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Tangential to the article—I didn’t receive an ADHD diagnosis until ~25 when I was at the beginning of my career and struggling much more than my coworkers (rang
by polartx 4y ago
Tangential to the article—I didn’t receive an ADHD diagnosis until ~25 when I was at the beginning of my career and struggling much more than my coworkers (ranging from missing important info in long meetings to self starting projects).
For meetings, I fell back on tricks I discovered in elementary school—I found that when I drew pictures or doodled, I could pay attention better to what was being said; a partial distraction (say 10% of my attention) allowed me to focus the rest of my attention on what was being taught. However if I attempted to focus solely on the lecture, my mind would inadvertently wander to daydreaming and I would capture nothing at all.
- snail_khel 4y agoSame for me. I can't concentrate on the lecture if I don't take notes or draw figures and diagrams. I realized this now when I'm 24.
- gilbetron 4y agoOne of the companies I worked for had a strong ops culture and so having laptops opening during meetings was part of the culture. I started doing it and found out that I, too, can focus on meetings the entire time if I have my laptop open, as long as I'm not doing too much with it (like coding). If I use it for idle stuff, it's like my brain gets to take little minibreaks and I can focus through a whole meeting. Same as if I have something to do with my hands, like a fidget or bendy wires that I can make things out of.