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Why Do Some Strategies and Tools Not Work for People with ADHD?
🕑 Added 2024-07-18 17:16:16 +0000 UTCThere are so many strategies out there and there can be times where it feels like none of them work... why is that? Jessica talks about it in today's video!
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Christina Young
This is so true and took me so long to understand! I now have several planner tools I use and just go for what is working (and charged) for the day
Tanja
For me, bullet journalling exactly as Ryder recommends it doesn't work - even though I regularly hear it described as 'the most ADHD-friendly planning system out there'. I've discovered, though, that I can adapt the basics of bullet journalling to take into account things I've discovered about my own planning style and preferences along the way like: a/ trying to remember to use different signifiers and types of bullets just gets annoying b/ I want to be able to arrange the tasks for my day in loose categories on the page, not have everything smooshed together in a single list c/ I *NEED* a hybrid digital/paper planning system with the built-in redundancy of double-planning each task each day in two places d/ while I'm not an artistic, aesthetic bujo-er, I do get wonderful dopa-hits from using stickers, washi tape and the odd messy doodle, so incorporating those when I have time has functional value, and perhaps MOST importantly e/ it's OK to decide to randomly change up how I'm planning from day to day if I think something else might work better that day - my planning system is there to serve me, not the other way around, and strict adherence to a specific spread or process is not a requirement
Angela Rosin
This this this this this. And OMG the envelope method. I'm from the UK and old enough to remember when I used to have to pay bills via a payslip at the post office so you can imagine how many late notices I got. I think it took 20 years and direct debit payments for me to be able to manage my money well. Yep, I take stuff out for savings as soon as I am paid, yep I have a separate "pocket money account", yep all my bills are paid out of another bank account. I think it's one of those things were my ADHD works for me: my main account just doesn't exist because I never use it so if my daily spend account is running low I have to think more about my spending, but I know my bills are getting paid.
