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OK, I will be honest, I don’t really organize my day. While I am a little obsessive about not double booking myself, I don’t schedule my days out in exquisite detail — perhaps I should, but I am terrifically proud of my progress in that arena — 15 years of having a calendar that was full of contradictory obligations will eventually make you change your tune — nobody will ever accuse me of learning that lesson too quickly…
But my day to day organization relies more on my overall goals. What I am going to share below is more like the “organizing principles” of my day. For task management, I am a big fan of Todoist. But task management is different than organizing time and thought.
Since many of us with ADHD are uniquely driven by interest (I am no exception), I took some time at the beginning of the year to set some goals for myself (see my post, The ADHD Guide To Setting New Year’s Resolutions). But crucially, I tied all of these goals to something emotionally important. So, my health goal is to run a half marathon. I don’t really care about running the half marathon. That is just a measuring stick. What I care about is being around to watch my wife’s eyes as she watches our children grow into adults (and their children, too). That vision is bright and clear and important to me, and I have tied it to my health, and a half-marathon is a measuring stick of my health and vitality. So it is easy to keep the goal in mind.
Once I have the measuring stick (the goal), I use some Time Travel Planning to…
