                       My to do list is way too long, and I’m blocked and stuck.

Strategy

I plan to use a favorite strategy, take a used envelope and  write a calendar on the back. Then I’ll put one of those tasks for each day and I will get that done. If I get more than one done, I’ll rewrite the calendar and adjust. That would be nice.

Result
Surprise, surprise!

Once I decided to do this, the block evaporated and I just did the first task without actually making the calendar.

Question
Do you think that my ADD realized what I was going to do and just gave up?

 

doug

Bonus Question O the Day

Are you an ADDer?  See Oren’s link below. What do you think?

Bonus Links

some controversy from Oren

from Crystal, ADHD parent

stuck, from Doug

iI there something I'm sposed to be doing?
Is there something I’m sposed to be doing?

About doug with ADHD

I am a psychiatric physician. I learned I have ADHD at age 64, and then wrote four ADHD books for adults, focusing on strategies for making your life better. I also published a novel, Alma Means Soul. The books are available at amazon.com (soft cover or E book), or smashwords.com (only E books). The prices are as low as they are allowed to be. Managing Your ADHD Your Life Can Be Better; strategies for adults with ADD/ADHD Living Daily With Adult ADD or ADHD: 365 Tips O the Day ( e-book). This is one tip at a time, one page at a time, at your own pace. It's meant to last a year.
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  4. Anonymous says:
    August 19, 2014 at 10:22 am

    Congratulations. This was the “i’m not going to, BUT if I were” principle at work in
    your world. L.

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  5. homemakersdaily says:
    August 18, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    Glad you got unstuck. I hate that stuck feeling.

    Liked by 1 person

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  6. homemakersdaily says:
    August 18, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    Yes! It gave up!!! That happens to me, too.

    ADD is so ornery.

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