Is anyone else way more productive if there's something they are required to do at a certain time?

[JoshRaed]

Yesterday I was pretty productive at the first half of the day specifically because I had to be ready for class by 12:50, until I found out the teacher cancelled class that day. Then I stopped. And today I somehow found myself staying in bed later than I'd ever done it in my entire life. The day before I'd stayed awake way too late, but afterwards I could just be up at seven and stay awake because I had something to get ready for, even though I had hours to waste. Just the act of having to be up and ready for something mandatory made me force myself to stay awake and that made me not too tired to continue.

Does anyone else experience this?

I don't know why I'm posting this here, I just felt the inexplicable urge to post this exclusively to this forum to the point that I didn't even want to say it if it was going to my tumblr. So I figured why not?

[moontokkym]

Yeah dude it's called neurodivergence lol.

[Lensing]

That´s the reason why I told you many times to have daily habits with a timer

[Leyelle]

yes. deadlines help me write a lot more and actually complete my writing projects. that's pretty normal

[JoshRaed]

I’ve tried to form those, but my brain just doesn’t work that way. Like having to actively choose to do this one specific activity 66 times in a row with no gaps in days? I tried that for months and was constantly starting over and not getting past even the first 3 days.

[abigaillmartin]

I have it! Some form of it. Most likely autism. In fact two of my brothers have ADHD and one of them has ADHD and autism together. The AuDHD wombo combo as my brother’s friend calls it.

But seriously Josh.

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sighs I got nothing. sorry dude. I just want to talk about being neurodivergent and my own experiences with it.

[abigaillmartin]

What I do is make lists. Lists are my best friend!

Setting a time for when to do things also helps me out too. And sometimes just doing the thing that needs to get done immediately also helps me.

[Tursastheeternal]

Right now I get the most drawing done when I'm on break at work. When I'm home it's really difficult to focus on drawing.

Gotta say, a lot of things started making sense when I got an ADHD diagnosis.

[abigaillmartin]

That’s what I do all the time. I have alarms set. My boyfriend also has alarms set for his classes.

And speaking of classes. I will be going to college very soon! I’m packing up as of now and I’ll be moving up in less than two weeks!

I am currently getting in the mindset of heading back to school. I am so excited to learn new things and stuff!

[abigaillmartin]

Really? Interesting. Whenever I was at work on a break I couldn’t draw and I don’t know why. I always draw at home.

[Tursastheeternal]

At home, there's distractions that keep me from drawing. At work, drawing is the distraction.

[Leyelle]

um, yes? I don't generally have trouble getting things done by my deadlines XD. and I do make lists and organize them by deadline date

[Lensing]

It takes time and everyone who does this sometimes falls back into old habits.
It´s not a bad thing to change the habits and adjust them to something which
works for you. It´s also ok to be bad at this for years and slowly become better