One area I suffer from the most with ADHD is lack of motivation, and because I also have other health issues like chronic fatigue, it makes doing things a lot harder. I use the 2 hour rule. I set alarms on my phone for every 2 hours and I give myself 1 task (that’s it) to complete in that hour. If I get it done, then I can relax or do something that brings back the dopamine, or if I feel like, complete more tasks. I’ve found this makes completing things easier and less overwhelming. Hope this helps! :)
Alarms for things like medication reminders. I also as a former gifted and talented kid find I benefit from external instructions and praise so I provide my tasks to my partner and my best friend and they pick a thing for me to focus on and then report back in when done. Also it's annoying but I also have found that because I forgot things I need to stop what I'm doing and go do a task or make note of it to do later if I can't do it immediately as soon as I remember it.
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