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I don't have an ADHD diagnosis, but I struggle with procrastination. Does it help you at all to have external recipients of your work, or does it not factor in
by scandinavegan 7y ago
I don't have an ADHD diagnosis, but I struggle with procrastination.
Does it help you at all to have external recipients of your work, or does it not factor in at all in what gets done?
It helps me if I tell someone else "I'll send you the report today", because it makes me more accountable. I'll probably delay it until panicking at the end of the day, but I will at least hammer something out and send it off. Or worst case finish it tomorrow morning, after having started, but having to leave work the day before, which is still better than postponing even longer.
For me to do tasks, I need to reach the "Screw quality and completeness, I need to send _something_!", which usually turns out to be plenty good enough based on feedback. I just need to find someone to promise sending the result to for my more important tasks.
- pas 7y agoNot OP, but. It helps, because eventually people will start to call you and inquire about the thing you promised them. This of course causes anxiety. Eventually, after spending enormous amounts of energy on riding that guilt wave some work gets done, typically at night.
- Mirioron 7y agoThis does have a downside. Sometimes you associate that anxiety and negative feelings with the person that would inquire about it. This can make you just want to avoid them as much as possible, even if it costs you elsewhere.
- pas 7y agoVery important insight, yes that happens. Basically all things ADHD has are downsides.
- jlokier 7y ago"Typically at night" made me smile :-) So true.